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Founder chairman along with his children selling local and imported
footwear through D. Samson & Sons Ltd, a small shop located in Colombo Fort. |
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Introduction of a small footwear assembly line with 16 employees |
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D Samson Industries incorporated as a limited liability company. |
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Setting up of rubber mixing plant. |
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1st export consignment to Saudi Arabia. |
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D. Samson & Sons Ltd opens the first DSI showroom in the heart of
Colombo. |
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Incorporated Samson Trading Company to directly import raw materials
and to sell shoe components and accessories to small scale shoe manufacturer |
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Opening of 2nd shoe factory Samson Manufacturers Ltd., to make
footwear under the brand name "Ranpa". |
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DSI Footwear 25 Years anniversary. |
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Listing of Samson International as a public quoted company in the
Colombo Stock Exchange. |
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Launching of Sithuvili art competition. |
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Entrepreneur of the year award winner. |
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Opening of 3rd shoe factory Samson Sportswear Ltd., to manufacture
school and sports shoes. |
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D. Samson & Sons Ltd opens the 100th ultra-modern DSI showroom in
Kandy. |
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Diversified to food & beverages sector by joining with Kelani
Valley Canneries (KVC) Ltd. |
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DSI selected as one of three outstanding brands in Sri Lanka by the
Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing. |
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DSI Footwear 40 Years anniversary. |
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Opening of first showroom in Chennai, India. |
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FILA and RBK (REEBOK) appoint D. Samson & Sons as authorized
reseller in Sri Lanka. |
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Incorporated Samson Information Technologies to provide IT services
and products. |
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Incorporated Hydro Trust Lanka a mini hydro project generating 2 mega
watts of power. |
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CIC Agribusiness joined DSI Samson Group (Pvt) Ltd as major partner in Kelani Valley Canneries (KVC). DSI Samson Group has a 20 percent stake in this subsidiary of CIC Agribusiness. |
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DSI Samson Group extended partnership with Asiri Hospitals Ltd. through investment in Central Hospitals Colombo. (Asiri Central) |
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National Long-term rating of Sri Lanka-based DSI Holdings Limited (DSIHL) and the rating on its senior unsecured notes upgraded by Fitch Ratings-(Colombo) Singapore to 'A-(lka)' - from 'BBB+(lka)' |
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DSI Supersport Triumphs again, with “The Brand Leadership Award” DSI Samson Group wins the prestigious International award |
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Re-branded Samson iT (Samson Information Technologies (Pvt) Ltd.) become the DELL authorized distributor in Sri Lanka. |
