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Flexospan Steel Buildings Ltd. was awarded a new state-of-the-art warehouse complex project by Ceylon Tea Brokers PLC recently. As one of the largest tea brokering companies listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange, the growth volume of the company’s requirements has now determined the need for a 90,000 square feet mega warehouse. Flexospan will design, fabricate and supply a pre-engineered steel structure to be constructed at the Muthurajawela Industrial Zone, Kerawalapitiya, Wattala, under the auspicious of the project consultant, Vasantha Rathnayake of Consultancy Services Ltd.
Flexospan was recently appointed as the sole agent for Kirby Building Systems in Sri Lanka and the Maldives. Kirby Building Systems, established in 1976, is a global leader in the design and manufacture of pre-engineered steel buildings and structures. With a global spread extending across the Middle East, Africa, the Indian subcontinent and South East Asia, Kirby’s production capacity exceeds 400,000 MT annually, through operations across 70 countries employing a workforce of over 4,000 people.
Globally, Kirby offers one of the most comprehensive product portfolios which include a wide range of customised, cost-effective steel building solutions tailored to customers’ specific requirements including pre-engineering steel buildings (PEBs), storage solutions, industrial racking systems, and a broad array of other steel building products for applications in all major market segments including heavy industry, infrastructure, high-rise buildings, warehouse, factories, oil and gas, and leisure structures.
All structures are designed using the latest software available in the industry resulting in superlative functionality and aesthetics. Operating in Sri Lanka for the last 20 years, Kirby has successfully completed some of the largest steel structures in the country to the highest of industrial and ISO standards.
Due to the insatiable demand for PEB’s and high-rise steel structures, Kirby has appointed Flexospan as their sole agent/partner to deliver a speedy and efficient service to customers in Sri Lanka and Maldives. Located at the JAT headquarters building at Thalawathugoda, Kirby now offers friendly and professional advice and design support to all its customers.
All Kirby structures for Sri Lanka and Maldives are fabricated in Dong Nai, Vietnam. The guaranty of the design team in Vietnam to visit Sri Lanka at any time during the evaluation and construction phases to provide Sri Lanka’s consultants and architects with the highest contemporary quality service available in the industry, is a further incentive on offer.
Through its alliance with Kirby, Flexospan guarantees all its client’s steel structures incorporating cutting edge technology, enduring value and permanence of the highest industrial quality.