1920
Somapala Kodituwakku become first generation entrepreneur at the age of 21
by venturing into transportation of Oranges to the capital.

We are an adaptive manufacturing e-commerce led enterprise with expertise in Building & Digital Infrastructure, Artificial Intelligence, Digital Commerce, Education, IoT & Mobility. As a 3rd generation, family-owned multinational enterprise, we operate in 28 countries, across 6 continents.
Vision
To become a billion dollar in revenue, global enterprise in manufacturing and innovation
Mission
To reimaging business through industry 4.0
Somapala Kodituwakku become first generation entrepreneur at the age of 21
by venturing into transportation of Oranges to the capital.
Establishes a British Automotive spare parts establishment called Somapala & Co
Second generation takes over with Sugath Kodituwakku becoming Chairman and moves the business towards the Orient with the introduction of Japanese spare parts. Company becomes Orient Commercial Company
Orient Commercial acquires Philips distributorship for Sri Lanka.
Orient Holdings was established to setup a manufacturing joint venture with Clipsal Australia
Third generation takes over with Kushan Kodituwakku and expands Manufacturing with R&D capabilities.
With the acquisition of Clipsal by Schneider the company became independent and the brand switched to Orange Electric (Orient Range becomes O|RANGE).
Relocating manufacturing to OREL Park, a greenfield Project
Tom Vanden Bussche
CEO, Qbus
Experienced general manager with track record in generating profitable growth in both small and large companies. International experience with proven skills in general management, M&A, growth financing, team leadership. Holds Masters of Law and Harvard MBA degrees.
Sooraj Sivaprasad
CEO, Middle East & Africa
Business Management specializes in Marketing, Sustained track record in business development
and delivering strong business and operational results in Middle East and Africa. More than 14+
years of extensive experience in the field of Sales , Marketing and Product Support.
Sanath Wijethunge
CEO , Sri Lanka
More than twenty-five years of experience in Sales and Marketing at Senior Management level, Marketing Graduate from the CIM – UK and Certified Professional Marketer status conferred by APMF in Singapore. Currently holds a MBA from University of Southern Queensland – Australia