The Bombay Burmah Trading Corporation, Limited (BBTCL) is very old company. The company founded its fortunes on teak in the year 1863, as a public company, and everything that followed is history. The company is a leading concern of the Wadia Group, a reputed Indian business house with interests in plantations, foods, textiles, chemicals, electronics and light engineering, health care and real estate.Bombay Burmah, Bombay Dyeing and Britannia are the mastheads of the Wadia Group.

Originally BBTCL was formed as a public company to encourage teak business by taking over the assets and rights in Burma (now Myanmar) of William Wallace. At that time, the company was catering to the domestic demands, and then expanded it’s trading in other Asian regions. It was not until 1913 that the Company turned its attention to tea plantations and invested in suitable areas in South India

Today, BBTCL is one of the few oldest companies of pre-independence era, still flourishing with its core values, ethics and above all, competency in trade. It is the second oldest publicly quoted company. The Company has diversified its interests into tea, coffee, other plantation products, biscuit and dairy products, auto electric and white goods parts, weighing products, horticulture and landscaping services, healthcare products (viz.) dental, orthopaedic and opthalmic products.

Business area of the company

The Company is a multi-product and multi-divisional organisation with diverse business interests viz. plantations (tea and coffee), auto electric components, healthcare, real estate and weighing products.

Business verticals

• Tea plantation
• Coffee plantation
• Auto electric component business (Electromags)
• Healthcare business

Certification

Cochin Marketing Office

• Halal Committee Certificate
  
• IMO Control Certificate
  
• FSSAI Certificate
  
• EXPORT HOUSE Certificate
  
• Demeter Certificate

Elkhill Coffee Estate

• IMO Control Certificate 1
  
• IMO Control Certificate 2
  
• IMO Control Certificate 3
  
• IMO Control Certificate 4
  
• IMO Control Certificate 5
  
• IMO Control Certificate 6
  
• IMO Control Certificate 7
  
• IMO Control Certificate 8
  
• IMO Control - UTZ Certificate

Dunsandle Tea Estate

• ETP Certificate
  
• FLO Certificate

Mudis Tea Estate

• FSSAI Certification - Anna Mudi Tea Factory
  
• FSSAI Certification - Gajam Mudi Tea Factory
  
• FSSAI Certfication - Mukottu Mudi Tea Factory
  
• FSSAI Certification - Thai Mudi Tea Factory
  
• Fairtrade Certification - Mudis Central School
  
• FLO- CERT Gmbh
  
• Sustainable Farm Certificate
  
• IMO Control Certificate

Singampatti Tea Estate

• IMO Control Certificate 1
  
• IMO Control Certificate 2
  
• IMO Control Certificate 3
  
• IMO Control Certificate 4
  
• Demeter Certificate
  
• FLO-Cert Gmbh
  
• Halal Committee Certificate
  
• Det Norske Veritas Management system Certificate
  
• Singampatti NPOP Certificate

Tanzania Tea Estate

• IMO Control Certificate 1
  
• IMO Control Certificate 2
  
• FLO-CERT Gmbh