The Pakistan delegation lead by Imran Khalil Naseer the Chairman of the Pakistan - Sri Lanka Business Council was on an official visit to Sri Lanka and had met leading personalities both from the Government and private sectors. The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry visited Sri Lanka with the purpose of expanding trade and investment opportunities in the island.
They expressed interest in finding out more about the capacity of the BOI’s Export Processing Zones and therefore BOI arranged for them to visit the Biyagama Export Processing Zone (BEPZ).
A K Jayasinghe, Director, Biyagama Export Processing Zone briefed them about the zone. His presentation covered some of the zone infrastructure facilities, the benefits provided to investors who are operating there and other advantages, the release added.
The Pakistani delegation was shown the Workwear Lanka (PVT) Ltd factory. This factory mainly produces safety glows under the MIDAS safety brand name. C Radesh the Business Unit Head of Workwear Lanka (PVT) Ltd spoke about the factory’s operations and BOI facilities to the delegation. The Pakistani delegation went to all production areas of the factory and exchanged some ideas with the factory managers.
Finally they were shown by BOI the zone infrastructure facilities like water treatment plant and waste water treatment plant, road net work, electricity supply plant and other facilities.
