Finlays, o se kamupani gaosi lauti, kofe ma laau toto, o le a faʻatau atu lana pisinisi faʻatoʻaga lauti Sri Lanka i Browns Investments PLC, E aofia ai le Hapugastenne Plantations PLC ma le Udapussellawa Plantations PLC.

Fa'atūina i le 1750, Finley Group ose fa'atauva'a fa'ava-o-malo o lauti, kofe ma la'au fa'ato'aga i fa'ailoga o meainu i le lalolagi. Ua avea nei ma vaega o le Swire Group ma le ofisa autu i Lonetona, Peretania. I le taimi muamua, o Finley o se kamupani tutoʻatasi a Peretania. Mulimuli ane, na amata ai ona teu faafaigaluega a le kamupani matua a le Swire Pacific UK i Finley. I le 2000, na faʻatau ai e le Swire Pacific Finley ma ave faʻatasi. O lo'o fa'agaoioia le fale lauti a Finley ile B2B mode. Finley e leai sana lava faʻailoga, ae tuʻuina atu lauti, paʻu lauti, taga lauti, ma isi, i tua o kamupani faʻailoga. Finley e sili atu ona galue i le sapalai o le sapalai ma galuega tau filifili, ma tuʻuina atu lauti o oloa faʻatoʻaga i vaega faʻailoga i se auala e mafai ona iloa.

I le mae'a ai o le fa'atauga, o le a fa'amalosia e Brown Investments le fa'atulafonoina o sea fa'atosina uma a le Hapujasthan Plantation Listed Company Limited ma le Udapselava Plantation Listed Company Limited. O kamupani fa'ato'aga e lua e aofia ai le 30 fa'ato'aga lauti ma le 20 nofoaga autu o lo'o i totonu o sone fa'ato'aga e ono i Sri Lanka.

Brown Investments Limited ose fa'apotopotoga fa'apitoa fa'apitoa ma ose vaega ole LOLC Holding Group o kamupani. Brown Investments, e faavae i Sri Lanka, o loʻo i ai se pisinisi faʻatoʻaga manuia i totonu o le atunuʻu. O lona Maturata Plantations, o se tasi o kamupani gaosi lauti tele i Sri Lanka, e aofia ai 19 Faʻatoʻaga taʻitasi e aofia ai le silia ma le 12,000 hectares ma faʻafaigaluegaina le silia ma le 5,000 tagata.

O le a leai se suiga vave i le aufaigaluega i The Hapujasthan ma Udapselava faatoaga pe a maeʻa le mauaina, ma o loʻo faʻamoemoe le Brown Investments e faʻaauau pea galuega e pei ona faia i le taimi nei.

Faatoaga Tea Sri Lanka

Finley (Colombo) LTD o le a faʻaauau pea ona galue e fai ma sui o Finley i Sri Lanka ma o le faʻafefiloi o lauti ma pisinisi afifiina o le a maua mai i le faʻatau atu a Colombo mai le tele o nofoaga faʻapitoa e aofia ai faʻatoʻaga Hapujasthan ma Udapselava. O lona uiga e mafai e finley ona fa'aauau pea ona tu'uina atu auaunaga faifai pea i ana tagata fa'atau.

“O fa'ato'aga a Hapujasthan ma Udapselava o ni kamupani fa'ato'aga sili ona lelei e pulea ma gaosia i Sri Lanka ma e matou te mitamita e faipa'aga ma i latou ma auai i a latou fuafuaga i le lumana'i," o le tala lea a Kamantha Amarasekera, le fa'atonu o le Brown Investments. O le a matou galulue faʻatasi ma Finley e faʻamautinoa se sologa lelei i le va o vaega e lua. Matou te fa'afeiloa'i ma le agaga fa'afeiloa'i le pulega ma tagata faigaluega o fa'ato'aga a Hapujasthan ma Udapselava e fa'atasi ma le aiga Brown, lea e iai le tu masani fa'apisinisi na amata mai i le 1875.”

Na taʻua e Guy Chambers, le faʻatonu pule o le vaega a finley: “Ina ua maeʻa ona iloilo totoʻa ma se faiga filifiliga maʻoti, ua matou malilie e faʻafeiloaʻi le pule o le Sri Lanka Tea Plantation i Brown Investments. I le avea ai o se kamupani faʻafaigaluega a Sri Lanka ma se faʻamaumauga faʻamaonia i le vaega o faʻatoʻaga, o loʻo tuʻuina lelei le Brown Investments e suʻesuʻe ma faʻaalia atoatoa le tau umi o faʻatoʻaga a Hapujasthan ma Udapselava. O nei toga lauti Sri Lanka ua faia se sao taua i le talafaasolopito o Finley ma matou te mautinoa o le a faʻaauau pea ona olaola i lalo o le pulega a Brown Investments. Ou te faafetai ia matou aumea o le faatoaga lauti Sri Lanka mo lo latou naunautai ma le faamaoni ia latou galuega talu ai ma moomoo ia latou manuia uma mo le lumanai.