Milestones

Founder chairman along with his children selling local and imported footwear through D. Samson & Sons Ltd, a small shop located in Colombo Fort.
1962.gif (327 bytes) Introduction of a small footwear assembly line with 16 employees
1967.gif (323 bytes) D Samson Industries incorporated as a limited liability company.
1969.gif (336 bytes) Setting up of rubber mixing plant.
1970.gif (317 bytes) 1st export consignment to Saudi Arabia.
1972.gif (313 bytes) D. Samson & Sons Ltd opens the first DSI showroom in the heart of Colombo.
1978.gif (322 bytes) Opening of 1st diversification project - Samson Exports Garment factory.
1978-2.gif (322 bytes) Incorporated Samson Trading Company to directly import raw materials and to sell shoe components and accessories to small scale shoe manufacturers.
1980.gif (326 bytes) Opening of 2nd shoe factory Samson Manufacturers Ltd., to make footwear under the brand name "Ranpa".
1980-2.gif (326 bytes) Incorporated Samson Engineers (Pvt) Ltd., to manufacture moulds, cutter dyes and other components using modern technology.
1983.gif (326 bytes) 2nd diversification project Samson Rubber Industries Ltd., to manufacture bicycle tyres & tubes under the DSI brand name.
1987.gif (318 bytes) DSI Footwear 25 Years anniversary.
1992.gif (321 bytes) Listing of Samson International as a public quoted company in the Colombo Stock Exchange.
1992-2.gif (321 bytes) Launching of Sithuvili art competition.
1993.gif (331 bytes) Diversified to coir sector by setting up Samtessi Brush Manufacturing plant to export coir products.
1994.gif (324 bytes) Incorporated Samson Rubber Products company to manufacture and export moulded rubber products.
1994-2.gif (324 bytes) Entrepreneur of the year award winner.
1996.gif (330 bytes) Opening of 3rd shoe factory Samson Sportswear Ltd., to manufacture school and sports shoes.
1997.gif (321 bytes) Incorporated DDP Packaging to produce corrugated cartons.
1999.gif (330 bytes) D. Samson & Sons Ltd opens the 100th ultra-modern DSI showroom in Kandy.
1999-2.gif (330 bytes) Diversified to foot & beverages sector by joining with Kelani Valley Canneries  (KVC) Ltd.
2001.gif (317 bytes) DSI selected as one of three outstanding brands in Sri Lanka by the Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing.
2002.gif (327 bytes) DSI Footwear 40 Years anniversary.
2002-2.gif (327 bytes) Opening of Samson Rajarata Tiles clay roofing tile manufacturing plant.
2004.gif (330 bytes) Opening of first showroom in Chennai, India.
2004-2.gif (330 bytes) FILA and RBK (REEBOK) appoint D. Samson & Sons as authorized reseller in Sri Lanka.
2005.gif (335 bytes) Incorporated Samson Information Technologies to provide IT services and products.
2006.gif (338 bytes) Incorporated Hydro Trust Lanka a mini hydro project generating 2 mega watts of power.