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Browns Agriculture strikes Gold

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November 25, 2025

BROWNS Agriculture was recently honoured with the prestigious Gold Award for “Global Brand of the Year” for its Browns SUMO WORLD Harvester at the SLIM Brand Excellence Awards 2025. Organised by the Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing (SLIM), the national body for marketing in Sri Lanka, the event is one of the country’s most respected platforms that celebrates outstanding brands, strategic excellence and impactful marketing leadership. Held at the Monarch Imperial, the ceremony recognised brands that continue to shape industries, communities and the national economy.

Browns Agriculture strikes Gold

From left: Browns Agriculture Division Manager – Marketing and Product Development Wikumanthi Abeywardana, Browns Power Systems Division Manager – Brand and Product Development Menaka Wijesinghe, Decisionomics, Faith & Hope CEO/Founder Chathura Manaram Gunetileke, Sunshine Consumer Lanka Chief Executive Officer Anuruddha Aluvihare, Browns Agriculture and Heavy Equipment Cluster Chief Operating Officer, Browns Agri Solutions CEO, and AgStar Non-Executive Director Sanjaya Nissanka, Browns Agriculture Division Deputy General Manager Niyas Ahamed, SLIM Brand Excellence 2023 Project Chair Kaushala Amarasekara, and Hotplate and Pepper Solutions Co-Founder Maleek Mufeen

For over 100 years, Browns Agriculture has been at the forefront of mechanising Sri Lanka’s farming sector.

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