CIC Agri honours business partners with Lifetime Awards

CIC Agri Businesses recognized and appreciated two of its long-standing business partners Bavani Stores, Jaffna and Samarasiri Traders, Welimada with ‘Lifetime Awards’ at the Annual New Year Invoicing Ceremony which was held at the Lotus Tower recently.

Bavani Stores was founded by Ponnaiyah Krishnananthan also known as Rajan in 1976 and commenced as a grocery shop and later expanded its business to other products. In 1985 Bavani Stores ventured to the sale of Agro Chemicals, Seeds and Fertilizer and was appointed as an authorized distributor for CIC in 1986.Since then Bavani Stores has been one of the key dealers for CIC in the Jaffna Peninsula for over 35 years. Since 2007 Bavani Stores has been categorized as a Gold Dealer and remains as one of THE topmost Business Partners of CIC Holdings PLC.

Samarasiri Traders was founded in by M. M. Piyathilaka in the late seventies. Initially it was a transport business. However later in 1985 he expanded the business and commenced the sale of Agro Chemicals, Fertilizer and Seeds. In 1986 Samarasiri Traders was appointed as the authorized distributor for all CIC Products that included Fertilizer, Seeds, and Agro Chemicals. Since then, for the past 37 years, he has been successfully covering the entire Up-Country region with CIC Products.