Limuru Tea Plc

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Limuru Tea Plc
Type Public
KN: LIMR [1]
Industry Agriculture
Headquarters Kericho, Kenya
Key people
R. Fairburn
Chairman
Products Tea
RevenueDecrease2.svg KSh.104 million/= (2013) [2]
Parent CVC Capital Partners through Lipton Teas and Infusions
Website www.limuruteaplc.com
Limuru tea farming Green pasture.jpg
Limuru tea farming

The Limuru Tea Plc is a Kenyan company that is listed on the Nairobi Stock Exchange and engages in the growing of green leaf tea. Founded in 1895, the Company owns 282 hectares of tea land situated four kilometers to the east of Limuru Town. [3]

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The Limuru Tea Plc is an out-grower to ekaterra Tea Kenya PLC (eTK), formally Unilever Tea Kenya Limited (UTKL). [4] eTK holds 52% of the issued share capital of Limuru Tea and acts as the company's managing agent in the growing, manufacturing, sales and marketing of its teas. [5] The Limuru Tea estate green leaf is manufactured in the nearby eTK's Mabroukie factory from where it is sold mainly for export. [6]

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References

  1. Reuters - Limuru Tea Company Limited
  2. Rich Management Company Data - Limuru Tea Company Limited
  3. "Limuru Tea Plc - 2020 Annual report" (PDF). Unilever.
  4. "Limuru Tea: About us" . Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  5. Limuru Tea Company Limited 2012 Annual Report [ permanent dead link ]
  6. "Description - Limuru Tea Plc". African Financials. Retrieved 19 October 2019.