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Achieving yet another milestone, Photo Technica clinched double honours at the prestigious ‘Sri Lankan Entrepreneur of the Year – 2015’ awards ceremony organised by the Federation of Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Sri Lanka (FCCISL).
The company bagged a Silver award as the most outstanding entrepreneur in the Western province (medium category), in addition to another Silver accolade at the national level also in the medium category. The awards were received by Photo Technica Managing Director Harsha Malwenna at the event held in Colombo recently.
The key focus of this annual awards ceremony is to recognise and reward Sri Lankan entrepreneurs who take the lead in fostering growth and economic development, creating and sustaining businesses in challenging environments and have gone to yield outstanding economic results for the country. The spirit of Sri Lankan entrepreneurship has been a beacon of hope for the nation. These business leaders are the cream of entrepreneurship.
The independent board of judges of the Sri Lankan Entrepreneur of the Year – 2015 awards competition looked at the key aspects of the overall contribution made by these entrepreneurs in terms of sustaining their businesses without exposure to closure despite socio-economic challenges, generating productive employment opportunities and fulfilling social welfare commitments, use of modern technology, diversification, expansion, modernisation, financial strength and stability, management system, future corporate plans, performance within a competitive environment, economic benefits to the country and such similar important factors.
Photo Technica was started by the great visionary Fred Malvenna in 1958. In1994, Harsha Malvenna, who carried on the legacy of his father with integrity, honesty, quality of products and services as Managing Director of the organisation, diversified the business in line with current trends through a modernisation and expansion strategy. As a well-known, long standing business establishment in Colombo, Photo Technica imports and sells cameras and accessories and also undertakes repairs and servicing in addition to restoration of photographs, printing digital photographs in colour and the supply of instant photographic needs.
Photo Technica is the authorised agent in Sri Lanka for world famous Nikon cameras and accessories. The company’s head office is situated at Kollupitiya, Colombo 3.
