Project Report on Tea Packaging

Tea  is  one of the most popular beverages and  is  consumed   by nearly half of the world population. India was the first  country to  cultivate the tea as far back as 2737 B.C. Tea is  made  from the   young  leaves  &  unopened  buds  of  the  plant   'Camelia Binerisies'.  This  plant is grown in  tropical  and  subtropical regions.  It is considered to be native of Assam and upper  Indo- China.  In   1971,  the  total  area  under  tea  plantation  was  13,57,000 hectares and production levelled at 13,04,800 tones  in the  world. The Britishers consume about 30% of total worlds  tea  production.  nly  15 tea exporting nations  combinely  accounting for  92%  of  the world tea trade. This is the reason why  packaging   of   tea  has   grown multidimensional  in  last  few years.   India  is self-sufficient   in  manufacturing  automatic weighing  & packing machines today &  such machines are being even exported  to  various neighbouring countries.  The Indian machine manufacturers are mostly in  large scale sectors & a few in  small & medium scale too. Simple packing machine   to  Duplex tea  packers are all equally competent for  the purpose   &   are manufactured  by leading  tea  processing  machine  manufactures  of  India.   Automatic  tea packing machine is the latest  advancement in the  field,  which  makes  packing   faster   & secured. Small packs in 50, 100, 250, 500 grms & 1 kg packets are usually prepared in paper board packets where as packing of large quantities are usually done in tin containers for retail selling. Tea chets of plywood are preferred for shipment of processed  tea in  substantially  large  quantities. Since tea  industry  is  an evergreen  industry hence the packing of tea continues round  the year  irrespective  of  reason  or weather. That  is  why  it  is considered to be a very stable industry & the men working in  the line  are employed on permanent basis & are quite experienced  in the job.   This industry can be set up in small scale as well  as large  scale  unit, but it remains basically a  labour  intensive industry with a very attractive profitability.