Sri Lanka, Aug. 11 -- Sri Lanka's apparel industry is set to gain greater supply-chain resilience and export competitiveness with the opening of a US$20.4 million specialty chemicals manufacturing facility by Asahi Dyes and Chemicals SL (Pvt) Ltd at the Biyagama Export Processing Zone.France Business Council

The facility, established through a partnership between Japan's Asahi Dyes and Chemicals Co., Ltd. and Sri Lanka's Asons Ltd., will create 281 direct employment opportunities while bringing advanced Japanese manufacturing technology and international production standards to Sri Lanka.

Board of Investment (BOI) Chairman Duminda Hulangamuwa said the investment would help strengthen the vertical integration of the country's apparel ind...