EAST USAMBARA TEA COMPANY LTD (EUTCO)
ABOUT EUTCO
Eutco is the first Tea grower to be granted with the Tea Blending & Packaging Licence. The project implementation has commenced and expected to start sales by January 2021.
MARKETING SHIFT
MANUFACTURE AND INFRASTRUCTURE
Manpower
→ Over 800 permanent staff and 1000 seasonal workers employed in the fields and factories.
Housing and Welfare
→ 1200 worker houses in 12 camps, 36 Management accommodation, 2 hospitals, 5 dispensaries, 8 creches and 8 welfare centres.
Divisions
→ The company is divided into 8 divisions for efficient controls, namely Kwamkoro, Ngua, Ndola, Monga, Maramba, Ngambo, Derema & Bulwa.
Factories
→ Kwamkoro & Bulwa. Both factories together have the capacity to process 125,000 kgs of green leaf per day.
MANUFACTURE PROCESS
1. Harvesting / plucking
2. Transport to the factory
3. Withering of green leaf
4. Shredding (C)
5. Rotorvane (T)
6. Cutting (C)
7. Oxideation
8. Drying
9. Sorting & Grading
10. Packing and transport to the company’s warehouse in Tanga
11. Dispatch as per sales program
12. Tanga has a very efficient seaport
FINAL PRODUCT
→ 9 grades (6 primary and 3 secondary)
→ Special Blends as per buyers requirements
→ Sold as straight grades packed in Paper sacks or PP bags