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In a recent agreement with Ceylon Tobacco Company PLC (CTC), Ideal Drive provided ideal transportation solutions to CTC with convenience and reliability assured. With the introduction of its new vehicle fleet of their choice and by providing full service package where all the maintenance, service and island-wide repairs would be undertaken by Ideal Drive, CTC could focus more on its core mission without major concerns on vehicle maintenance. The high level of service provided by Ideal Drive also allows CTC more space to concentrate on its core business activities and to build share value since they are released from the mundane and costly exercise of vehicle fleet management.
“Ideal Drive which is staffed with professionals who are highly experienced in similar operation before to provide high quality service that is above and beyond the current industry norms,” says Ideal Group Founder & Chairman Nalin J. Welgama.
“With the existing synergies of the Ideal Group that represents global brands such as Mahindra, Ssangyong and CHERY, we have the required technical expertise and service/repair capabilities on par with global standards. These capabilities are utilised by Ideal Drive to deliver the peace of mind that a client seeks when outsourcing its transportation requirements.”
Ideal Drive was incorporated in June 2013 as a company which mainly focuses on long-term vehicle hiring. Various hiring packages designed to suit different categories of businesses would be the key fact in Ideal Drive complemented by utmost customer care provided with a ‘red carpet’ service to all its clientele.
The company boasts of its own, fully fledged workshop capable of undertaking emergency breakdowns and roadside assistance around the clock, assisted by Ideal Motors regional repair centre network that spreads across the Island with 17 repair centres. The central workshop of the company would look-in to any type of mechanical and body repairs with the assistance of Ideal Motors general workshop which is capable to minimise the downtime of repair and service.
Ideal Group in Sri Lanka headed by its Founder/Chairman Nalin J. Welgama along with Aravinda de Silva as the Deputy Chairman. The flagship company of the group consists of Ideal Motors, which is the only authorised distributor for Mahindra automobiles in Sri Lanka. The Ideal Group is privately held, professionally managed entity that has its beginnings in England as far as 1986, where its founder began a company named Ideal Plant & Machinery. From these humble beginnings, the Ideal Group has grown to a Rs. 17.5 billion diversified business that encompasses automobiles, two wheelers, finance, real estate, auto parts and accessories, tires and tubes and renewable energy.
