Dankotuwa Porcelain

Dankotuwa Porcelain PLC
Company typePublic
CSE: DPL.N0000
ISINLK0235N00008
IndustryPorcelain
Founded1984 (1984)
Headquarters,
Sri Lanka
Key people
  • Yudy Kanagasabai (Chairman)
  • Channa Gunawardana (CEO)
Revenue LKR5.913 billion (2023)
LKR1.168 billion (2023)
LKR679 million (2023)
Total assets LKR6.134 billion (2023)
Total equity LKR3.255 billion (2023)
Number of employees
1,500 (2023)
ParentCeyline Investments (68.19%)
Subsidiaries
  • Royal Fernwood Porcelain Limited (95.69%)
  • DPL Singapore Pte Ltd (100%)
Websitewww.dankotuwa.com
Footnotes / references

Dankotuwa Porcelain PLC is a porcelain tableware manufacturing company based in Dankotuwa, Sri Lanka. Dankotuwa Porcelain was incorporated in 1984 as a subsidiary of Ceylon Ceramics Corporation. Dankotuwa Porcelain was one of the four public enterprises that were privatised in December 1990. The company was converted to a public company in 1994 and listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange later in the same year. Environmental Resources Investment (currently known as Ambeon Holdings) acquired the company in 2010 for a consideration of LKR433 million. Dankotuwa Porcelain acquired Royal Fernwood Porcelain from Browns Group in December 2013 for LKR305 million.

Export sales of the company make up 83% of total sales. The company took part in the International Labour Organization's social dialogue programme of work teams. Dankotuwa Porcelain ranked 38th in LMD 100 second board in its 2021/22 edition. In 2021, Dankotowa Porcelain was adjudged as the most loved homeware brand in Sri Lanka by Brand Finance. Ceyline Investments acquired 50.1% of the stake of the company in July 2023 for a consideration of LKR2.3 billion. Subsequently, Ceyline Investments increased its stake to 68.19% through the mandatory offer.