History

1980 July 3rd   foundation of Tropiflora  Sri Lanka as a Sri Lankan-Swiss joint venture as a pioneer in cultivation of Tropical Foliage in Sri Lanka. Handessa Farm was established in the central province near Kandy on a plot of a former tea estate.

1981 Butterflypalm as the main item became fashionable after its use in a bouquet on the Bundesgartenschau

1982 First Export to Switzerland

1982 First Export to United Kingdom

1982 First Export to the Netherlands

1981 commenced construction of infrastructure such as nethouses, wells and processing center in Handessa. 

1985 Lena Farm was established in  North Western province, Kurunagala district with the main goal to enter large scale production of Kentia Palm (Chrysalidocarpus lutescens)

1990 First Exports to Kuwait with mainly Butterfly Palms

2001 MPS -  ABC, Social & GAP certification

2004 July 1st  Fair trade certification by MAX HAVELAAR Switzerland

2005 The markets demand more and more tops than leaves. Hence the production of Dracaena sanderiana and Cordyline fruticosa is intensified

2006  produced finished and fairtrade certified potplants to Swiss Supermarkets

2006 9th August certification by FLO (Fair Labeling Organisation) since Max Havelaar Switzerland was assigned to FLO

2011 First Export to Japan

2012 First Exports to Saudi Arabia

2012 First Exports to United Arab Emirates

2013 First Exports to Azerbeijan

2014 September 17th Global GAP certification

2014 First Exports to Qatar

2016 Construction of new, on-site compost production and media processing centre

2016 First Export to Australia

2017 First Exports to Jordan, Opend Farming in Attanagalla

2018 Tropiflora wins Presidential Export Award as "Highest Foreign Exchange Earner" in Floriculture

2019 Tropiflora wins again the Presidential Export Award as "Best Exporter" in Floriculture

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