Limtex

Limtex is an Indian business associated primarily with tea trading, tea manufacturing, and the export of Indian tea. The company is headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal, and operates within the wider Limtex Group. Its business history began in 1977, when Gopal Poddar established Limtex as a small tea-trading enterprise. From that base, the company expanded into a broader group of businesses connected with tea, agricultural production, exports, biscuits, and information technology. Tea has remained the central activity associated with Limtex. The company has been described as serving both the Indian domestic market and international buyers, with activities spanning sourcing, production, manufacturing, trading, and export. Its group structure includes several tea and agricultural entities, including Limtex Agri Udyog Ltd., Limtex Tea & Industries Ltd., Sujali Tea & Industries Ltd., and Satyanarayan Tea Co. Pvt. Ltd. The wider group also includes Limtex Industries Ltd., Poddar Exports, Green Card Developers Pvt. Ltd., and Limtex Infotech Ltd. The company's diversification into technology was formalized through the creation of Limtex Infotech in 2005. This gave the group a business presence beyond food and agricultural commodities, although the available reference material does not provide detailed information about the technology division's products, customers, or geographic reach. Similarly, the references identify biscuit and export activities but do not specify individual consumer brands or product ranges. Limtex's corporate profile has included recognition connected with export performance. The company received a National Export Award associated with the Government of India and the Federation of Indian Export Organisations, and the Limtex Group was granted Star Trading House status by the Indian government. These distinctions indicate an emphasis on export capability and international trade rather than a narrowly domestic tea-retailing model. The available material does not establish a current website, ownership structure beyond the Limtex Group relationship, stock-exchange listing, present leadership roster, or current operating status. It also does not document a detailed consumer-facing brand architecture. Accordingly, Limtex is best characterized as an Indian corporate and trading group whose principal documented identity is as a tea enterprise with additional interests in information technology, agriculture, biscuits, and export operations.

Limtex was founded in India in 1977 by Gopal Poddar as a small tea-trading business. The enterprise began with a limited operating scale and subsequently developed into a larger tea-focused company with activities in trading, manufacturing, and export. Its growth reflected a move from commodity trading toward a more integrated participation in the Indian tea industry. Over time, Limtex diversified beyond tea. The reference material identifies interests in tea trading, biscuit activities, export operations, agriculture, and information technology. This diversification was reflected in the formation of a group of related companies, including Limtex Agri Udyog Ltd., Limtex Tea & Industries Ltd., Limtex Industries Ltd., Sujali Tea & Industries Ltd., Satyanarayan Tea Co. Pvt. Ltd., Green Card Developers Pvt. Ltd., Poddar Exports, and Limtex Infotech Ltd. The technology arm, Limtex Infotech, was formed in 2005. The available sources do not specify the division's principal software products, service categories, clients, or subsequent development, but its creation marked a strategic expansion beyond the group's traditional tea and export activities. Tea continued to be the defining business of Limtex. The company has been described as a producer, manufacturer, trader, and exporter of Indian tea, supplying both domestic and international markets. Its export orientation was reinforced by recognition from Indian trade and government institutions. Limtex received a National Export Award associated with the Federation of Indian Export Organisations and the Ministry of Commerce, Government of India. The Limtex Group was also granted Star Trading House status, a designation linked to export activity. The available historical record does not provide a detailed chronology of later acquisitions, changes in control, financial reporting, consumer brands, or current management beyond the identification of Gopal Poddar as chairman and managing director. It therefore supports a concise account of Limtex as a tea-origin business that grew into a diversified Indian corporate group, while leaving its present corporate condition and detailed commercial operations uncertain.

• 2005

  Limtex Infotech is formed

  [1]Limtexen.wikipedia.org

  The Limtex Group enters the information-technology sector through the formation of Limtex Infotech Ltd.

• 1977

  Limtex is founded

  [1]Limtexen.wikipedia.org

  Gopal Poddar establishes Limtex as a small tea-trading business in India.

An Indian tea-centered corporate group positioned around tea production, trading, manufacturing, and export, with diversification into agriculture, biscuits, and information technology.

• Tea

  Indian tea

  Tea is Limtex's principal documented business area. The company has been associated with sourcing, trading, manufacturing, and exporting Indian tea for domestic and international markets. The available references do not identify specific packaged brands, grades, estates, or named product lines.

• Information technology · 2005

  Limtex Infotech

  Limtex Infotech is the group's information-technology division, established in 2005. The reference material confirms its existence but does not describe particular software products, consulting offerings, platforms, customers, or current activity.

• Food products

  Biscuits

  Biscuits are identified among the areas into which Limtex diversified. No specific biscuit brand, formulation, manufacturing site, or distribution channel is documented in the supplied references.

• 2005

  Diversification into information technologyStrategy

  Background

  After developing from a tea-trading business into a broader group with tea, agricultural, biscuit, and export interests, Limtex expanded into information technology.

  Action taken

  The group formed Limtex Infotech Ltd. in 2005.

  Aftermath

  The available sources confirm the creation of the technology division but do not provide enough information to assess its subsequent performance or strategic importance.

  Source

1. 1Limtexen.wikipedia.org