Sri Lanka, May 20 -- With the aim of strengthening the export competitiveness of Sri Lanka's light engineering industry, the Industrial Products Division of the Export Development Board (EDB) inaugurated a special Awareness Programme for Exporters and Potential Exporters in the Light Engineering Sector at the EDB headquarters in Colombo. The inauguration programme was held at the EDB on 19 May 2026.

The programme was conducted jointly with the Foundry Development Services Institute (FDSI) and the Department of Government Factory, targeting both current and potential exporters in the light engineering sector. The programme was developed in direct response to calls from industry stakeholders for a more practical and technically grounded i...