HDDES Extracts bags two NCE Gold awards
HDDES Extracts (Pvt.) Ltd, the leading manufacturer of spice-based essential oils in Sri Lanka, won two Gold awards at the National Export Excellence 2018 award ceremony organised by the National Chamber of Exports (NCE).
The two prestigious awards came from Spices and Spicebased Products Sector, Extra Large Category and Spices and Spice Based Products and Horticulture and Horticulture Products Sector, Extra Large Category, respectively.
Founded by H.D.D. Silva in 1982, the HDDES group was expanded as a Board of Investment (BOI) project in 2001. Today the group is headed by Managing Director Gehan De Silva and Finance Director Mevan De Silva.
Located in the BOI industrial zone Horana, certified with ISO 22000 and ISO 14000 HDDES Extracts factory manufactures essential oils extracted by steam distillation and solvent extraction from pepper, clove, nutmeg, cinnamon, ginger, lime, mace, etc.
The products are exported worldwide including the USA, UK, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, China and India, etc. Because of the high quality and standard these essential oils have a high demand from a large number of world’s leading companies that manufacture flavours and fragrance, pharmaceuticals, food and beverages, perfumes, aroma essential oils and animal feeds, etc.
HDDES Extracts contributes greatly to uplift the rural economy by purchasing raw materials from rural spice farmers in addition to the supplies from the companyowned estates. To this end, the company has launched a number of projects in collaboration with the ministry of primary industries.
HDDES Extracts has a proven track record with a large number of awards from the NCE and NBEA. The company manufactures value addition form of spices with conventional and organic while organic products have a significant demand globally at present.