How it started
History
The company was founded in 1982 as a joint venture between Mitsui Mining Company and St. Anthony's Consolidated under the leadership of A. Y. S. Gnanam, founder of the St. Anthony's Group. In 1983, the construction of the manufacturing plant began in Trincomalee and the company was listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange in 1984. The Trincomalee cement factory, the second largest cement plant in the country at the time, was bombed in May 1986 by the Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students (EROS) which caused to halt the production and damage worth several million rupees. The production commenced in 1988. Fuji Cement Company (Lanka) a fully owned subsidiary of the company commenced operations in 1998. In 2014, the company partnered with the Foundation of Goodness to sponsor a coaching programme for school cricketers. The company has continued its partnership with the Foundation since then. In 2015, Fuji Cement Company (Lanka) merged back with the Tokyo Cement Company. In 2020, the company entered into an agreement with the Board of Investment of Sri Lanka for an expansion plan worth US$12 million.
From Wikipedia’s article on Tokyo Cement, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2
