Andaradeniya Estate wins Industrial Excellence Gold Award

Andaradeniya Estate Pvt. Ltd. won the Gold Award in the value added tea and associated products category at the Industrial Excellence Awards organised by the Industrial Development Board (IDB). The Andaradeniya Group, which contributes 2.5% to Sri Lanka’s national tea production and produces 8.5 million kilograms of tea annually, provides about 4,000 direct jobs and about 25,000 indirect jobs, and engages with nearly 25,000 tea smallholders.

The chairman of the company, Dr. W. Jianadasa, received the award at a gala ceremony held at Waters’ Edge under the patronage of President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa. Established in 1983 as a tea leaf collection company, the Andaradeniya Estate (Pvt) Ltd. has now grown into a large network of companies that make a significant contribution to the local economy with 11 tea factories in several districts, mini hydro power plants and solar power systems.

Its business network consists of a group of companies including Andaradeniya Estate (Pvt) Ltd., Sinharaja Hills Plantation (Pvt) Ltd., Nivithigala Factories (Pvt) Ltd., Andaradeniya Holdings (Pvt) Ltd., Hills Plantation (Pvt) Ltd., Andaradeniya Tea Estate Ceylon (Pvt) Ltd., Andaradeniya Mini Hydro Power (Pvt) Ltd.