HDDES Extracts wins NCE Gold Awards

HDDES Extracts receiving the award

HDDES Extracts 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 National Chamber of Exports (NCE). The two prestigious awards came from the Spices and Spice Based Products Sector, Extra Large Category, and Spices and Spice Based Products & Horticulture & Horticulture Products Sector, Extra Large Category, respectively. Founded by H.D.D. Silva in 1982, HDDES Group was expanded as a B.O.I. 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 in 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, and mace, etc. The products are exported worldwide, including to 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 which 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 company-owned 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 NCE and NBEA. The company manufactures value addition form of spices in conventional and organic production methods, while organic products have a significant demand globally at present.