richard pieris & company plc type public traded as cse rich.n0000 industry manufacturing engineering rubber plantations retail and tyre pumps construction headquarters colombo sri lanka key people dr.sena yaddehige prof. susantha pathirana prof. lakshman watawala mr. paul ratnayaka mr.sunil liyanage revenue 34.7 billion sri lankan rupee 2013 number of employees over 24 000 including plantations website official website richard pieris & company plc arpico established in 1940 it is one of sri lanka s largest conglomerates with interests in manufacturing engineering retail and plantation industries . it is a pioneer in the tyre plantation and rubber industries of sri lanka . with a staff strength of more than 25 000 the company s major brands includes arpitec arpidag and arpico . contents 1 history 2 rubber 3 tires 4 plantations 5 retail 6 board of directors 7 references 8 external links history edit the company was founded in 1940 as a partnership initially dealing with the plantation and tire industries . 1 since then it has diversified into the areas of manufacturing pumps retail and engineering sectors . the company also pioneered the concept of hypermarkets in sri lanka through their arpico super centre chain . today the company has more than 1000 retail outlets including dealerships and factories island wide . rubber edit the company is engaged in the manufacture of moulded extruded and foam rubber both for the export and domestic markets . major markets include north america europe and the middle east . the division conforms to iso 9002 standards . 2 tires edit richard piries company is the market leader and the pioneer in the tyre retread industry of sri lanka and commands a market share of nearly 60 % . in addition to that it has become the largest retreader in the whole of south asia which is a remarkable achievement for a sri lankan company . the company is associated with bandag corporation usa and birla group india . plantations edit the group is one of the largest players in the plantation industry with ownership of major plantation companies including maskeliya plantations plc namunukula plantations plc and kegalle plantations plc. the sector employees more than 24 000 people combined . retail edit with its retail arm arpico supercentre the company is the largest retailer of general household products in sri lanka . the company pioneered the concept of hypermarkets in sri lanka . board of directors edit the board is composed of distinguished professionals in their respective fields . members of the board include dr.sena yaddehige is a swiss based scientist engineer who developed the largest automotive sensor business in united kingdom and is a holder of worldwide patents for many engineering related technology . prof. susantha pathirana is an accomplished engineering professional and is a graduate in production engineering from the university of peradeniya and holds a msc and phd in mechanical engineering . he has also held the post of dean of the engineering faculty of the university of peradeniya . prof. lakshman watawala is a charted accountant and serves on the boards of many public and private companies . he has also held the post of director at peoples bank boi and state mining and mineral corporation . mr. paul ratnayaka is a distinguished lawyer with degrees from the university of colombo and the university of london . he is also an attorney of the supreme court of sri lanka and a solicitor of the supreme court of england . mr.sunil liyanage having joined the company in 1974 counts over 35 years of experience in the field . he is a competent professional in the fields of rubber and plastics industries . references edit arpico about us history arpico our tyre business external links edit http www.arpico.com http www.arpico.com investor relations img rpc % 202012 13.pdf http www.cse.lk company info.do http www.elankanews.com 2014 07 arpico launches hybrid water tanks.html http richardpieris.com retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title richard pieris % 26 company plc & oldid 720961070 categories conglomerate companies of sri lankahidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 18 may 2016 at 23 39 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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