E kūʻai aku ʻo Finlays, kahi mea hoʻolako kī, kofe a me nā mea kanu mea kanu, i kāna ʻoihana kanu kī ʻo Sri Lanka iā Browns Investments PLC, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Hapugastenne Plantations PLC a me Udapussellawa Plantations PLC.

Hoʻokumu ʻia i ka makahiki 1750, ʻo Finley Group kahi mea hoʻolako honua o ke kī, kofe a me nā mea kanu i nā mea inu honua. He ʻāpana ia o ka Swire Group a he keʻena nui ma Lākana, UK. I ka wā mua, he hui kūʻokoʻa inoa Pelekane ʻo Finley. Ma hope mai, hoʻomaka ka hui makua o Swire Pacific UK e hoʻokomo i Finley. I ka makahiki 2000, kūʻai ʻo Swire Pacific iā Finley a lawe pilikino iā ia. Hana ʻia ka hale kī kī ʻo Finley ma ke ʻano B2B. ʻAʻole loaʻa iā Finley kāna hōʻailona ponoʻī, akā hāʻawi ʻo ia i ke kī, ka pauka kī, nā ʻeke kī, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe, ma hope o nā hui brand. ʻOi aku ka hana ʻana o Finley i ke kaulahao hoʻolako a me ka hana kaulahao waiwai, a hāʻawi i ke kī o nā huahana mahiʻai i nā hui hōʻailona ma ke ala hiki ke ʻike ʻia.

Ma hope o ke kūʻai ʻana, e koi ʻia ʻo Brown Investments e loaʻa i nā ʻāpana koʻikoʻi o Hapujasthan Plantation Listed Company Limited a me Udapselava Plantation Listed Company Limited. ʻO nā hui mahiʻai ʻelua he 30 mau mea kanu kī a me 20 mau kikowaena hana i loaʻa i nā ʻāpana agro-climatic ʻeono ma Sri Lanka.

ʻO Brown Investments Limited kahi hui koʻikoʻi i kūleʻa loa a he ʻāpana o ka LOLC Holding Group o nā hui. ʻO Brown Investments, i hoʻokumu ʻia ma Sri Lanka, he ʻoihana mahiʻai kūleʻa i ka ʻāina. ʻO kāna Maturata Plantations, kekahi o nā hui hana kī nui loa o Sri Lanka, he 19 mau mea kanu hoʻokahi e uhi ana ma mua o 12,000 mau ʻeka a ʻoi aku ka nui o ka poʻe ma mua o 5,000.

ʻAʻole e hoʻololi koke ʻia ka poʻe hana ma The Hapujasthan a me Udapselava mahiko ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana, a ke manaʻo nei ʻo Brown Investments e hoʻomau i ka hana e like me ia i kēia manawa.

Kila kī ʻo Sri Lanka

E hoʻomau ka hana ʻana o Finley (Colombo) LTD ma ka ʻaoʻao o Finley ma Sri Lanka a ʻo ka hui ʻana a me ka ʻoihana kīʻaha e loaʻa ʻia ma o ke kūʻai aku ʻana o Colombo mai kekahi mau wahi provenance e pili ana i nā mahiʻai ʻo Hapujasthan a me Udapselava. ʻO ia ke ʻano hiki ke hoʻomau ʻo finley i ka lawelawe mau ʻana i kāna mau mea kūʻai.

"ʻO nā mahi kanu ʻo Hapujasthan a me Udapselava ʻelua o nā ʻoihana mahiʻai maikaʻi loa i mālama ʻia a hana ʻia ma Sri Lanka a haʻaheo mākou e hui pū me lākou a komo i kā lākou hoʻolālā e hiki mai ana," wahi a Kamantha Amarasekera, ka luna o Brown Investments. E hana pū mākou me Finley e hōʻoia i ka hoʻololi maʻalahi ma waena o nā hui ʻelua. Hoʻokipa maikaʻi mākou i ka hoʻokele a me nā limahana o nā mahiko ʻo Hapujasthan a me Udapselava e hui pū me ka ʻohana Brown, nona kahi kuʻuna ʻoihana mai ka makahiki 1875.

Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Guy Chambers, ka luna hoʻomalu o ka hui finley: "Ma hope o ka noʻonoʻo pono ʻana a me ke kaʻina koho paʻa, ua ʻae mākou e hoʻoili i ka mana o ka Sri Lankan Tea Plantation iā Brown Investments. Ma ke ʻano he hui hoʻopukapuka ʻo Sri Lanka me kahi moʻolelo i hōʻoia ʻia i ka ʻoihana mahiʻai, ua hoʻonoho maikaʻi ʻia ʻo Brown Investments e ʻimi a hōʻike piha i ka waiwai lōʻihi o nā mahiko ʻo Hapujasthan a me Udapselava. He kuleana koʻikoʻi kēia mau māla kī Sri Lanka i ka mōʻaukala o finley a maopopo mākou e hoʻomau lākou i ka holomua ma lalo o ka hoʻokele ʻana o Brown Investments. Mahalo nui wau i kā mākou mau hoa mahi kanu kī ʻo Sri Lankan no ko lākou hoihoi a kūpaʻa i kā lākou hana mua a makemake lākou i ka maikaʻi loa no ka wā e hiki mai ana.