This factory has been built on the Kahattewela Sri Sangharaja Temple premises.The factory, built under the financial assistance of the Small Scale Agricultural Entrepreneurship Programme (SAPP) of the Agriculture Ministry, is to be opened by Minister Mahinda Amaraweera.

More than Rs. 100 million had been spent on the construction of this potato strip processing factory. Potato strips are currently being imported to Sri Lanka, spending around Rs. 3,500 million annually, which goes to foreign countries.

The factory buys potatoes from 250 farmers, and the daily production of potato strips is approximately 1,000 kgs.