Welcome to Zeelyne

We are the largest organized umbrella manufacturing company in the South Asian region located in Sri Lanka. Our journey starts in the year 1977 with our Founding Chairman and a dedicated team. We have been able to spread our wings with high aspirations since founding and today we are one the most renowned umbrella manufacturer globally.

In addition to umbrellas, Zeelyne also ventured into manufacturing other products; rain wears, mosquito nets and cut & sew products. The company works closely with the global brands from across the world. We are an end-to-end supplier from design to delivery and we export to various world locations, mainly Europe & USA.

Our philosophy is simple: we WIN when you WIN. So, we ensure that our Buyers get the utmost attention in ensuring their requirements are being met and that they are successfully growing their businesses.

Our dedicated team of professional ensures that our philosophy is fulfilled. They brag more than decades of experience in the industry and are able to bring in innovative ideas, sustainable solutions and they work closely with each Buyer to map and match their requirement.

Another key factor is our back-end supply chain integration, where we have established trustworthy and reliable relationships over the past 40 years and are able to get the best services from our supplier pool. Our joint venture for component manufacturing in China & India and our experience in the industry gives us the added advantage to be the best in our offering.

Time Line

1977

Founding of the umbrella manufacturing by our Chairman (S L M Fausz)

1992

Expansion to a new factory in Kadugannawa (Sri Lanka)

2001

JV with an Indian Partnership for component manufacturing Introduction of injection molding machineries to the plant

2003

Obtained ISO 9001-2000 certification

2010

A new factory is set-up focused on export with BOI (Board of Investments) Sri Lanka

2013

Partnership with Decathlon France to supply umbrellas – a new belief in the Organization

2015

Preferred umbrella and rain wear supplier for hospitality sector in Maldives & Seychelles

2017

Collaboration with Europe’s largest umbrella Buyer Supplying bespoke umbrellas to the Promotional Products Industry (20+ countries)

2018

Obtained Social and Welfare Compliance for the factory (BSCI Certification) Collaboration with Europe’s largest retail chain (LIDL)

2019

Entry into the US market

2020

Establishing the Cut & Sew manufacturing lines Collaboration with Boot Bananas (UK)

Today

Largest organized umbrella manufacturer in South Asia

Our Values

Manufacturing process We value partnership
Manufacturing process We take ownership
Manufacturing process We inculcate goodness
Manufacturing process We are driven

Global Supply Integration

Our materials are sourced from various parts of the world, especially from China & India. Our successful relationships with our suppliers enable us to provide specialized supply chain solutions on a day to day basis and create value to all of our Buyers. We work on all types of ‘design to delivery’ solutions for functional and fashion product offerings. Our joint venture for component manufacturing in China & India enables us to have a smooth operation without any downtime. In addition, we are further working with our Partners in China to establish a fiber reinforced plastic (FRP) frame factory and further strengthen our back-end integration.

Our supply chain solutions are integrated in order to create customer value by extending the efficiency, flexibility and cost-effectiveness. We offer various services like stocking materials at our warehouse on behalf of our Buyers, quick lead time solutions (from as less as 7 working days: PO to Delivery), produce finished ods as per forecast from Buyer and supply on ‘order to order’ basis, product to fit retail shelf spaces, etc. We are able to discuss and offer various supply solutions to our Buyers to gain a competitive advantage in their market.

  • Facilities - The ultra-modern manufacturing facilities equipped with state of art technology and production standards. We are blessed with 4 plants and the each plant has a high capacity to meet any requirement or to meet dead line dates of the customers.
  • Sourcing hubs placed in China and India - Our specialized partners who are located in China and India are assist us to acquire certain raw materials, components or other resources and bring all the materials to Sri Lanka and we do value additions according to the customers’ requirements.
  • Ware house facilities - We have tied up with the worlds leading 3PL facility providers ( example : DHL ). Our 3PL warehouse facility and inbound, outbond logistics (local) are maintain under the worlds prime facility providers and this gives us a strength to our key logistic drivers.
  • Outbound logistics solution - The team of professionals’ place to plan, think & strategically provide quality logistics solution to your cargo with the guaranteed with the customer satisfaction.
  • ISO 28000 Supply Chain Security – currently we are working towards obtaining the ISO 28000 certification which will help us asses all risks across our supply chain process and apply the necessary controls. By acquiring this we believe that we can obtain the benefits and it to our Buyers.

Quality Assurance Process

Our QA process starts from sourcing of the raw material supplier to the delivery of final goods. We place very high emphasis on quality (materials, process and finished goods) and always are on the lookout to learn new things and adopt them into our practices.

We are able to provide standard quality testing parameters to our Buyers as well as specialized testing parameters. Our team of professionals are very well thorough with the GS & EU standards for quality requirements as well as chemical requirements (eg: REACH for EU and California65 for US).

Manufacturing process