Browns Thermal Engineering forges strategic partnership with Banco India to increase product portfolio

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Browns Thermal Engineering Ltd. (BTEL), the manufacturing arm of Browns Group, recently signed an agreement with Banco Products Ltd. (India), a leader in engine cooling systems for both automotive and industrial applications. The agreement will make Browns a distributor of world renowned quality products such as a complete range of aluminum plastic auto radiators, auto AC condensers, charger coolers and radiator parts. 

Chief Operating Officer Danesh Abeyrathne, Chief Financial Officer Thamotharampillai Sanakan, Chief Process Officer Nagarasa Rathakrishnan and Senior Vice President, Group Human Resources Paduma Subasasinghe were present on behalf of Brown & Company PLC at the signing of the agreement.

“Sri Lanka has always been a strategic market for us owing to its high density of vehicles,” said Banco Products Senior Manager – Exports Vishal Bavishi. “Therefore, we are excited to be doing business in the Sri Lankan market and to partner with Browns Thermal Engineering on this venture. We are confident that Browns’ understanding of the local consumer and their widespread distributor network will help us unlock the full potential of the market and create new opportunities for us. This is a new chapter for us and we look forward to a long and fruitful relationship with Browns.”

Commenting on the partnership Abeyrathne said: “The automotive industry in Sri Lanka continues to grow daily and it still holds many opportunities. We at Browns believe that with the correct partnership that brings the right mix of products to the market we will be able tap into those opportunities and take the industry to the next level. We also believe that Banco is the ideal partner for this and together we will pave the way for a prosperous future.”

Browns Thermal Engineering Assistant General Manager Asanga Peiris said, “At Browns we are constantly evaluating and growing our product portfolio to meet the evolving needs of our customers. We understand that they seek only the very best and that is why we go out of our way to provide them with the highest quality products in each category. For this reason, we have chosen to partner with Banco, a leader in engine cooling systems. Their unparalleled products coupled with our deep consumer understanding and exemplary after sales service will make for a prosperous partnership that greatly benefits the customer.”

A wholly-owned subsidiary of Brown & Company PLC, BTEL the only large-scale manufacturer of heat exchangers in Sri Lanka and, with a local market share of over 80%, is the market leader in the auto and industrial radiator segments. BTEL currently manufactures brass and copper radiators under the brand name of RADCO at the company’s fully equipped factory at the Browns Industrial Park in Makandura, Pannala. Browns Thermal also owns and operates a plastic moulding facility that supplies plastic components to the battery industry in Sri Lanka.

In 1982 Browns was in the business of exporting radiators to Saudi Arabia and 10 years later commenced supplying locomotive radiators to the government own railway services. Introducing corrugated radiators to the Sri Lankan market in 1988, Browns with an affiliation with a local corporate, went on to manufacture industrial radiators and then manufacture heat exchangers for tea, rubber and coconut dryers.

In 2014 Browns Thermal Engineering Ltd. secured a deal with APR Energy USA, a global leader in the under-served market for rapidly deployable, large-scale power and the world’s leading provider of fast-track mobile turbine power.

BTEL, which continues to excel in the radiator industry both locally and internationally, markets products under the RADCO Brand which is the only locally manufactured radiator brand with ISO and SLS certification. The business unit, also in the business of distributing radiators to emergency power suppliers overseas, is one of the main suppliers to the Sri Lanka Railway, Sri Lanka Ports Authority, Ceylon Electricity Board, and almost all other generator importers in Sri Lanka. BTEL is also a proud supplier for locally assembled UNIMO Vehicles as an OE supplier.

 

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