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Royal Fernwood Porcelain Ltd., a large-scale manufacturer of high quality white and decorated porcelain tableware and figuring ornaments that enjoys a global reputation in the porcelain tableware industry as a reliable supplier to many premium brands recently announced that the company was the recipient of the Silver Award in the Ceramics and Porcelain Based Products Sector Large Category at the NCE Export Awards 2019.
Incorporated in 1994 and commenced commercial production in 1997, exactly 20 years post the company’s first successful export to the UK, Royal Fernwood Porcelain continues to manufacture products for most of the prestigious ceramic dinnerware manufacturers in Europe, Japan, Australia, Scandinavia and the US.
The company’s prestigious international customer base includes brand names such as Debenhams, Portmerion, Oneida, House of Fraser, John Lewis, Jashanmal, Jumbo Retail, Joules, Crate & Barrel, Country Road, Laduree, Tchibo, Notneutral, XXX Lutz, Lenox, Porsgrund, Fischer, Ritzenhoff, Migross, Ripley, Thun, Narumi, El Corte Ingles, Berghoff, Yalco, Weissesstal and Galerfia Kaufhof.
In addition, several up-market department stores in many countries in the world are customers of Royal Fernwood resulting in the company covering over 40 countries around the globe, conforming to the international quality standard of Royal Fernwood Porcelain products.
Commenting on their achievement Royal Fernwood Porcelain’s Chief Executive Officer Yoshan Fernando stated: “It is with great pride that we acknowledge this accolade for the third consecutive year. We have always been an organisation that has earned respect and credibility amongst our international customers for the simple reason of maintaining international standards at everything we do. While ensuring continuous improvement in our operations, we take our responsibility towards our stakeholders both locally and internationally very seriously. This has been our secret on sustainability even during adverse business conditions.”
Celebrating 27 years in recognising and rewarding the excellence of Sri Lankan Exporters, the National Chamber of Exporters of Sri Lanka (NCE) has achieved national significance over the years due to high standards and professionalism it maintains across all its projects.
In addition to ascertaining winners based on general export criteria, areas such as Export Performance, Market/Product Development, Value Addition, Financial Performance, Effective Management Efforts, Implementation of Quality Management/Environment Protection Systems, Branding, Innovation Research and Development Activities, Ethical Business Practices and Good Governance.
While Ambassador of the EU to the Maldives Tung-Lai Margue was the Chief Guest at the award ceremony, Board of Investment Sri Lanka Chairman Mangala Yapa was the guest of honour at this prestigious event.
“We are constantly challenging ourselves to look beyond the status quo. It is the corporate value of seeing beyond that is inculcated at corporate level and cascaded across all our subsidiaries,” stated Ambeon Capital PLC and Ambeon Holdings PLC Group Managing Director/CEO Murali Prakash.
Prakash further added: “This accomplishment by Royal Fernwood Porcelain for the third consecutive year is proof of consistency and our commitment to continuous improvement to products, processes and procedures across the group.”
Royal Fernwood Porcelain, reputed for their coloured and youthful designs, enjoys the heightened value addition through a wide range of extremely popular designs and decorations that include in-glaze, on-glaze, under-glaze, hand painted, etching and microwave-safe designs including gold and platinum.
Catering to customer demand, Royal Fernwood has been successful in developing new products using coloured glazes to match the body, which is a unique achievement for porcelain tableware. Body shapes are another competitive aspect that RFPL has excelled in, to retain and attract customers across the globe that have diverse artistic taste in porcelain products. Currently the company offers 12 main body shapes namely Oxford, Princeton, Sofia, Helsinki, Coupe, Margia, Sunil, Colorado, Margo, Romantica, Dima, and Maria.
Royal Fernwood Porcelain, a member of the Dankotuwa Group and subsidiary of Ambeon Holdings PLC, prides itself as being a young, vibrant and colourful organisation manufacturing and marketing modern, contemporary collection of porcelain, designed and developed for that millennial customer.
From sourcing the best raw materials from Sri Lanka, New Zealand, UK, Japan and China, to maintaining the best technologies from world renowned machinery manufacturers such as NetschzGmbh of Germany, Drayton Kilns Co. Ltd. of UK and Kajiseki (Takahama) and S.K.K. of Japan, Royal Fernwood Porcelain has always ensured that high quality products are manufactured under international quality standards complying with global statutory regulations.
With a broad range of patterns for traditional and non-traditional applications, the company continues to introduce young people to elegant and fun fine-dining and other social experiences through its new collections and non-traditional sets.
