(Colombo, July 2018) One of Germany’s foremost global manufacturers in the field of electrical and building installation technology – OBO Bettermann Holding GmbH & Co. KG, held its OBO Night for its customers in Sri Lanka recently at Cinnamon Lakeside – Colombo.
OBO Bettermann which globally has over 4,000 employees, is spread across 60 countries and 40 subsidiaries in Europe and overseas. The brand has been in Sri Lanka since the mid nineties, and started its own office in 2011.
Ambassador of Germany to Sri Lanka & Maldives Jörn Rohde was the Chief Guest at the launch held on the 22nd June 2018.
“Good evening ladies and gentlemen, I am extremely happy to be here. I won’t relate too much on OBO Bettermann because I don’t know too much about its line of business. But when I saw the motto – Thinking connected, I guess we are in the same line of business as we are trying to do the same things. My line of business is connecting Germany with Sri Lanka, not only governments but also its peoples,” iterated Chief Guest Ambassador of Germany to Sri Lanka Jörn Rohde.
“It is a great honour and privilege for me to be in Sri Lanka for this momentous occasion. We build connections through devices and equipment that conduct electricity, route data and control energy. We bundle our high-quality products into innovative systems and our networked solutions create the electrical infrastructure of buildings in all kinds of projects throughout the whole world. Our state-of-the-art production facilities and continuous process optimization help us to create first-class products. We continuously strive for ways of optimizing our production processes. With their own knowledge, each individual OBO employee in the production facility contributes to the development of the company. The high depth of production and level of process automation allow the greatest-possible flexibility and efficiency for clear segmentation of the production facilities,” Ralf Hennemann Director of Sales and strategy for Sri Lanka, Middle-East and North Africa said addressing the gathering.
Dr. Asanka Rodrigo from the Department of Electrical Engineering of the University of Moratuwa conducted a very insightful presentation under the topic ‘ Importance of surge protection’ whilst Eranda Ginige – Founder of Social Enterprise Lanka delivered a speech on ‘Social Enterprises.’
“We strive for the greatest-possible transparency for our employees and customers. Towards this end, all of the company’s objectives, processes and data are continuously measured, depicted and, if possible, improved on. The continuous development and modernization of our production facilities is the foundation of our success. I would like to thank our long-standing partner and distributer Athula Jayarathna, Chairman/ Managing Director of SAW Engineering (Pvt) Ltd for all the support given to us in the past ,” said Hardi Jabir, Director of Sales and Marketing for Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh and the Maldives delivering the vote of thanks.
OBO Bettermann is an independent family owned company established in 1911 by its legendary founder Franz Bettermann along with two other colleagues in Germany. In 1952, the OBO Bettermann pioneered the OBO –OhneBOhren (without drilling) technology in the world which simplified the work of the tradesmen of the time significantly, eliminating the need for drilling as the nail / anchor could be directly pushed into the wall.
OBO Bettermann with a tradition stretching back over 100 years and four generations has its successful growth story is based on its deeply-rooted connections with commerce, trades, planners and the end-customers. Its corporate considerations and actions are based on embracing change and taking a long-term view. The core of its success story is based on mutual trust and commitment among employers, employees, and partners.