Tokyo Super and Nippon Cement to stick to MRP of Rs. 1,275

Tokyo Cement (Company) Lanka PLC, manufacturer of TOKYO SUPER and NIPPON CEMENT, said yesterday that a 50kg bag of their brands of cement would be sold at the maximum retail price of Rs. 1,275/- only.

Dr. Harsha Cabral PC, Chairman of Tokyo Cement Company (Lanka) PLC recently said that the company was operating its cement manufacturing plant in Trincomalee at the maximum installed capacity of around 170,000 MT per month and would continue to supply cement islandwide at the highest output levels.

Dr. Cabral had stated that on a request made by the Government, Tokyo Cement had made special arrangements to import additional 12,000 MT of cement per month as an immediate contingency measure to alleviate the cement shortage currently prevailing in the market.