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The company, however, went into liquidation. Tom Walker headed a syndicate that bought
Colombo Ice Company, forming a new company under the name New Colombo Ice Company on 8 May 1894. In 1910 the New Colombo Ice Company bought the business and plant of one of its main competitors, the Galle Face Ice
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By 1925, the company moved on to build cold storage for frozen products of all kinds, opening new cold stores in
Colombo on 1 December 1928, the same year the company purchased another smaller rival, the Pure Ice and Aerated Waters Manufactory. In 1932, Ceylon Creameries Limited was acquired to
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with the distinctive "Elephant" trademark on the bottles, which later became "Elephant House" and since that time has remained as the household name for the brand. The company initially produced two types of carbonated drinks: soda and lemonade, both of which compared favourably at the time in
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Kaduwela factory. In 2007 John Keells Holdings reinvested close to one billion rupees in the installation of a state of the art factory line.
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produce and distribute reconstituted fresh milk and ice cream. In 1934 the New
Colombo Ice Company purchased Ceylon Ice and Cold Storage Company for Rs 850,000. A carbonic acid gas plant was installed in 1935 to make
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Kompaniya' was used locally to identify the area, Kompaniveediya. German engineer Arthur Kurt Von Possner (1833–1900), who was the first manager of the company, introduced
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577:"Elephant House: Withstanding the assault of multinationals"
696:"Elephant House - part and parcel of Lankan Society"
524:"Elephant House - Market Leader across the Category"
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1307:Diesel & Motor Engineering
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1173:Consumer Durables and Apparel
790:Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts
308:LKR19.077 billion (2023)
291:LKR71.730 billion (2023)
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1216:Aitken Spence Hotel Holdings
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257:LKR6.185 billion (2023)
137:; 158 years ago
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495:"Annual Report 2022/23"
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