Arpico NextGen mattress gains recognition for innovation at PRISL Industry Awards 2025

From left: Arpitech, Richard Pieris & Company PLC, represented by Managing Director Lalith Wijeyesinghe and Deputy General Manager Manufacturing Jayanatha Alwis, accept the award and certificate for Innovative Product of the Year Award

Arpico, the long-standing frontrunner in Sri Lanka’s mattress industry, recently received the award for Second Runner-Up in the category of Innovative Product of the Year, at the 2025 PRISL Industry Awards. 

Hosted by the Plastic and Rubber Institute of Sri Lanka (PRISL), the awards honour outstanding industry contributions to the plastics, rubber, latex and recycling sectors. 

Awarded for Arpico’s NextGen mattress, the recognition reaffirmed the company’s commitment to crafting state-of-the-art sleep solutions and providing its customers with seamless retail experiences. 

The Arpico NextGen mattress stands as a distinctive example of Arpico’s vision. With its inclusion of profile-cut air-cooling pocket technology, the NextGen mattress is the product of intensive research and development, designed to align with Arpico’s mission to innovate products that enrich everyday living. 

Built using cutting-edge German Computer Numerical Control foam-cutting technology, NextGen’s design aims to amplify cooling, essentially enhancing sleep quality through its superior comfort, adaptive support and long-lasting performance, allowing the sleepers to wake rejuvenated.

Discussing the award, Richard Pieris & Company PLC Arpitech Managing Director Lalith Wijeyesinghe said, “The award is a testament to the efforts and ingenuity of our team, led under the visionary guidance of our Group Chairman, CEO and Managing Director of Richard Pieris & Company PLC, Dr. Sena Yaddehige. It reaffirms our endeavours to design products that integrate emerging technologies for the benefit of our customers. Furthermore, we recognise the award as an incentive to continue pushing the boundaries of our achievements and pursue ever greater heights of success.”