CEAT Kelani wins 17 Golds for quality improvement projects

CEAT’s award-winning team leaders with 17 Golds and two Kaizen awards won at National Convention on Quality and Productivity 2025

CEAT Kelani Holdings won 17 Golds at National Convention on Quality and Productivity (NCQP 2025) for quality improvement projects (QIPs) conducted in the past one year, more than doubling the number of Golds the company won at this event in 2024.

Notably, CEAT Kelani included the results of two non-manufacturing QIPs this year among the 17 projects it submitted for the awards and won Gold for both. Additionally, the CEAT team received two special awards at the Kaizen (Change for the Better) competition conducted as part of the national convention.

“There can be no better avowal of our commitment to improving operational standards and optimising efficiency than these awards,” CEAT Kelani Chief Operating Officer Shamal Gunawardene declared. 

“They also affirm that with the wholehearted participation employees at every level, CEAT Kelani continues to set benchmarks in quality and productivity improvement, further reinforcing its leadership and commitment to excellence in the industry.” 

The 15 QIPs in manufacturing that won Gold awards for CEAT this year pertained to calendar-related fabric scrap reduction, fabric scrap reduction at the radial plant, centralised and on-time monitoring of radial curing press data, accuracy improvement in dual extruder tread monitoring, reduction of  compound downgrades, light truck radial claims reduction, reduction of light bead defects at the two-wheeler tyre plant, reduction in of two-wheeler claims at the Kelaniya plant, improving boiler efficiency, elimination of radial belt rubberising defects, press breakdown reduction, controlling of Green Tyre weight variation, claims reduction at the Kalutara plant, reduction of truck tyre defects and reducing injuries at the Kalutara plant. 

The first of the two non-manufacturing projects that won Gold related to the adoption of online learning at CEAT Kelani to stimulate digital learning across the organisation. 

The second project in this category was the Natural Rubber Upgrading Quality Improvement Project initiated in response to supply chain disruptions and escalating raw material costs, due to prolonged adverse weather conditions.