A Sri Lankan, P. Nandadasa, Managing Director of Flexport and Coirpack won the prestigious award for invention for the first time, at an exhibition held in Geneva. There were 999 other exhibits by over 664 investors and P. Nandadasa won the prestigious Gold Cup of the President of Inter- national Federation of Inventor’s Association, for his invention titled “Bio-eco friendly, totally natural packaging system, replacing styrofoam”.
The Swiss Government identified this project as environmentally feasible to be introduced to the Swiss market, and had selected the project for funding on Research and Development and Marketing in Switzerland.