Energy conservation in tea manufacturing stressed at Upasi

As per news article of 14th Sept. 2009

With the tea industry's fortune reviving once again, the Kolkata-based Tea. Board has initiated methods to reduce manufacturing cost and thereby increase productivity to ensure that key segments of the business like processing remain profitable even in a down-turn.

"The tea prices have increased, but productivity is down and with the social cost increasing, we need to look at ways to minimize manufacturing cost," Nilgiris’s Kaikatty Tea Factory MD, K Swaminathan told ET.

"It will reduce our firewood consumption by 20 truck loads, which amounts to 2 lakh kgs per year," Mr Swaminathan said.


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