Holding the distinction of being Sri Lanka’s first privately owned cement manufacturer and one of the country’s lading heavy industries, Tokyo Cement Company (Lanka) PLC was incorporated in 1982.

One of the oldest private sector foreign collaborations in Sri Lanka, the Company was established as a partnership between Japan’s Nippon Coke and Engineering Company (formerly Mitsui Mining Company), and Sri Lanka’s St. Anthony’s Consolidated, under the aegis of the founder of Tokyo Cement business conglomerate, late Deshamanya AYS Gnanam.

The Company was listed in the Colombo Stock Exchange in 1984.

In 2017, Tokyo Cement entered into a new technical collaboration with UBE Singapore PTE Ltd.

The Company’s core activity is the manufacture of Ordinary Portland Cement, Portland Pozzolana Cement and Blended Hydraulic Cement. The Company commenced manufacturing Blended Hydraulic Cement from 2018. Further, the Company expanded into the production of cement-based Dry Mortar Products such as Tile Adhesives, Water Proofing Products, Wall Plasters, Flooring Solutions, Pre-mix Concrete, Ready Mix Concrete and CLC Blocks.

The Company is also involved in renewable energy generation.

The Tokyo Cement Group comprised of Four (04) subsidiaries, as at end March 2020.