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| The long serving employees-Sunshine Holdings 45th Anniversary |
45th Anniversary of Sunshine Holdings Sri Lanka.
SBL a Sunshine Holdings enterprise, one of the premier business ventures in
the healthcare sector, reached a significant landmark in its history when the
company celebrated its 45th anniversary on the 12th of
October. With its beginnings tracing back to 1967, SBL, formerly known as Lanka
Medicals, was the oldest business venture of the Sunshine Holdings Group, which
was founded by Mr. G Sathasivam.
During its 45-year journey, the company has successfully expanded its scope
of operations achieving remarkable success while contributing significantly to
the country’s healthcare industry. SBL is the partner of choice for
international healthcare companies seeking to grow their business in Sri Lanka,
in the areas of pharmaceuticals, surgicals, diagnostics, medical devices and
consumer health products. SBL is a leading market expansion services provider,
with the largest specialized healthcare team, with over 300 medical marketing
& sales personnel and over 200 physical distribution personnel in their
employ.
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To mark its 45th anniversary,
SBL donated 500 lenses for
cataract operations to the National Secretariat's 'Vision 2020' program through
Dr. P G Mahipala, Additional Secretary – Medical Supplies, Ministry of Health,
supporting this national program for prevention and control of avoidable blindness.
The company also had a felicitation ceremony for its long
serving employees and key customers, at an event held at the Taj Samudra Hotel
on Friday, 12th October. Key customers recognized at the event
were across all major private sector hospital groups, Government sector
institutions, key national retailers and the company’s longstanding
international healthcare partners. Sunshine Holdings PLC ,
Group Managing Director Vish Govindasamy, graced the event along with the
company’s founder, G Sathasivam and other board directors.
Sunshine Holdings, through
SBL, has rendered an immense service to the healthcare sector of Sri Lanka,
broadening the dimensions of its various aspects. It has emerged as one of the
largest private sector companies in the Sri Lankan pharmaceuticals, diagnostics
and surgical accessories segments. Speaking at the event the Associate Director
of SBL, Shyam Sathasivam said “since its inception, SBL has provided the best
healthcare products to its customers and has been widely recognized as one of
the most admired healthcare products marketing companies in Sri Lanka”. He went
on to state that "the company’s vision is to
be the most admired healthcare marketing company in Sri Lanka and we hope to
achieve this by providing our customers with the best healthcare products
through our people and partners."
SBL offers the healthcare
industry a broad range of customized services from registration to importation,
customs clearance, sales, marketing and merchandising, warehousing, physical
distribution, invoicing and cash collection. Some of their international
healthcare partners are Abbott Laboratories, Zydus Cadila, Glenmark
Pharmaceuticals, Novo Nordisk, Johnson & Johnson Medical, 3M Healthcare, GE
Healthcare and Siemens Diagnostics.
SBL has worked in partnership
with leading healthcare companies across the world for more than three decades;
the company has grown to become a top national player, marketing over 1,000
products from over 40 multinational organisations to more than 3,000 general
practitioners, specialists, surgeons and associated healthcare professionals.
The company’s distribution chain covers the entire country, supplying products
to over 300 hospitals & clinics and 2,000 pharmacies through twelve
regional distribution centres.
Healthguard
Pharmacy Ltd, a 100% subsidiary of SBL, has established a network of 16
pharmacies across the Western Province over the last six years. Their modern
pharmacy brand, offering a range of pharmaceuticals, wellness and beauty
products has set the benchmark in healthcare retailing in the country.
Healthguard Pharmacies are fully compliant with CDDA regulations with full time
pharmacists on call at all times and proper storage conditions for all
medicines and cosmetics, thereby assuring all customers of quality products,
superior service and convenient locations.
Sunshine Holdings PLC, the
parent company of SBL, is a diversified holding company, with interests in
Healthcare, Plantations, FMCG, Packaging, Travel & Leisure and Renewable
Energy. The Group, which has over 13,000 employees and has generated
approximately US $ 100 million in revenue, is consistently ranked amongst the
LMD Top 50 companies in Sri Lanka. Group companies include Swiss Biogenics Ltd,
Watawala Plantations PLC, Watawala Marketing Ltd, Sunshine Packaging, Sunshine
Travels & Tours, Sunshine Power and Healthguard Pharmacy.
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