RANAVIRU APPAREL

A delegation from South Sudan headed by Lt Gen Thoi Chany Reat, Assistant Chief for Administration Personnel and Finance of South Sudan Army, now in Sri Lanka after attending the ‘Colombo Defence Seminar - 2018’ (CDS) at BMICH, organized by the Sri Lanka Army on the theme, ‘Security in an Era of Global Disruptions’ visited Ranaviru Apparel (RVAPL) at Yakkala on 02 September to discuss and learn about ‘Ranaviru Apparel’ Rehabilitation project. However, object of their visit was to

Troops of Ranaviru Apparel (RVAPL) Factory at Alawwa serving under the RVAPL Headquarters at Yakkala organized a mobile mouth cancer detection clinic at their camp premises for its uniform staff including differently able troops and Civilian employees on Thursday (09 August 2018), on the directions of Brigadier Senaka Dassanayake , Commandant - RVAPL under the supervision of Factory Manager of Alawwa.

A team of medical staff including dental doctors from Medical Officer Health ( MOH) office at

A senior member of Ranaviru Apparel (RVAPL) Board of Management (BoM), Prof R U Kuruppu, who is rendering a remarkable service by providing his professional technical knowledge to uplift the Army possess Garment Factory since its inception up to now, visited together with his Maintenance Manager to RVAPL Factory at Yakkala to review production process and operational efficiency of available machineries on Monday (13 August 2018).

The visit was arranged by RVAPL staff under the supervision of Commandan

Commandant of Ranaviru Apparal (RVAPL), Brigadier Senaka Dassanayake and Deputy Commandant, Brigadier Kapila Ranaweera together with few other key appointment holders of RVAPL Factory at Yakkala made a visit to the Factory at Alawwa and evaluated progress of the proposed five storied accommodation building construction during the last week.

The visiting Commandant and other officers were warmly received by Lieutenant Colonel Chaminda Thibbotuge, Factory Manager of Ranaviru Apparel Alawwa on arrival

All troops including differently able troops serving at the Ranaviru Apparel (RVAPL) Factories at Yakkala and Alawwa took part in award giving ceremonies, organized at the respective Factory premises by the Administrative Staff of both Factories to felicitate their fourth production line and sixth production line who emerged as the best production lines of the month, were held on 01 August 2018.

Events were organized on the instructions of, Brigadier Senaka Dassanayake, Commandant- RVAPL

A simple ceremony organized by troops of Ranaviru Apparel (RVPL) was held at the Factory premises in Yakkala on 01 June 2018 to felicitate the Second Production Line of the Factory, who emerged as the Best production line of the month.

This new project was launched on a new concept of the Deputy Chief of Staff (DCOS) of the Sri Lanka Army and Chairman of Board of Management (BoM) of ( RVAPL) , Major General Ajith Kariyakarawana in order to select the best production line of the month after a speci

Brigadier Kapila Ranaweera, Deputy Commandant and Lieutenant Colonel Roshan Kalupahana, Production Planning and Work Study Manager of Ranaviru Apparal made a visit to the construction site of the proposed five storied accommodation building at Ranaviru Apparel (RVAPL) Alawwa on Wednesday (15) morning, November 2017.

The visiting Deputy Commandant was warmly received by Lieutenant Colonel Chaminda Thibbotuge, Factory Manager of Ranaviru Apparel Alawwa on arrival at the site, in the company of several

A work study course for Officers and Other Ranks serving in both Ranaviru Apparel factories at Yakkala and Alawwa of Sri Lanka Army was commenced at the RVAPL Factory in Yakkala on 28 November 2017 under the training assistance of Sri Lanka Institute of Textile & Apparel (SLITA).

The course designed to enhance the knowledge of Officers and Other Ranks serving at both factories on different areas related to Work Study includes Process Analysis, Method Study, Time Study, Line Balancing , Evaluat

70 Home Science Teachers and 3 lecturers of Zonal Educational Office in Minuwangoda paid an educational visit to Ranaviru Apparel (RVAPL), recently with a view of learning more about the Apparel Industry as a part of their syllabus and properly implemented 5-S concept.

The visiting group of teachers were warmly welcomed by the Deputy Commandant and Staff officers of RVAPL at the main entrance and guided them to Boardroom.

After welcoming them, a presentation on the historic value and im

Ranaviru Apparel (RVAPL) Factory which was established on 27 March 1996 at Yakkala produces an average of 1200 uniform sets per day while Alawwa factory opened on 23 Oct 2009 produces an average of 960 uniform sets and no of other products per day.

However, both factories do have the capacity of fulfilling more than 85% of uniform requirement of the Army at present and under takes different type of uniforms including dress No 04, 06, 07 and No 8 uniforms, PT Short , Mosquito Nets and Sleeping Mattr