Browns Thermal Engineering unveils first service centre in Colombo

Browns Thermal Engineering (Pvt) Ltd (BTEL), recently opened their new premises at a strategic location on Darley Road.
The new premises will serve as a ‘One-Stop-Shop’ for all Radiator Sales and Services. Apart from the two outlets situated in Galle and Dambulla, this is the first of many that will be opened in the Colombo district.
Customers in Colombo are now privy to second to none, tailor-made and efficient services from trained and experienced Browns Technicians and will also have the convenience of purchasing allvehicle cooling system related products such as radiators, radiator top & bottom tanks, drain taps, caps & filler necks, radiator hoses and thermostats; all under one roof with ample parking facilities available. In addition, the new sales and service centre which is conveniently located, opposite St. Joseph’s College, will also market TAFE, Massey Ferguson and Sifang tractor spare parts.
Some of the radiator services offered are: Cooling System check-ups, Fixing Radiator Tanks, Flushing of cooling system, cleaning Radiator Fins, Oil Cooler repairs, Radiator Pressure Cap & Thermostat check-ups and much more.
BTEL is a wholly owned subsidiary of Brown & Company PLC. It is the only large-scale manufacturer of heat exchanges in Sri Lanka and is the market leader in the auto and industrial radiator segments. BTEL currently manufactures brass and copper radiators under the brand name of RADCO at the company’s factory, which is located at the Browns Industrial Park in Makandura, Pannala. Browns Thermal also owns and operates a plastic moulding facility that supplies plastic components to the battery industry in Sri Lanka.
Looking back on the history of Browns Thermal, since its inception in 1969, then operating under Browns Group Industries Ltd, it has come a long way and achieved significant successes and reached noteworthy milestones in its existence in the industry.
Browns was in the business of exporting radiators to Saudi Arabia in 1982 and ten years later commenced supplying Locomotive Radiators for the Sri Lankan Government Railways.Introducing corrugated radiators to the Sri Lankan market in 1988, Browns with an affiliation with a local Corporate, went on to manufacture industrial radiators and then on to manufacturing heat exchangers to Tea, Rubber & Coconut dryers.
In 2014, Browns Thermal Engineering Ltd, secured business with APR Energy USA, a global leader in the under-served market for rapidly deployable, large-scale power and the world’s leading provider of fast-track mobile turbine power.
BTEL, continues to excel in the Radiator industry both locally and internationally, marketing products under the RADCO Brand. The Business Unit, also in the business of distributing radiators to emergency power suppliers overseas, is one of the main suppliers to Sri Lanka Railway, Sri Lanka Ports Authority, Ceylon Electricity Board and almost all other Generator importers in Sri Lanka. BTEL is also a proud supplier for locally assembled UNIMO Vehicles as an 
OE supplier.
In addition, BTEL has a network of over 250 dealers island-wide. With its first service centre in Colombo, Browns Thermal hopes to reach out to its clients’ island-wide with plans underway to open branches in various strategic locations around the country.