Trelleborg Group has undertaken immediate disaster relief and is implementing long-term projects to help employees affected by the tsunami in Sri Lanka.

Trelleborg Lanka Pvt, part of the Trelleborg Group, had around 800 workers at its two Sri Lankan plants when the country was hit by the tsunami last year.

According to a company statement, no employees died in the disaster but some lost their homes.

Displaced employees were given resources to buy land, build houses and furnish them.

Immediate disaster relief by Trelleborg included supply of medicines, food, clothing, drinking water, bed sheets and transport to deliver the supplies.

Nine inflatable shelters were also handed to the Sri Lankan Government Social Service Department to help displaced families.

Long-term projects include building houses, a vocational training unit, a playground, a library and a pharmacy.

The long-term projects are being coordinated with authorities like the UNHCR, the Urban Development Authority and the Presidential Task Force of Rebuilding the Nation.

Trelleborg is a global industrial group. Its Italy-based subsidiary Trelleborg Wheel Systems is a major global forklift tyre manufacturer.