French BOI enterprise Noyon Lanka strengthens Lankan apparel industry through manufacture of lace
As France gets ready to celebrate the Bastille Day, the French National Day, it is important to evaluate the contribution of French enterprises that operate as the Board of Investment (BOI) companies to Sri Lanka’s national economy. One such enterprise is Noyon Lanka (Pvt.) Ltd.
Noyon Lanka is a knitted lace manufacturer producing lace in the form of trims, bands, galloons and all-overs, which are supplied to some of the world’s largest lingerie brands such as Victoria’s Secret, Intimissimi, La Senza, Pink, Calvin Klein, Etam, Triumph and Amante.
Noyon Lanka commenced operations in 2004 as a joint venture between MAS Capital and Noyon Calais, in France, which has a lace heritage of more than a century.
Noyon Lanka’s main manufacturing facility is based in the Biyagama Export Processing Zone, which has capability for lace design, knitting, dyeing and finishing, whilst providing employment to more than 650 employees. Due to the growing demand for Noyon lace, in 2018, a second knitting plant was established in Giriulla to expand the existing knitting capacity. With 14 years of excellence in building and growing a profitable organisation providing the finest quality lace, Noyon Lanka has also initiated many pursuits in order to maintain its triple bottom line: people, planet and profit.
Consequently, employee engagement has become paramount in Noyon Lanka where, the employees are the forefront in the day-to-day operational developments as well as the social and environmental initiatives of the organisation.
For example, the team members and staff are formed into quality circles and encouraged to come up with Kaizen projects to improve their areas of work. These projects are evaluated semi-annually and an award ceremony is held to reward the teams with the most successful projects.
In addition, the BOI company also has many employee welfare undertakings such as free transport, free uniforms and safety shoes, free meals for team members and staff, ‘mother’s meal’ for pregnant mothers, medical centre facilities, gym facilities for team members and library facilities, etc. to provide a desirable physical and mental working environment.
Furthermore, annual trips as well as inter-departmental sports tournaments are organised to motivate the employees and promote a team working culture.
As part of its corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives, Noyon with the assistance of its employees carries out numerous programmes each year, e.g. donating baby gifts for pregnant mothers, ‘shramadana’ campaigns at identified Elders Homes and king coconut water donation to the Cancer Hospital in Maharagama to name a few, in order to give back to the community at large.
Printed and published by Wijeya Newspapers Ltd. on Saturday July 14, 2018 at No. 8, Hunupitiya Cross Road, Colombo 02
All roads in Mannar led to the highly anticipated Mobitel Cash Bonanza recently held at the Urban Council Grounds in the town.
Those living in the Mannar District gathered at the grounds to experience the carnival-like atmosphere of the Cash Bonanza event for the month of June 2018.
Residents of the Mannar District, who were invited to the event with their families, spent a day full of fun, frolic and rewards.
Mobitel distributed exciting benefits, prizes and surprises to many gathered at the occasion. The carnival in Mannar, is part of the Cash Bonanza initiative, which is a loyalty rewards draw that travels across the country and is essentially a celebration of family, fun and togetherness that is the cornerstone of Mobitel’s ‘We Care, Always’ motto.
The atmosphere in Mannar on the day of the Mobitel Cash Bonanza was electric, with foot-tapping live music and exciting games and activities at every corner of the grounds to engage every member of the family. The young gathered at the high speed 4G powered gaming zone, where they enjoyed hours of free gaming fun.
Children were treated to a host of fun activities including water games, art competitions, a 7D-movie experience and music with clowns and mascots adding to the festivities.
In an effort to add convenience to the lives of many, in a rare opportunity, residents of Mannar, were allowed to apply and receive national identity cards and birth certificates in a span of eight hours at the event. The highlight of the event was the eye clinic organised with the participation of renowned eye surgeons; it saw the distribution of 1500 reading glasses amongst the citizens of the district.