Electrical & Electronic Products

With the pace at which technology advances, market conditions change and innovations occur, the industry needs to enhance the ability to foresee, prepare, plan, and respond to the evolving dynamics, at speed. Being able to play in unique global market spaces make the industry sustain, grow, and gain a competitive edge. 

The Sri Lankan Electronic and Electrical industry continues to grow its brand as a young, dynamic exporter unafraid of change, embracing the challenges of evolving global markets with resilience, in the true Sri Lankan spirit.

With a reputation as a ‘Design to Delivery Destination’ in the Electronic and Electrical sector, Sri Lanka is a centre of excellence for electronics design and development, whilst the industry with vigour has embraced all emerging technologies including IoT, Robotics, Bio-medical, Analytics, and advanced Research and Development. Sri Lanka is progressively stepping into the global value-added supply chain with a range of cutting edge products and services, keeping pace and aligned with emerging global trends of ‘digitization’, ‘automation’, ‘miniaturization’, and ‘development of sustainable green energy’.

Renowned for world-class quality and unparalleled delivery records, the Sri Lankan Electrical and Electronic industry conforms to all required industry standards and global accreditations, observe ROHS and WEEE regulations, and strictly adhere to the ILO requirements. All Sri Lankan exporters in the Electronics/Electrical industry are ISO certified, committed to protecting the environment, and conform to many international certifications such as ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001, ISO 50001, TLS 8001, ISO 13485, IATF 16949, ANSI /ESD S20.20, ESD IEC 61340-5-1, ISO 17025, ATEX 2014/34/EU, UL 508A, EN 3834, EN15085 and IPC 620.

Making an increasingly healthy contribution towards the country’s export-led economic development progression, Sri Lankan Electrical and Electronics industry has marked its emergence into the global electronics value-added supply chain with products and services finding acceptance amongst reputed global market leaders, and catering to multiple industries including automobile, telecommunication, consumer electronics, industrial automation and numerous other verticals.

Switzerland, Maldives, the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Japan, China, Bangladesh, India, and Germany are among the top exporting destinations of the Sri Lankan Electrical and Electronic exports. In an industry consisting of more than 100 engaged in design manufacturing and exporting of Electronic and Electrical products and services, the major products exported include boards and panels (41% of electronic components), electrical wires (23%), and transformers (21%) while a host of other products make up the remainder.

Making an impactful contribution towards employment generation in the country, the Electronic and Electrical sector currently provides employment to approximately 35,000, that includes high profile researchers and design engineers. The local industry experienced a heavy injection of foreign investments during the 1980s from Japan, Sweden, Switzerland, India, the United Kingdom and Germany for mass scale component manufacturing.

Sri Lanka’s reputation as a viable ‘Design to Delivery’ sourcing destination for global buyers revolves around the country’s trade relations with Europe, geo-maritime location, proximity to India’s booming electronic and automotive markets, adherence to all international standards, availability of cutting-edge technology, abundantly available high-quality minerals used as a base material for electronic products. The preferential market access under GSP Plus scheme, and several other bilateral agreements, including the Indo-Lanka Free Trade Agreement and Pakistan-Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement, have provided further value addition to Sri Lankan exporters of Electronic and Electrical products and services. The presence of acclaimed academia in the industry, availability of a workforce with a specialised tertiary level education qualification in the electrical and electronic engineering sector, and the large trainable youth population, have been other success factors that contribute towards the continued growth of Sri Lanka’s Electronic and Electrical export sector.

Why Sri Lankan Electrical & Electronic Products?