A. Baur & Co. (Pvt.) Ltd.

In 1884 Alfred Baur of Switzerland arrived in Ceylon, by which Sri Lanka was then known. He worked in various firms in Colombo until in 1897 he founded his own enterprise, "A. Baur, the Ceylon Manure Works", dealing exclusively in fertilizers. The first office was at Baillie Street, the stores at Cramer's Lane between Pettah...