Ceylon Steel Corporation is one of the three industrial projects along with Ceylon Tire Corporation and Ceylon Sugar Corporation, which were established in Sri Lanka by the support of Soviet Union during the cold war era. In 1962[1], Sirimavo Bandaranayake continued with the pro-socialist vision of her late husband and further strengthen relations with socialist countries. The Ceylon Steel Corporation was started in 1962 under the supervision of Maithripala Senanayake who was the Commerce and Industrial Minister of her government[2]. A. N. S. Kulasinghe the first appointed director of the organization. Later the organization was sold to a Korean Company and this deal was considered as a corrupted [3] one occurred during the period President Chandrika Bandaranayaka who is the daughter of founder Sirimavo Bandaranayaka. Recently (2009) the company was again gained by a local shareholder and re-brand it as “Ceylon Steel”[4]
| Company type | Public |
|---|---|
| Industry | Steel Fabrication |
| Founded | 1962  |
| Founder | Sirimavo Bandaranayake , Maithripala Senanayake |
| Headquarters | Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| Products | QT Bars, BRC, GI Pipes, GI Mesh, Hot Dipped Galvanizing, Square Tubes |
| Website | www.ceylonsteel.com |
- ^ http://www.srilankaembassy.org/relationship/history-of-bilateral-relationship/
- ^ 2. http://archives.dailynews.lk/2009/07/16/fea01.asp
- ^ 3. https://books.google.lk/books?id=EoO5CXSdISkC&pg=PA227&lpg=PA227&dq=Ceylon+Steel+Corporation+Limited+to+HANJUNG&source=bl&ots=XJrNS9CRGg&sig=xki6S-LU_LFP2zBk9occQ27KLFU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjQlIu4puPOAhVHpY8KHeI3A7AQ6AEINzAF#v=onepage&q=Ceylon%20Steel%20Corporation%20Limited%20to%20HANJUNG&f=false
- ^ http://www.ceylonsteel.com/about-us/company-milestones.html