Sri Lanka spends a huge sum of foreign exchange yearly for importing scientific glassware required for institutes in the government and private sector including universities, schools, research institutes, hospitals and various industries. Due to easily breakable nature of glassware, the repeated importation causes a huge flow of funds to foreign countries.

The glass blowing center at the University of Kelaniya is dedicated to provide an excellent service in the manufacture and repair of scientific glassware for laboratory use. This includes the fabrication of totally new special purpose scientific glassware as required for research and the repair of expensive broken laboratory glassware.