All time record price for Sithaka

Sithaka obtained an all time record price for its OP1 grade at Rs.820 at the Colombo Tea Auctions on September 25, 2012 surpassing the previous record price of Rs.810 per kg. This all time record price has been purchased by Messrs. Ceylon Plantations through tea broker John Keells PLC. Sithaka also won second place at the Gold Medal Tea Competition 2012 held in North America recently.

Sithaka-Avissawella Tea Factory is situated in the Ratnapura District in the Sabaragamuwa Province. It belongs to the well-known RTS group of companies. Lalith Liyanage (son of E L W Fernando) is the present chairman of this diversified group. The Group has nine subsidiaries inclusive of two tea factories.

The vision of the RTS Group is to actively foster Sri Lanka’s image as a global leader in tea exports in the international tea market.

Sithaka-Avissawella Tea Factory is an orthodox tea factory with an annual production of 750,000 kilograms. The factory is fed predominantly through bought crop with approximately 6,000 small holders, in addition to a few tea plantations.

The state-of-the-art factory is equipped with some of the most modern machinery in the tea manufacturing process and is fully automated to improve productivity, minimize costs, and improve quality – via production under good hygiene conditions.