Warren Plantations

One tea company which is mak ing quite a name for itself in Papua New Guinea is Warren Plantations (Mt Hagen) Pty Ltd. Since receiving the best new product award at the 1996 PNG Trade Fair, there has been no looking back.

Papua New Guinea’s Warren Plantations (Mt Hagen) Pty Ltd pro ducers of Kurumul Round teabags as well as the the Green and Blue packets has seven tea plantations in the Western Highlands Province with two processing factories to cater for both domestic supplies and exports.

Kurumul tea packets and tea bags are exported to Fiji, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, the United States, United Kingdom and Europe, Europe and

Australia.

Kurumul tea has the distinction in Papua New Guinea of being grown at an altitude of 6500 to 7000 feet. The cooler

temperature, the Warren Plantations main tains, is responsible for its high quality and distinctive flavour.

The company’s total annual production is 2.50 million kilograms, with a value of approximately K 3 million (SUSI. 9 million) per annum.

The company employs 1200 workers daily.

As an organisation conscientious in environmental protection, Warren Plantations declares itself the first company to experiment and success fully convert the firewood boilers into Residue and Naptha, both of which are by-products of B P Hides Gas - and

thereby saving Highlands forestry.

As part of its modernisation plan, the company introduced the string and tag less round tea bags on the local market

in 1995. It was the quality and uniqueness of the product which resulted in Warren winning the Best New Product award at the PNG Trade Fair in 1996. ■