Both Saman and Thushan Upasena have won many accolades for their outstanding business practices and entrepreneurial prowess, including the coveted award for Outstanding Entrepreneur at the Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Awards consecutively in 2013 and 2014. Their visionary thinking and continuous quest for innovation has made the KDU Group one of the largest tea manufacturers in the country, contributing to six percent of the country’s low grown tea production and nearly four percent of the national tea production. Retaining the highest sales achievements at the Colombo Tea Auction for a period of 20 years, the Group has received international certifications, including CQC 2 Star Award by the Sri Lankan Tea Board and is certified with Ethical Tea Partnership, HACCP Food Safety Standard and ISO 22000.
2008
Galpaditenne Tea Factory, Peak View Tea Factory and New Kandagasthane Tea Factory were awarded “Excellence in Good Organizing Practices” and “Excellence in Good Manufacturing Practices” by the Sri Lankan Tea Board
2011
Galpaditenne Tea Factory: Award of Excellence for “Manufacturing the Largest Orthodox Quantity Sold by a Single Tea Factory in the World” for 2011-2015
by John Keells PLC
2013
Award for “Outstanding Entrepreneur” at the Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Award
Galpaditenna Tea Factory: “National Plantation Award” and “Best Tea Factory” (Large Scale) in the Ratnapura region and the country
Galpaditenne Tea Factory: SD Excellence Silver Award
2014
Award for “Outstanding Entrepreneur” at the Asia Pacific Entrepreneurship Award
Galpaditenne Tea Factory: SD Excellence Bronze Award
2015
Winner of the European Business Assembly Gold Award for the “Best Enterprise” for Tea Producing by the Socrates Committee in Oxford, UK
Gold Award at the World Quality Commitment in Paris, France
2016
BIZZ Award for “The Recognition of Inspirational Company with
All Its Rights and Privileges”
at Washington DC
Galpadithanne Tea Factory was awarded as the 2nd best tea factory in Sri Lanka by the National Plantation Awards 2017
KDU Group was awarded as the inspirational company by the Bizz awards 2016 in Washington D.C, USA
KDU Group has been recognized as the best enterprise in the Oxford, UK
KDU Group was awarded for the Best Practices in European Awards in 2016 in Brussels, Belgium.
Mr. Saman Upasena and Mr. Thushan Upasena were awarded as the
Galpaditenne Tea Factory was achieved as the award of excellence for manufacturing the largest Orthodox Quantity sold by a Single Tea Factory on the World for the years 2011-2015 by John Keells PLC.
KDU Group has been recognized as the best enterprise in the Paris, France
Galpadithane Tea Factory, Peak View Tea Factory and New Kandagasthane Tea Factory were awarded by the Sri Lankan Tea Board for the Excellence in Good Organizing Practices & Excellence in Good Manufacturing Practices in 2008.
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