The Late Mr. Adamjee Lukmanjee

The history of Adamjee Lukmanjee and Sons Ltd can be traced back to the mid 19th century (1860's) when Adamjee Lukmanjee set sail to Ceylon (Sri Lanka) from a small town called Mandvi in the Kutch region of the west coast of India, in search of brighter prospects. He started from humble beginnings located in Pettah-the country's main wholesale market for Spices, Sugar and Pulses. A move to the present location at Grandpass in 1907 was concurrent with the expansion of the business into the plantation sector thus becoming a Grower, Processor and Exporter of Sri Lanka's three main agricultural crops, namely Tea, Rubber and Coconut. These premises comprised of warehouses and the Mohomedia Oil Mill for the expelling of Oil from Copra and other Oil seeds.


Mohamedia Oil Mill - 1934

In 1934 the company received the highest award for best quality Coconut Oil and has remained at the forefront of Coconut production, since.

1953 saw the company converting to a limited liability under the stewardship of a new generation, which added new oil expellers and a steel drum manufacturing plant to its assets. The company/family lost valuable real estate and plantation holdings. With the introduction of socialistic laws in the 1970's with the stroke of a pen a majority of its assets were nationalised. Despite these setbacks the company prevailed with its trading and manufacturing activities retaining its reputation and reliability as a major Export House.

Between 1991 and 1993 the Company made a major investment to set up a state of the art Solvent Extraction Plant. The Plant is the only operational Solvent Plant in Sri Lanka, supplied by De Smet of Belgium. This Company is presently being run as a separate entity.

Being responsive to the needs of the public a Maternity home was donated to the Colombo Municipal Council in 1936. A property bearing the name "Sucharita" was also presented, which served as the residence of a former President of Sri Lanka, the late Mr.R.Premadasa.

Adamjee's, as we are more popularly known, pledge to uphold the traditions and ethics set down by their forefathers and leave a similar legacy for the future generations to continue with integrity and pride.