Own-leaf operations
One of the largest tea processors in India, with plantations across 2,200 acres in Assam and West Bengal, MLD Group’s plantations are managed by a team of tea agriculture professionals, soil scientists and irrigation and drainage experts.
The Group has invested in the prevailing technology of the day. For processing the produce, it has progressively graduated to fully-automated equipments in a controlled environment, monitored by a 20-member team of skilled professionals.
The MLD Group produces superior black CTC teas that are respected in the tea auction houses in India. These teas are packaged and branded as Bateli and Merryview, fetching a sizeable premium over competing varieties.
Bought-leaf operations
The MLD Group adopted a new business model in the organised segment of India’s tea sector. This model comprised the commissioning of the Group’s state-of-the-art Toong and Teesta View facilities, which processes green leaves sourced from more than 200 small farmers, with relatively smaller plantations, within a radius of 20 km. This facility is among India’s most sophisticated tea processing factories. It is also one of the largest processing plants in the sector.
Differentiation Leading to Perfection
- The factory layout was designed by an expert with a rich experience in commissioning high-capacity facilities in Kenya and India.
- The Group invested in the longest belt in the industry to ferment tea leaves. The belt speed is linked to programmable temperature and humidity control equipment to transform diverse inputs into perfect and consistent aroma and colour.
- The Group created a team of managers resulting in professionalism and accountability.
- The Group invested in creating a controlled environment comprising troughs with temperature and moisture control devices for the specialised withering of green leaves.
- The Group invested in tea processing automation to the extent of more than 90% of its productive equipment, liberating the process flow from human intervention, a pioneering initiative for the sector in India.
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