Galpaditenne - SL's biggest orthodox tea factory

Situated in Lellopitiya in the Ratnapura District Galpaditenne Tea Factory belongs to the conglomerate KDU Group owned by entrepreneur Saman Upasena.

It is Sri Lanka's biggest orthodox tea factory with an annual production of approximately 3 million kgs. The main advantage, to both factory and producer is that the management deals directly with approximately 22,000 smallholders who provide green leaf to the factory from within a radius of 60 km, eliminating the middleman.

The state-of-the-art factory, is equipped with the most modern machinery in the tea manufacturing process and is fully automated, to improve productivity, minimizing costs and more importantly making available a product under good hygienic conditions. Employees receive maximum comfort and convenience at work. In order to ensure that the factory delivers a quality product, strict quality procedures are laid out and consistently monitored. To assure customers of best quality tea in line with international standards, the factory has been accredited with ISO 2000:2005, CQC-QMS Certification.

Galpaditenne Tea Factory has ventured into the production of CTC teas by installing a state-of-the-art line of CTC machinery which will enhance production by almost a million kilograms bringing the total annual production of black tea to 4.0 million kgs.