Proud to be associated in providing Safe Drinking Water to the Nation, with the Supply of Chlorine required for water purification over the decades.
Chlorine
Chlorine is a product manufactured by the chloro alkali process. Electrolysis of common salt (NaCl) gives out chlorine in this process. Chlorine gas is compressed and liquefied for the purpose of storage and transportation. Chlorine gas is transported in either in large tanks or in a cylinders of varying sizes from 900 kg to smaller sizes such as 68 kg.
Our Heritage
Among the initial Factories set up in the 1950 decade, Paranthan Chemicals Factory was established in 1954 as Government Chemicals Factory at Paranthan in Kilinochchi District in the Northern Province. This factory had been brought under the name of Paranthan Chemicals Corporation in 1957 by the State Industrial Corporation Act no 49 of 1957.
Paranthan Chemicals Company Limited is a 100% State-owned, profit-making Company performing its activities under the purview of Ministry of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policies.
Appointed as a Member of the Board of Directors of Paranthan Chemicals Company Ltd. in May 2023.
Has over 26 years’ experience at Ceylon Petroleum Corporation and as a Senior Engineering Technician at Refinery Mechanical Workshop.
Counts over 24 years’ experience in government service, served as a Enforcement officer in employee’s trust fund board and Public coordinating Secretary at Public coordinating unit of the Presidential Secretariat. Worked as Jathika Saviya District Coordinating Director for Kalutara District at Presidential Secretariat. Was a Board Member of Southern Development Authority.
Master of Arts in Economics / B.Sc. Business Administration (Special). Worked as Deputy Chief Secretary (Finance) – Southern Province (Super Grade) 2019-2022 and Director Southern Province Internal Audit. Is a Fellow member of the Association of Public Finance Accountants of Sri Lanka. Worked as Chief Accountant- Ministry of Fisheries, Southern Province and Chief Accountant at Ministry of Cooperative Affairs Southern Province from 2007- 2010, Gained experience as an Accountant Zonal Education Office Southern Province and as an Accountant at Divisional Secretariat Office, Akuressa and further as an Audit Examiner at Auditor General Department.
Mrs. Priyangani is representing the board since September 2020 as appointed by the Secretary to the Treasury. She obtained her first degree, B’com (First Class) from the University of Peradeniya and honored with the Master of Arts degree in financial economics from the University of Colombo. She is also a lifetime member of the Association of Accounting Technicians of Sri Lanka (MAAT) and has completed Licentiate part II of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (ICASL). She currently holds other Directorships in State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) namely Sri Lanka Tea Board, MG Sugars Lanka Pvt Ltd, Helanco Hotels and Spa Pvt Limited representing Secretary to the Treasury. Also she was the former Treasury Representative director in Chillaw Plantations Ltd, Colombo Commercial Fertilizer Ltd, Canwill Holdings (Pvt) Ltd, Sino Lanka Hotels and Spa (Pvt) Ltd, Ceylon Agro Industries Ltd, National Center for Advanced Studies and National Medicine Regulatory Organization. Mrs. Priyangani presently performs her duties in her capacity as a Director of the Department of Public Enterprises and Acting Senior Project Officer of the National Agency for Public Private Partnership. Also she was a senior manager in Public Enterprises Reform Commission of Sri Lanka (PERC) implementing key aspects of the governments public sector reform program. Ms. Priyangani has wide exposure in handling investment appraisals and analysis of the financial performance of various SOEs, all stages of a privatization transactions, post transaction monitoring and evaluation by actively taking part in major privatization transactions of various sectors at PERC.
Appointed as the Charmen of Paranthan Chemicals Company Limited in February 2023. Mr. Chaminda Karunaratne is a highly talented, skilled, experienced, energetic veteran professional in the Government Sector who has served for the last Twenty Nine (29) Years as a Government Servant.