CREATIVE BRANDING SOLUTIONS.

To experience the sheer joy of printing and providing value added embellishments for the benefit of the apparel industry.

Our History

Antler was founded in 1984 by Mr. Ananda Jayasinghe, widely renowned as the undisputed “Father of screen printing” in Sri Lanka. In 1994, Antler Fabric Printers started its journey as a BOI registered printer for the apparel industry. Since then, Antler has been pushing the boundaries to attain many innovations for the growth of the industry. Among those many “firsts”, in 1995, Antler developed the first Water based and Plastisol inks in Sri Lanka; nts

Craftsman’s Guild

Antler’s pioneering craftsman guild boasts of a competent and well trained technical team committed to achieving optimal results and maintaining international standards to best fulfil our customer base and gain a competitive advantage over our rivals. Antler provides highly regulated training to our newly joined amateur employees through well-structured Employee Training Programs. Equipped with the most advanced technologies in fabric printing, the employees are instilled with a most exceptional experience and industry expertise. The craftsman guild also ensures that the employees seamlessly integrate into Antler’s lifestyle and well-disciplined environment. Our employees thus possesses the finest skills in the screen printing field to always deliver results efficiently and methodically in accordance to international standards.

Tribute to Golden Hands

Antler unveiled a monument entitled “Tribute to our Golden Hands” to all its employees on the 31st of March 2012, which represents the essence of Antler’s workforce and processes encompassing their 38 year journey. This monument comprises 5 sculpted figures symbolising Antler’s employees carrying out their core activities. The figure seated in front represents the “Colour Technician” who plays a pivotal role in providing the desired colours to Antler’s customers. The figure on the left who is carrying a metal frame represents the “Screen Technician” who assembles printing frames for printing purposes. The figure on the right carrying a Squeegee represents the “Printer” who is involved in the composition of all the processes required to fulfil Antler’s client requirements. The figure hoisting a flag at the back represents all of Antler’s members who firmly meet and conquer all their challenges faced. Antler has always considered its people as the most important asset of the organisation, hence the monument created with the leadership of Antler founder showcase the very fact and was presented as a token of appreciation to his people, today it acts as a source of inspiration to the entire Antler family. All those who gaze at this monument will understand Antler’s business ethics, processes and culture; and the workforce will realise their value as the golden hands behind Antler’s success whilst inheriting a sense of honour and pride.