IESL awards FCT stand with Best Display Special Award
FCT were presented with a special award in the category of stand with the best display. The adjudicators of the award were representatives from IESL and the organizing committee of Techno 2004.

The award was presented to FCT, at the award ceremony held at the Grand Oriental Hotel on the 22nd of October 2004.
 

 FCT launches Jacob White Twin Flap Sealer
FCT launched the Jacob White TFS at the recently concluded Techno 2004 exhibition. The machine was brought down especially for the Techno event. This machine is capable of sealing both the flaps of the carton.

The machine is able to seal approximately 45 cartons per minute.*
* depends on dimensions of the carton
 

Techno 2004
FCT is taking part in the annual Techno 2004 exhibition, which is conducted by the Institute of Engineers Sri Lanka. The exhibition will take place from the 15th to the 17th of October at the BMICH- Colombo, Sri Lanka.

FCT will exhibit its entire portfolio of products. This year three exhibition stands have been reserved in lieu of the increased product range on display.

For more information on FCT's participation at Techno 2004, please send an email to info@fctsl.com  or call +94-11-2 574251 .

Alternatively, you may obtain the full contact details of FCT from the Contact Us found elsewhere in this website.

 

FCT is Listed on Kompass!
First City Trades & Agencies has listed itself and all its products and services on the world famous Kompass Directory. Kompass is the worlds most respected business to business directory, with a global presence in more than 75 countries.

First City Trades & Agencies hopes that this new medium of listing, will give new and existing customers an added avenue of education on the areas that FCT operates in. All the brands that FCT market in Sri Lanka are listed along with their logos.

Information on FCT can be accessed on the Kompass network via several mediums; the Kompass website, Kompass directory handbook and also Kompass regional and global CD-Roms amongst others.

Techno 2003
First City Trades & Agencies took part in the Techno 2003 exhibition held at the BMICH Exhibition and Convention hall. This exhibition is the main event in the engineering world, where the engineering profession get together to hold the annual Institute of Engineers of Sri Lanka (IESL) conference which is followed by three days of exhibition.

FCT has been taking part in this annual event for the last nine years and find it a useful avenue of exhibiting the entire range of FCT for present and prospective customers.

This years exhibition was no different in terms of success at attracting new customers as the Managing Partner of First City Trades & Agencies, Mr. Raja Nagalingam said, " The exhibition gives us the opportunity to meet customers both new and old and show all the products we have. "Also over the last two years we have increased our product range by over 30% and it is important for our customers to see the news products we have. This is why the Techno Exhibition is important to us".

Alliance with Jacob White Packaging
First City Trades & Agencies have tied up with Jacob White Packaging of the United Kingdom. This is a strategic alliance for FCT since FCT are presently one of the largest suppliers of high quality hot melt adhesives and work very closely with the packaging industry. FCT's leading product, BAM Future 1 is a general purpose product that is food safe and is certified to come in contact with food without causing any harm.

This alliance with Jacob White Packaging will enable FCT to go one step closer to its customers by providing a complete solution.
 

FCT secures JB Weld exclusivity in Sri Lanka
After numerous requests from FCT customers, FCT finally decided to approach, the JB Weld Company of the USA, to market and distribute the JB Weld range of products in Sri Lanka.

JB Weld products are famous for their extremely strong two part cold weld epoxy solutions. Adhesive weld, Auto weld, marine weld and water weld are some of the more famous products within the JB Weld range.

JB Weld products are now available at FCT's authorized stockist or directly from FCT. For further details, please look at the JB Weld section in this website.