Nelfarms – Celebrates 75 years of trusted “Eggcellence”

Nelfarms celebrated their 75th Anniversary in Business at the Cinnamon Grand Hotel along with Shareholders, family, staff, industry stakeholders and guests. The company took the opportunity to recognise longstanding staff members who have made outstanding contributions to the company.

Noorani Estates Pvt Limited, (Nelfarms) which was incorporated in 1942 with the objective of purchasing and managing tea, rubber and coconut estates, is a family owned business, which is now in its sixth generation consisting of 45 shareholders in total. The origins of Nelfarms began in a coconut estate in Walahap i t i ya Nattandiya, where the company decided to diversify into livestock. Nelfarms has since has grown from an estate driven poultry business. Due to the seamless demand for their products, Nelfarms kept expanding annually until poultry became its core business.

In 1975, Seven Hills Limited was incorporated as a wholly owned subsidiary of Noorani estates Limited. Situated at the foothills of the Seven Virgins mountain range in Maskeliya. The focus was on poultry production, dairy farming and dairy food processing.

Noorani Estates Limited or Nelfarms as it is more fondly known is one of the largest poultry farming operations in Sri Lanka today. They were one of the pioneers in catering to the protein requirement of the whole nation by supplying clean, safe and high quality table eggs to the entire island.

Nelfarms is a fully integrated poultry business, consisting of Breeder farms and Hatcheries where they produce both commercial layer and commercial broiler day old chicks. The company is a registered feed miller and produces their own feed. All raw materials both Local and imported are carefully selected for the highest quality.

The quality of raw materials, finished goods and the health status its flocks are constantly checked through the company’s well equipped laboratory. Nelfarm carries out its own product distribution to ensure that the high company standards are maintained throughout the entire process.