Swift-Lite International Ltd
manufacturing Coco-Lite Charcoal in Sri Lanka

THE COUNTRY

Sri Lanka is the world’s fourth-largest exporter of coconut products. Coconut accounts for approximately 12% of all agricultural produce in Sri Lanka. To satisfy the demand for domestic consumption and all processing industries, the country achieves an annual crop of about 4,000 million nuts.

THE COMPANY

Swift-Lite International Ltd formed Ceylon Coco Carb (Pvt) Ltd in 2022. The company vision is to promote coconut shell charcoal briquettes as a renewable, more environmentally friendly energy resource with the scope of promoting sustainability. From inception we strive to be an echo friendly company embracing the green concept.

COMPANY OBJECTIVES

Expertise in manufacturing coconut shell based superior grade charcoal using the latest technology ensuing a clean, efficient, and environmentally friendly process.

 

Manufacturing

We are the only briquette manufacturing company in Sri Lanka that produces coconut shell charcoal in-house within our own furnaces. This gives us full control of the raw material manufacturing process, enabling us to produce premium quality briquettes with a high carbon content.

With a land extent of 2 acres our factory is located in Pannala in the Sabaragamuwa Province. The main factory building has  a ground floor of 12,000 sq ft and upper floor of 4,000 sq ft.

SOURCING OF COCONUT SHELLS

Most households in Sri Lanka consume coconuts for cooking and the shells are typically sold to shell collectors and collection centres.

We as a company mainly purchase coconut shells from sellers that source shells from households rather than Copra mills and DC mills. We found that the shells coming from the mills were either wet or not as clean as the household collections.

Making ends meet can be challenging for poor families. So, to give a helping hand, we have set up a few shell collection points in community areas where low-income households are able to convert shells into rupees.

Also, in order support poor schools in neighbouring villages, we have arranged coconut shell collection points in a few rural schools. The funds collected pay for basic school requirements.

CHARCOAL MAKING IN SRI LANKA

Coconut shell charcoal making process can be a green choice, offering a truly sustainable product for the long term. As long as coconut plantations are managed in a sustainable manner, the resource is fully renewable.

After studying all charcoal making methods used in Sri Lanka, we decided to use the latest technology of ‘horizontal furnace using the pyrolysis method’. So, we commissioned purpose-built high carbon steel horizontal barrel type furnaces using the pyrolysis method that also include the latest gas separation technology. The five-chamber gas separation system enables us to extract all the gases, vapours, wood vinegar and tar that is created during the carbonizing process enabling us to produce high carbon charcoal with minimal volatile substances and moisture, without polluting the environment.

Our furnaces are 5ft in diameter and 12ft in length, with an input capacity of 2500kg coconut shells per cycle producing an output of 1000kg charcoal with approximately 5500 cubic meters of gas over 8 hours. The monthly capacity per furnace is 60MT of charcoal. By controlling the heat settings and burning times we are able to consistently maintain the superior quality of our charcoal.

OUR COCONUT SHELL CHARCOAL SPECIFICATION

The Product

The charcoal briquette is a 25mm x 25mm x 25mm compact block made from 100% natural pure coconut shell charcoal in granular form moulded using a natural binder (food grade corn starch) and water.

Our coconut shell charcoal briquettes are perfect for shisha/hookah use, resulting in a better smoking experience due to the following:

▪  High fixed carbon %

▪  2+ hours burning time

▪  650° burning temperature

▪  Low volatile matter content

▪  Creating no smoke or odours

▪  Being 100% chemical free

▪  Burning evenly with low ash production

▪  Ash colour being white

LICENCE DOCUMENTATION OBTAINED

 ▪  Environmental licence

▪  Coconut Board Authority manufacturing licence

▪  Coconut Development Authority Export licence

▪  Material Safety Data Sheet

25 x 25 x 25mm CUBE PRODUCT SPECIFICATION

Packaging

We typically provide our briquettes in the following packaging:

1kg inner PE type plastic bag, packed within 1 hour from drying, sealed with clear tape.

▪  Print colour brands on the inner plastic

▪  Add food grade moisture absorbing silica gel packs into each I kg package

▪   Include additional stickers with user instructions or branding.

1kg inner box

A 1 kg box includes 72 pieces of charcoal. 6 layers of charcoal with 12 cubes in each layer with a 3 x 4 layout.

We are happy to support unique packaging requirements provided the minimum order quantity is 18 tons.

Master carton box

The master carton box is typically a 5-ply B flute type of corrugated cardboard box sized to contain 10 x 1kg inner boxes.

We can make different sizes as per the client requirement.

Standard printing is 2 colour but can accommodate specific requirements if needed.

PRODUCTION TIMES AND MINIMUM ORDER QUANTITY

▪  18 tons (20 ft container) production lead time: 14 days from order confirmation

▪  25 tons (40 ft container) production lead time: 21 days from order confirmation

▪  Inner box & master carton printing time: 14 days from order confirmation

▪  Final packaging: 4-6 days once production is complete

SHIPPING TIMES

Port of loading is Colombo (LKCMB) and estimated shipping times are as follows:

EXPORT DOCUMENTS

We provide the following shipping documents:

▪  Invoice

▪  Bill of Lading

▪  Packing List

▪ Certificate of Origin

▪ Export Declaration

We also provide the following support documents:

▪ Self Heating Test (SHT)

▪ Analysis Report

▪ Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)

▪ Weathering Report

We can recommend shipping agents and help arrange shipments but please note that we cannot do customs clearance in your destination countries.