Bengal Tea and Fabrics Ltd. (India)

Bengal Tea & Fabrics Ltd. is a company located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It was incorporated on July 16, 1983. The company made a public offer of 120,000 equity shares in May 1984 and its shares were listed with a paid-up capital of Rs. 20 lakhs. Bengal Tea & Industries Ltd. was amalgamated with Bengal Tea & Fabrics Ltd. on April 1, 1985, as per the order passed by the Hon'ble High Court at Calcutta in August 1987. The merged company had a paid-up capital of Rs. 95.47 lakhs. Currently, Bengal Tea & Fabrics Ltd. is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange Limited (BSE Limited) with a paid-up capital of Rs. 900.59 lakhs divided into 9,005,985 equity shares of Rs. 10 each. The company has two divisions: Tea, which includes three tea estates in Assam, and Real Estate. The Tea division comprises three tea estates with a total gross area of 777.38 hectares and a planted area of 626.15 hectares. The annual production of black tea is approximately 1.4 million kgs, with a total production capacity of around 2.4 million kgs. The estates are located in North Lakhmipur in Upper Assam. The names of the three estates are Ananda Tea Estate, Pathalipam Tea Estate, and Bordeobam Tea Estate. The Real Estate division includes the company's property situated at GIDC, Dholka District, Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The land development work has been completed, and there are 20 plots available for sale. The company has received an offer to purchase the Dholka Property for Rs. 20.51 crores. The company's Textile division, located at Asarwa Mills, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, has been decided for closure, sale, transfer, or disposal by the Board of Directors. The main products of the Tea division are black tea (CTC & Orthodox) in leaf and dust form, as well as tea seeds. The registered office of Bengal Tea & Fabrics Ltd. is located at Century Towers, 4th Floor, 45, Shakespeare Sarani, Kolkata - 700 017, West Bengal, India. The contact details are telefax numbers +91-33-22836416-17 (2 lines), email address mail@bengaltea.com, and website www.bengaltea.com. The registered office was shifted from 5th Floor, 9, Biplabi Trailokya Maharaj Sarani (formerly Brabourne Road), Kolkata 700 001 to the current address on September 6, 2003.