November 18, 2024
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5min
Hela Apparel Holdings PLC has announced a significant improvement in its financial performance during the quarter ended 30th September, with a return to operating profit for the first time in eight quarters. This positive result highlights the recovery of demand conditions in its key export markets and underscores the successful outcomes of its ongoing restructuring […]

October 15, 2024
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14th October 2024, Colombo, Sri Lanka: Hela Apparel Holdings PLC has confirmed the successful completion of its rights issue, raising Rs. 1,596,826,135 through the issue of shares. This achievement reflects the strong support of the company’s shareholders and will contribute to the strengthening of the Hela Group’s balance sheet for future growth. The rights issue […]

May 15, 2023
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      Colombo, Sri Lanka, Affirming the company’s unwavering dedication to ensuring a trajectory towards net zero by 2050, Hela Apparel Holdings received the ISO 14064-1:2018 certification for quantification and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions across the Group, for the second consecutive year. A comprehensive group-wide GHG inventory assessment was carried out, taking into account […]

February 15, 2023
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      14th February 2023, Colombo: Hela Apparel Holdings PLC navigated an exceptionally challenging global operating environment during the third quarter of FY 2022/23. While the Group’s quarterly revenue of Rs. 21.8 Bn represented a 44.8% increase compared to the same period of the previous year, this primarily reflected the impact of the rupee’s […]

January 19, 2023
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6min
      Colombo, 19th January 2023 – MiHCM, a global HR technology provider, successfully implemented MiHCM Cloud across the global manufacturing facilities of the Hela Group in Sri Lanka, Ethiopia, and Egypt. The programme was initiated with an aim to digitize its HR operations and increase employee efficiency, productivity, overall engagement, and further improve […]

November 15, 2022
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      15th November 2022, Colombo: Hela Apparel Holdings PLC recorded a resilient performance in the second quarter of FY 2022/23, with revenue of Rs. 28.2 Bn representing an 88.5% increase compared to the same period of the previous year. While the significant growth was partly driven by the depreciation of the rupee, revenue […]

October 5, 2022
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6min
      COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, October 4th, 2022— As part of its drive towards digitalisation for enhanced productivity, efficiency and sustainability, Hela Apparel Holdings completed the first phase of its global implementation of SAP S/4HANA®, an enterprise application suite developed by SAP, on 4th October 2022. With this, Hela becomes the first company to […]


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