Lanka Aluminium Industries PLC, the pioneer in high-quality aluminium extrusions in Sri Lanka, opened its 10th fully owned islandwide retail outlet in the bustling town of Kalutara at the Central Junction, Nagoda, Kalutara recently. The opening ceremony was graced by key staff of Lanka Aluminium Industries PLC, and a large number of invitees comprising key contractors, engineers, doctors, and fabricators from in and around Kalutara.

“Our vision is to enable our customers to be able to access our solutions and services right where they need it. To support this vision, we will continue to expand our retail outlets across the island providing easy access to technical advice, shop drawings, wind load calculations, and other technical services. Furthermore, attractive pricing benefits too will be made available to our customers at these outlets,” said Dinal Peiris – Chairman, Lanka Aluminium Industries PLC.

In addition to high-quality aluminium extrusions, the retail outlets also carry general accessories required for the making of doors and windows, all under one roof.

“With the expanding presence of our fully owned sales outlets across the country, the company’s responsibility and accountability is extended and brought closer to our end-customers through these sales and service centers, which creates empathy with the trade while adhering to our strict corporate ethical standards,” elaborated Susantha Paranagama, Head of Retail Development.

More such outlets have been planned to be rolled out in the near future.

LANKATILES continued its design-led collaboration with Colombo Fashion Week at CFW Couture + Trousseau 2026, presenting a new interpretation of how surfaces can move beyond conventional applications to become part of a wider creative experience. For its latest collaboration, LANKATILES introduced a series of specially created mosaic-clad blocks and plinths, thoughtfully integrated into the runway environment as sculptural design elements.

The installation reflects LANKATILES’ approach to looking beyond what happens on the runway and exploring the design that shapes the space around it. Bringing together fashion and surface, movement and material, and runway and room, the collaboration demonstrates how materials associated with architecture and interiors can take on new meaning within a different creative context.

By Hiran H. Senewiratne

The CSE yesterday kicked off on a positive note but later turned negative, recording the lowest turnover in the recent past, owing to the rejection of the Iranian peace proposal by US President Donald Trump, market analysts said.

Both indices moved downward. The All Share Price Index went down by 81.79 points, while the S and P SL20 declined by 17.28 points.

Turnover stood at Rs 596 million with two crossings. Those crossings were: JKH crossed 2.75 million shares crossed to the tune of Rs 52 million; its shares traded at Rs 18.19 and CDB 1.1 million shares crossed for Rs 40 million; its shares traded at Rs 35.

In the retail market companies that mainly contributed to the turnover were; Haycarb Rs 36 million (172,000 shares traded), Commercial Bank Rs 31 million (151,000 shares traded), JKH Rs 23 million (1.2 million shares traded), Tokyo Cement (Non-Voting) Rs 15 million (274,000 shares traded), Commercial Credit and Finance Rs 15 million (157,000 shares traded), CCS Rs 13 million (112,000 shares traded) and Sierra Cables Rs 13 million (370,000 shares traded). During the day 32 million share volumes changed hands in 13252 transactions.

It is said that manufacturing sector counters, especially JKH, performed well while in the banking sector, especially Commercial Bank and CDB, impressed.

Meanwhile, Vidullanka PLC said project companies in which it holds equity have submitted winning bids to establish 18.7 MW/93 MWh of battery energy storage systems (BESS) integrated with existing ground-mounted solar power plants.

The company’s estimated share of equity investment across the four projects is around Rs 600 million.

Yesterday the rupee was quoted at Rs 330.50/65 to the US dollar in the spot market, while bond yields edged lower at open, dealers said.