Fentons Newsletter - InNOVATE 3 (6) Final (1)

We faced a busy but successful period from April to Dec., starting

with the celebration of our 90th Anniversary, to refurbishing our premises

to house the additional members of the ENS team who moved from Kynsey

Rd. the opening of the new Lunch Room, to handling projects around

Colombo as well as outstation, for a host of prestigious clients, including

installation of the largest telephone network in Sri Lanka for the SL

Army. Our name was highlighted in new areas such as the Toll Gate

Barriers on the Southern Highway & the new corporate Office for LB

Finance.

The respective Teams also continued their project work and rou-

tine servicing whilst participating in sports & welfare events during this

period, ending up with a successful “fun evening” in December.

The existing teams were further strengthened by the addition of many new

members, a majority of whom are young but in the process of being quali-

fied in their fields, and brimming with confidence & potential, to take the

company and its portfolio of products and services to the next level in the

industry.

Inside this : 1. General Company News 2. Divisional News ►Electrical Division ►Fire Division ►ICT Division (Engineering + Marketing) ►Security & Surveillance Division ►HR Division

3. Special Events 4. Fentons Events 5. Extended Family News 6. FCS Computer Systems 7.

SPECIAL AWARDS

Honeywell Partner of Choice Award 2011from Vikas Chadha, Director Honeywell Security – South Asia &

Mabel NG, GM- Security Asia Pacific.

Volume: 3 / 2 H / 2011

Best Distributor Award 2011 from Mr. Stephen Smith, GM, power Equipment Business, GE Digital Energy.

Power Equipment Business

Virtusa (Pvt) Ltd

Fentons was awarded a contract by Virtusa (Pvt) Ltd for Electri-cal Cabling, Voice and Data for New Office Complex at De-matagoda Orion City. The project includes cabling for over 1000 UPS, Voice & Data socket outlets. Project Engineer - Athula Soyza Rohitha Abeysekara Assistant Engineer - Nihal Kariyawasam Engineering Assistant - M.R. Sumanarathne

33MVA Hydro Power Plant at Kolandeniya The client Koladeniya Hydropower (Pvt) Ltd. awarded us a project for Installation, Testing and commissioning of a 33kV Medium Volt-age Switchyard. Project Manager - Ajith Rathnayake Assistant Engineer - Bandula Piyathissa Technician - U.P. Gayan Hasantha

Electr ica l & Network Solut ions Div is ion

DIVISIONAL NEWS

Bank Branch Expansions Seylan Bank We have completed several projects on supplying & installing Network, Voice, UPS & Lighting installation for Seylan Bank, covering areas such as Kamburupitiya, Piliyandala, Potuvil, Kalawanchikudi, Puttlam, Veyangoda, Chennakalady. The team looks forward to more projects, with the expansion of approximately 40 Branches including Customer Centers. Project Engineer - L.H.T Kamalasiri. Technicians - Asanka Peiris Ajith Dissanayake

Cargills Server Room

Services at Cargills

Civil Work & toughened glass partition

Raised Floor

Precision / Comfort Air conditioning

Network Cabinets & trunking System

20 kVA UPS Systems

Static Switches

Power Cabling

CCTV & Access

Network Cabling

Hemas Holdings (Pvt) Ltd

Fentons designed & installed the lighting for Hemas House in Bray-brooke place.

Designer: Chartered Architect – Mr. Lilantha Wijepala

Project Engineer – Mahesh Hettiarachchi

Technician - Danesh Weerasinghe

Cargills (Ceylon) PLC.

Fentons was awarded the project to design & build a Server Room for Cargills (Pvt) Ltdt at Peliyagoda. Project Engineer – Jayanath Fernando Project Team - Ajith Pushpakumara, Susantha Lokuge, Lalith Perera

Hemas House

Virtusa Network Cabling

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Freelanka Mini Hydro Project

Freelanka Mini Hydro project is one of the highest valued pro-jects which consists of two locations Stellenberg & Thebu-wana. This project is for Supply, Installation, Testing & Com-missioning of Electro-mechanical equipment.

Project Consultant - Mohan Fernando

Project Team - Upul Herath & Ajith Priyantha

Fire Detection & Protection system at LB Finance

We were awarded with a project to supply and install a fire detection system and a fire protection system to their new head office located at

Kollupitiya. This is the first instance, a Secutron Addressible fire detection system will be installed by Fentons Ltd., for which we are the sole

agent. The SECUTRON fire products are UL listed; FM approved products from Canada.

Engineer- Chandimal Jayakody Project Supervisor- Roshan Wijesinghe

Project Team - Geeth Dharshana Sugath Pushpakumara Neil Dias

Fire Detection & Protection system at Hilton Colombo Residencies The Fire Projects Division was awarded with a multifarious project at Hilton Colombo Residencies to Supply and Install Fire Detection System and Fire Protection System at their newly refurbished ball rooms. This project was carried out without any disturbances to its existing luxurious aesthetic design.

Asst. Project Engineer- Vikum Muthugala

Project Team - Malin Kumara Nilruk Nilanga

Hashan Randika Pathum Sameera

Fire suppression system at server room, Cargills PLC

We have successfully completed a Fire Suppression System at the newly constructed server room at Cargills PLC. In this project a

SECUTRON agent release control panel was used for the first time.

Engineer- Tyronne Anthony

Project Supervisor- Roshan Wijesinghe

Project Team - Sugath Pushpakumara

Neil Dias

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Fire Pro jec ts

DIVISIONAL NEWS cont.

Japanese Embassy

This is a recently completed project where a NEC SV8100 system was installed at the above Embassy which is interconnected with an Erics-son system using an ISDN Link.

Assistant Engineer – Dharnasiri Perera

NEC SV8100 System

This is a highly competitive & demanding communication server intro-duced by NEC Japan in 2008. This was installed in several Govern-ment sectors such as Ministry of Economic Development, Public Service Commission & Land Reclamation Center most recently.

ICT Divi s ion (Engineer ing) Singer Sri Lanka

The first SV Unified Messaging System (UMS) with Email routing was installed & connected between Singer Warehouse, Piliyandala and Singer Finance, Union Place. NEC SV8300 system was in-stalled at Singer Head Office Nawam Mawatha, Colombo.

Project Group-

Ranjith Hettiarachchi Chaminda Ranasinghe

Jagath Liyanage Waruna Hettiarachchi

Upul Perera Shamintha De Silva

NEC SV8100

Cargills Server Room

Disaster Management Center

Fentons was awarded a project to supply & install a Cisco data net-work for the Disaster Management Coordinating Center & also for the implementation of the server room.

Sales person - Sujith De Alwis

Cisco System Installation Team - Yoosoof M. Ihthisham (ICTE) Maharoof M. Inthisha (ICTE) Harshitha (ICTE) Server Room Implementation - Athula Soyza (ENS)

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DIVISIONAL NEWS cont. ICT Divi s ion (Marketing)

Jetwing Blue Lagoon & Club Hotel Dolphin

Fentons successfully completed installing NEC SV8300 systems at the above mentioned hotels recently & are also currently working on several five star hotels with high tech Cisco solutions.

Product Manager - Sajeewa Karunanyake

Stafford Motors (pvt) Ltd

For the first time in the Fentons history, five NEC SV8100 systems were interconnected using Netlink network technology. This was an important project for Fentons as it linked all the Stafford Motors offices together into one network.

Police 119 Call Center

We at Fentons are proud to be a part of the country's emergency security sector by providing the NEC SV8100 communication server to make the service more efficient. Capacity expansions will take place in future.

Product Manager- Mahesh Premaratne

ICT Team Achievements

Fentons team has achieved a milestone of selling 93 Hybrid PABX systems making the highest number of systems sold within a month. We as a team thank all the members who took part in the sales & the installation process, for making this achievement a suc-cess.

Carlton Sports Network (CSN)

Fentons got the opportunity of being part of the Sri Lanka’s first sports network CSN by providing the data network equipped with Cisco systems & the NEC communication server for voice communica-tion.

Sales person - N.M. Shiraz

Cisco Installation Team - Harshitha Shenal Fernando

CISCO SYSTEMS

Fentons as a Cisco Partner are proud of completing several data net-work installation projects recently & are currently working on others. A Cisco Installation team lead by Mr. Yoosoof M. Ihithisham, Pre Sales Manager, has been formed & CCNA training programs are conducted within our premises. As a result, we have successfully completed data network installa-tions at various locations such as Rajapakshe Memorial center - Gampaha, Carlton Sports Network - Battaramulla, Wickramarachchi Ayurveda Hospital - Yakkala. A special mention of Harshitha & Shenal from ICTE for their part in completing these installations successfully.

Southern Highway Vehicle Barrier Systems

The Installation of the Vehicle Barrier System for the Southern Highway is one of the major, high profile projects completed by the Security and Surveillance Division recently. 36 Nos. of Vehicle Bar-riers supplied by Magnetic Auto Control were installed at 8 access points to the Southern Highway, and this was completed within the given period, in time for the opening on 27th Nov. 2011. This dem-onstrates the capability & strength of our engineering & support teams to handle such crucial projects within a strict deadline, while maintaining the quality of the installation.

Project Engineer : Mr. Kasun Dalpathadu

Secur ity & Sur vei l lance Div is ion

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Deutsche Bank Project

Successfully completed another project for a client with global pres-ence, for the supply and installation of Access Control, CCTV and Intruder Alarm Systems and the Integration of these systems using Honeywell Prowatch Security Management Software at Deutsche Bank Colombo. The complete operation and monitoring of the System is done remotely from the Deutsche Bank Office in Singapore.

Project Engineer : Mr. Kasun Dalpathadu

New Technologies : Prowatch Security Management Software

Bedside Controller System at Hotel Galadari

This is another example which showcases the variety of solutions that the Division can offer in terms of Security and Surveillance systems. The project crew successfully completed the installation of 45 Nos. Bedside Controllers at Hotel Galadari. The Intronics iSAVE 2000 Bedside Controller system facilitates the controlling of Air Condition-ing Units, Fans and Lights in the guest room from a single point located on the bed head panel.

Project Engineer : Mr. Nuwan Amarasinghe

CATV System at Hambantota Convention Hall

Fentons was recently awarded the project for supply and Installation of CATV System at Hambantota Convention Hall. We are hoping to integrate C band, Ku band, paid channels and CCTV and profes-sional cameras to the conventional MATV system.

Project Engineer : Mr. Nuwan Amarasinghe

Audio Visual System at ABC Holdings

We have recently completed a project for the Supply and Installation of an Audio Visual System at ABC Holdings for their Boardroom. This project can be considered as a major step in expanding our busi-ness solutions towards the Multimedia sector.

DIVISIONAL NEWS cont.

Optical Fiber Perimeter Detection System at De La Rue Lanka

Fentons has continued to provide De La Rue Lanka the best solutions in the world to strengthen their security level. We were recently awarded the project for installing a Fiber Optic Perimeter Detection System , and we will be using Nxtar Intrusion Detection System. This offers highly reliable alarms using robust algorithms and the features, such as the Immunity to lightening effects makes the system more suit-able for use in Sri Lanka.

New Technologies Introduced

Dedicated Micros SD advanced DVR/ NVR

A powerful hybrid DVR/NVR, the SD Advanced combines all the benefits of a DVR with the feature set of a high performance embedded NVR and offers multiple channels of IP and Analogue video, HDMI main monitor support, on-board analytics, help videos and Oracle Dome con-figuration.

Nxtar Perimeter Intrusion Detection System (Nxtar PIDS)

Nxtar PIDS is an all Optical Fiber Intrusion Detection Solution with outstanding system reliability equipped with auto calibration and intel-ligent algorithms to reduce nuisance alarms to the lowest level.

DIVISIONAL NEWS cont.

Human Resources (HR) Divis ion

Industrial Training

We provided industrial training for 12 students of different institutions in the fields of Electrical, Electronics, Telecommunication and Administration during the period from April to December 2011.

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NAME INSTITUTION DIV COURSE S L DEDIGAMA ATI , COLOMBO S&S HNDE - ELECTRONIC ENG PROMODE LIYANAWADU ATI ICTE HNDE, ELECTRONICS & TELECOM C SAVINDA FERNANDO FP & SS G.C.E. (A/L) KANCHANA SUDHARSHANI OUSL ICTE B.TECH - ELEC & COMPUTER ENG H W T C YASARATHNA UNIVERSITY OF RUHUNA ENS B.SC. (ELECTRICAL & INFORMATION ENG.)

MAYOMI KALPANA NAITA ICTE NAITA - CLERICAL P A N B PERERA IET, KATUNAYAKE ENS NDES R D N D SIRIWARDANA IET, KATUNAYAKE ENS NDES K D D PEIRIS IET, KATUNAYAKE ENS NDES DILSHAN KARIYAWASAM ICBT CAMPUS ENS BTEC HND H S GANEPOLA IET, KATUNAYAKE S&S NDES NEROSHAN DEVAKUMARAN COVENTRY UNIVERSITY, SINGAPORE ENS DEGREE IN ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS ENG

Training Programmes

Selected staff participated in the following training programmes during the period from April to December 2011.

CCTT Advance cabling Diagnostic & Analysis Course

2

Course on Electrical Installation 2 Use of Vehicles 3

Presentation Skills 4

Employee Contracts 1

Managing Supply Chain Efficiently 2 Seminar on EPF / ETF & Gratuity & the proposed amendments to the EPF Act

1

Workshop on Fire Protection Systems in Commercial Buildings

2

Workshop on effective Communication & Interpersonal Skills

2

Course on Contract Administration 1

Name of the Program No. of Participants

Business 2 Business Forum 1 Are you talented to find talent 1 Workshop on Electrical &Mechanical Services

1

How to be an Outstanding Receptionist 1 Overview of Life Cycle Costing 4

Training & Development in Information & Communication Technology

Training on CCNA

Training curriculum was fully accomplished by June 2011 and the total duration of the training was 90 hours. Amongst four employees who planned to sit for the professional exam, Ragitha Gunarathne of Security & Surveillance Division sat for the exam and earned his CCNA professional certification from CISCO in October 2011.

This programme was conducted by Yoosoof M. Ihthisham of ICTE Div. Training for the 3rd batch will commence in future and will be notified to employees for registration.

Technical Training for Newcomers – ICT Engineering Division

ICTE division started carrying out technical training for its new-comers from July 2011 according to a curriculum specially de-signed for them. Duration of the programme is 06 months. This programme is being conducted by Mr. Jayantha Panditharathne, Mr. Ranjith Hettiarachchi, Mr. Mahesh Gunasekara and Mr. Pubudu Maggonage.

The purpose of this programme is to introduce new employees to their work environment and to provide them with both the oppor-tunities and the responsibilities of employment.

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SPECIAL EVENTS

We at Fentons, proudly celebrated the 90th anniversary of the com-pany on 29th April 2011. An evening function was held at The Hilton, Colombo, to host our customers and suppliers who have been with us during the past years and who have helped to make the brand what it is today. Looking to the future, we hope to fur-ther revolutionize integrated solutions in Sri Lanka while preserv-ing our heritage and maintaining the trust of our clients. We created and shared moments of happiness by bringing our cus-tomers and suppliers, together through music and entertainment. A corporate video which was especially done for the 90th anniver-sary of the company was launched at the event, and viewed for the first time on giant screen.

FENTONS 90th ANNIVERSARY

Year 2011

Year 1921

It was inaugurated with the lighting of the traditional oil lamp by the Directors and special guests including members of the Fentons family from UK, who were present for this special occasion. All members of the staff participated at the service and enjoyed the breakfast together and had an opportunity to catch up with each other. To further mark this milestone, gold coins were presented for three senior employees with over 30 years of service at Fentons.

A Thanksgiving Service to celebrate the 90th Anniversary, was held on 30th April 2011 at the Cathedral of Christ the Living Saviour by Ven. Fr. Lokendra Abhayaratne

Staff members who were rewarded for their long service are; Mr. R I Senaratna, Director Mr. A T Ranasinghe, Senior Assistant Engineer - ENS Divi-

sion Mr. Luke Anthony, Purchasing Assistant - Finance Division All the participants were gifted with a souvenir to mark this spe-cial occasion.

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FENTONS EVENTS Cont. Eye Camp - 20th July 2012 A Mobile unit of the Vision Care Company was present at the office premises on 20th July 2011, for all our employees to get their vision and hearing tested. Over 50% of our employees attended and util-ized this opportunity to monitor their health.

FCS Product Launch on 7th September 2011 at Ceylon Continental Hotel, Colombo Fentons began a new partnership with FCS, a leading compre-hensive hospitality solutions provider. They presented FCS's comprehensive hospitality solutions, including i-Guest, UBIS, WinVoice, e-Connect, e-Engineering, e-Housekeeping and e-Recovery. A number of key FCS products were introduced dur-ing the event to showcase how FCS solutions revolutionize the way hotels serve their guests, as well as ensuring that hotels operate with maximum efficiency.

Presentation & Movie Night – 26th August 2011

As a change to the daily routine at office, an evening of entertainment was organized on 26th August 2011 at the office premises. A pres-entation on office procedures was shown to the employees to refresh their awareness on company rules and regulations. The Company’s website which had been redesigned, was also launched by Mr. Chandev Abhayaratne, Director / Chief Operating Officer of our Company. This would be an active communication channel for customers as well as future employees and other interested parties. Employees who participated in the event thoroughly enjoyed the programme, including the screening of a popular teledrama “Bodima” followed by a recording of a musical show.

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FENTONS EVENTS Cont. Six a side softball cricket on 17th September 2011 at NCC Grounds Cricketers from Fentons & Energynet combined to enter two teams for an invitational 6 a side tournament organized by Eagle Logis-tics and played on 17th September 2011 at NCC Grounds. Both teams did well to reach the quarter finals and, thereafter Team A was selected for the semi finals but lost to Dialog GSM. All the players did well to keep the Fentons group flag flying.

Christmas Tree Competition – December 2011 As a change to the normal activity of displaying a Christmas tree in the division, the Company organized an inter-divisional competition to select the best Christmas tree, in terms of creativity, use of envi-ronment friendly material & cost effectiveness. The panel of judges comprised of Mr. C W Abhayaratne, Mr. A E W Abhayaratne and Mr. R I Senaratna, visited each and every division before announc-ing their decision. ENS Div. were the winners of the competition and Security & Surveillance division were selected as the Runners up.

New Lunch Room for Fentons – November 2011 Marking another milestone at Fentons, a new common lunch room was opened on the 1st November 2011 for the use of all staff members. It is located at the space occupied by the former telecom stores. It is well appreciated by all the users as now, everyone is able to enjoy their meals at this location with all the required fa-cilities. This is overlooked by a committee consisting of 07 members under the guidance of Head of HR. Members of the committee are Ruvinie (General), Chitra (Finance), Anura Silva( ICTE), Sumith (Finance), Rohitha (ENS), Shiraz (ICTM), and Gayani (HR).

New offices for ENS – 7th November 2011 The new offices for ENS Division were opened on 7th November 2011. This was the space which housed the pipe stores and Driver’s rest room, which is now done up for the ENS team who are back at the Head Office from 1st July 2010.

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FENTONS EVENTS Cont.

An evening of entertainment was organized for all the staff members of Fentons on the 9th December 2011 at the Jayewardene Centre, Colombo. Representatives from each division presented an item to entertain the crowd and it was a pleasant experience for the audience as well as performers who participate in items and were able to show their different talents in drama, music and dancing. Christmas Carols were presented by the Security & Surveillance Division to add a Christmas feeling to the event. In addition, 15 lucky members of staff won gifts from a raffle draw. It was well attended and everyone enjoyed it from the beginning to the end.

Fe nto ns Fun Eve ning 2011

Carols - S&S Div.

Duwapiya Airways Drama– ENS

Drama - S&S Div.

Drama– Fire Div. Pathula FM – ICTE Div.

Dance – Finance Div.

Raffle Draw

Music Entertainment

Party Time

Drama– ENS

We congratulate all members who started a new chapter in their lives, and who also welcomed additional members into their families;

EXTENDED FAMILY NEWS

NEWLY MARRIED DIV. NEW BORN BABIES of: DIV. Sangeeth Fernando ENS Upul Herath ENS

Jayantha Bandara GE Malkanthi Matalegedara GE

Chamara Wijayawardene GE Jeewanthi Perera S&S

H E Dinuka FP Senaka Abhayaratne S&S

Anusha Manchanayake S&S Sanjeewa Perera S&S

Udesh Yohan S&S Romesh Wickramasinghe ICTE

Omantha Seram ICTE Wimal Ranjith ICTE

M H M Anuruddha ICTE

P C Perera ICTE

Amal Peiris S&S

Ajith Pushpakumara ENS

Danesh Weerasinghe ENS

Supporting the boost in tourism, integrated solution provider Fentons Limited forged a partner-ship with one of the world’s leading hospitality solution providers, FCS Computer Systems, on Wednesday, offering Sri Lankan hospitality indus-trialists world class solutions for their companies.

The partnership, which would initially offer seven FCS products to local customers, mainly tar-gets the hotel sector, presenting the option of a fully-integrated system which would add efficiency to the company’s business. Fentons Chief Operating Officer Chandev Abhayaratne told the Daily FT that the partnership came at an opportune time, when the Government and country are readying to give an extra boost to drive tourism in the country. With the new five-year tourism plan launched and emphasis placed on increasing room capacity while simultaneously adding international star class quality to the industry, the software products

launched would be of vital importance to the sector.“Sri Lanka is currently at an 8% GDP growth figure. When you take into consideration other Asian countries, such as South Korea and Taiwan, and how they have boosted their econo-mies from similar statuses, we are confident that the country will reach its mark soon,” Abha-yaratne said. In this, tourism would play a lead role. “The five-year plan is an ambitious one,” he noted, “But we are confident that this is a reachable target. Competition will come in leaps and bounds and in facing them, the technology used would play a key role in positing the indus-try.” Abhayaratne claimed that Fentons was present in over 60% of the hotel industry in the country, providing sales, after sales and mainte-nance services island wide. The FCS products that will initially be available through Fentons are FCB UBIS – a comprehensive billing and interface solution, FCS WinVoice – guest voice messaging solution, FCS i-Guest – guest self service mobile application via smart devices, FCS e-Connect – enhances service request and work order dispatch solution, FCS e-engineering – preventive maintenance and resource optimiza-tion solution, FCS e-Housekeeping – efficient housekeeping management to maximize revenue and FCS e-Recovery – an efficient compensation management to recover cost.

There is a lot of potential for such soft-ware systems as it would immediately in-crease the efficiency and productivity levels of the hotels. Equipped with this, the hotels would be able to provide high quality service on par with world standards. The partner-ship will set a precedence that will help hoteliers create a new technology standard. “In Sri Lanka Fentons is positioned as the leading system integrator for buildings and ICT services. Abhayaratne stated that the first-ever meet with FCS was in 1985, when the two companies acted as co-suppliers to provide computer software system to then Trans Asia, now Cinnamon Lakeside. “Those things have changed. There will be new and exciting software to be launched soon on top of the seven introduced at present.”

Quoted: Daily FT Newspaper Article

September 13, 2011

Phillip Lee, Country Manager,

Sri Lanka FCS

Chandev Abhayaratne, Director/Chief Operating Officer, Fentons Limited

Fentons forges partnership with FCS Computer Systems

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Ms. Ruby Fernando - Electrical & Network Solutions (ENS) Mr. Nilan Hemachandra - Security & Surveillance (S&S) Ms. Eranga Madurasinghe - ICT Marketing Mr. Pubudu Maggonage - ICT Engineering Mr. Vikum Muthugala - Fire Projects (FP) Ms. Vino Hillary - General (GE) Ms. Gayani Perera - Human Resources (HR)

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Shamintha De Silva

Fentons Newslet ter Coordinator s Editor