John Keells Research relocates to SLINTEC Technology Incubation Center

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From left: Thilina Weerasekara from JKR, Revan Weerasinghe from SLINTEC, Gayal Rangajeewa from SLINTEC, Sunanda Gunasekara from SLINTEC, John Keells Holdings Plc Group Finance Director Ronnie Pieris, SLINTEC Director Anushman Rajaratnam, SLINTEC Director Nihal Vitarana, SLINTEC CEO Harin de Silva Wijeyeratne, JKR Head Dr. Muditha Senarath-Yapa and Anushka Cooray from JKH

SLINTEC successfully signed John Keells Research, the innovation and research arm of John Keells Holdings Plc, to become one of its tenants at SLINTEC’s newly opened Technology Incubation Center located at the Nanotechnology and Science Park in Pitipana, Homagama.

John Keells Research has relocated to the Incubation facility in order to gain close access to SLINTEC’s scientific human resources and equipment. In addition to being a tenant at the Incubation Centre, it is hoped that the partnership between SLINTEC and John Keells Research will further strengthen future research and development between the two parties.

SLINTEC is a public-private partnership between the Sri Lankan Government and major players in the private sector, namely MAS Holdings, Brandix, Dialog, Hayleys, Loadstar and most recently Lankem. SLINTEC is committed to supporting small and medium enterprises to improve and develop their products to meet the demands of the local and international markets using nanotechnology and advanced technology solutions.

John Keells Holdings Plc, Sri Lanka’s largest listed conglomerate, launched John Keells Research in 2013 with an aim to create value through intellectual property. John Keells Research focus is on their core areas of nanotechnology and advanced materials, sustainable energy and energy storage, biotechnology and synthetic biology, food and water as well as physics and Internet of things (IoT).