Browns & Co, Cluster Chief Operating Officer Mangala Wijesinghe (third from left) exchanging the MoU with HNB Head of Personal Financial Services Kanchana Karunagama (fourth from left) in the presence of (from left) Browns & Co, Assistant General Manager- Operations Ramesh Wickremasinghe, Browns & Co, Group CFO/COO Thamotharampillai Sanakan, HNB Head of Leasing Niluka Amarasinghe, HNB Assistant Manager- Leasing Roshan Silva, HNB Executive Business Development ,Mahesh Ratnayake and HNB Business Development Associate Ram Sandeep.
Sri Lanka’s leading private sector bank HNB PLC partnered with Browns Integrated Engineering Solutions to offer customers special discounts and benefits for ELGI Equipment.
The partnership with the authorised agent for compressors in Sri Lanka offers loyal HNB customers across a wide portfolio of industries from manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, agriculture, packaging, and food & beverages with exciting discounts and services. Officials from HNB Leasing and Browns Integrated Engineering Solutions graced the ceremony held at Colombo 3 to sign the MoU.
“We have a well-established, mutually beneficial relationship with Browns & Co, which has offered our customers the best of both worlds for leasing opportunities. We are delighted to extend this long-standing relationship to include Browns Integrated Engineering Solutions to provide businesses with extensive services and benefits,” HNB Head of Personal Financial Services, Kanchana Karunagama said.
HNB will offer customers an attractive leasing package, including low-interest rates and a Prestige Prime credit card for free, with the Bank waiving off the first year annual fee.
“We are delighted to be working with HNB once again to provide our mutual customer base with greater access to reliable, world-class products and after-sales services. We have always taken pride in our innovative and customer-centric approach to selling machinery, and we look forward to working with the Bank to help our customers along their journey to success,” Browns & Co, Cluster Chief Operating Officer, Mangala Wijesinghe said.
Browns will provide a discount of five per cent and three free services under the partnership. Customers are also eligible for a two-year or 2000-hour warranty for air compressors, a one-year comprehensive warranty for screw type air compressors, and a one-year or 2000-hour warranty for diesel driven portable compressors.
A division of Browns & Co, Browns Integrated Engineering Solutions is the authorised agent and after-sales service provider for ELGI products in Sri Lanka, with a history of 40 years in imports and installation of piston type, screw type and portable air compressors.
Established in 1875, the prestigious Browns Group is one of Sri Lanka’s largest diversified conglomerates, which manages a fast-growing and valuable portfolio of brands across several key industry sectors, including automotive, power generation, agriculture and plantation, pharmaceuticals, investments, marine, and manufacturing as well as leisure.
With 254 customer centres across the country, HNB is one of Sri Lanka’s largest, most technologically innovative banks, having won local and global recognition for its efforts to drive forward a new paradigm in digital banking. Consolidating its reputation for banking excellence, HNB bagged the Best Retail Bank and Best SME Bank awards in the Banking category at the International Finance Awards 2021. The Bank was also ranked among the World Top 1,000 Banks list compiled by the prestigious UK-based Banker Magazine for five consecutive years. HNB was also declared Best Sub-Custodian Bank in Sri Lanka at the Global Finance Awards 2020. HNB has a national rating of AA- (lka) by Fitch Ratings (Lanka) Ltd. (10).
