The Company was incorporated on 23rd December 1919, by the "Peirce Leslie and Company" as Managing Agents. The Company commenced business immediately after incorporation. In those days, Peirce Leslie and Company was a Premier Organization in South India in Plantations.
Presently, the Company is a part of Shri S.K. Bangur group and the Board of Directors of the Company consists of Shri S.K. Bangur – Chairman, Smt. Shashi Bangur – Whole Time Director, Shri Hari Krishna Jhaver, Shri S.K. Poddar, Shri Krishna Kumar Lohia and Shri M.K.Patwari – Whole Time Director & Chief Executive Officer.
The Registered Office is situated at The Thirumbadi Estate, Mokkam P.O–673602, Kozhikode, Kerala and the Administrative and Head Office is situated at Pinnacle Krishna Building, 581/4, 2nd Floor, D.B.Road, R.S.Puram, Coimbatore – 641 002. Corporate Office is situated at 707,Central Plaza, 2/6,Sarat Bose Road, Kolkata – 700020. Tea Division is situated at Kilkotagiri Estate, Kilkotagiri Post, The Nilgiris – 643 216, Tamilnadu and Rubber Division is situated at Thirumbadi Estate, Mokkam Post – 673 602, Kozhikode
Company’s Estate ( Kilkotagiri Estate) is situated at the altitude of 3,800 – 5,541 feet above mean sea level on southern most tip of Western Ghat in South India (Nilgiris District - Tamilnadu). Nilgiris in Tamilnadu is known for its flavor and quality tea. The Company’s main business is growing and manufacture of Tea, Coffee and Spices at its Kilkotagiri Estate.
Existing capacity of the Factory is around Twenty Lakhs Kgs. per Annum, consisting of Green Tea, Black Tea (Orthodox & Black Tea).The Company has recently rebuilt its factory having all the three facilities as above. The Company is having total area of 2006.42 acres (811.97 hectares) consisting of Coffee, Tea, Black Pepper and Clove. The Company is having certification under ISO 22000 : 2005, FSSAI, Rain Forest Alliance (RA) & UTZ.
Company has its Sales Depot at Gunjan Apartments, 33, Shivaji Park, Kolhapur- 416001.
Kilkotagiri Estate is also certified under UTZ Certification from August 2017. This will ensure that our products are manufactured and marketed by following the Code of Conduct which demonstrates better farming methods, working conditions and care for nature. This in turn leads to better production, a better environment and a better life for everyone.
The high steppes of the Nilgiri Hills have been inhabited since prehistoric times, demonstrated by a large number of artifacts unearthed by excavators. A particularly important collection from the region can be seen in the British Museum, including those assembled by colonial officers James Wilkinson Breeks, Major M. J. Walhouse and Sir Walter Elliot.
The first recorded use of the word Nila applied to this region can be traced back to 1117 AD. In the report of a general of Vishnuvardhana, King of Hoysalas, who in reference to his enemies, claimed to have "frightened the Todas, driven the Kongas underground, slaughtered the Poluvas, put to death the Maleyalas, terrified Chieftain Kala Nirpala and then proceeded to offer the peak of Nila Mountain (presumably Doddabetta or Rangaswami peak of Peranganad in East Nilgiris) to Lakshmi, Goddess of Wealth.
A hero stone (Veeragallu) with a Kannada inscription at Vazhaithottam (Bale thota) in the Nilgiri District, dated to 10th century CE, has been discovered.[9] A Kannada inscription of Hoysala king Ballala III (or his subordinate Madhava Dannayaka's son) from the 14th century CE has been discovered at the Siva (or Vishnu) temple at Nilagiri Sadarana Kote (present-day Dannayakana Kote), near the junction of Moyar and Bhavani rivers, but the temple has since been submerged by the Bhavani Sagar dam.
Pinnacle Krishna, 581/4, 2nd Floor, D. B. Road, R. S. Puram, Coimbatore-641002. Tamilnadu
