Hela Group feted at Presidential Export Awards 2023

Hela Apparel Holdings PLC walked away with the Overall Award for Best Exporter in Product Diversification and Sectoral Award for Best Exporter Medium Category, at the 25th Presidential Export Awards Ceremony, held on November 23, at the Bandaranayake Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH) with the patronage of President Ranil Wickremesinghe.

“It gives me immense pleasure to have received these awards on behalf of Hela,” said A.R. Rasiah, Chairman, Hela Apparel Holdings PLC. “It’s been a challenging couple of years for the apparel manufacturing sector in Sri Lanka and it has been no different for Hela. Despite the challenging global operating environment, we have been steadfast in our commitment to growth across our global footprint, expanding our offerings and creating global partnerships that share our vision.”

This year’s ceremony recognized the country’s top exporters in multiple categories for the two years, 2021/22 and 2022/23 under two main categories, awarding 13 Overall Awards and 51 Products and Services Sector Awards.

Hela Apparel Holdings PLC CEO, Private Label Division Viraj Fernando said; “In today’s industry context, we must look beyond the traditional norms of apparel manufacturing and be willing to offer customers an unappareled service and end-to-end solutions. The market is increasingly competitive, understanding this we at Hela have been working to expand our global partnerships with innovative ideas and unique product and design offerings of the highest quality, prioritizing speed solutions, which has helped us continue our operations and achieve milestones such as this despite a challenging global operating environment.”

The awards ceremony was concluded with the participation of guests including Ministers, Government Officials, Diplomats, Well-wishers and Exporters and was organized by the Sri Lanka Export Development Board.

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