written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . august 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message akbar brothers ltd. product type tea country sri lanka introduced 1969 markets worldwide website www.akbartea.com akbar tea is a tea company owned by akbar brothers ltd. 1 based in sri lanka . the company produces a range of tea bags loose teas and gifts including black tea green tea flavoured teas and herbal teas . akbar brothers is largest tea exporter from sri lanka . 2 3 in 1864 shaikh hebtulabhoy 1834 1897 migrated from india to sri lanka establishing a food import export company based in pettah . his son tyeabally shaikh hebtulabhoy 1888 1928 established the tea company m. s. hebtulabhoy & company limited . hebtulabhoy & co began shipping tea overseas in 1907 . in 1969 tyeabally shaikh hebtulabhoy s grandsons abbasally 1933 abidally 1935 and inayetally akbarally 1937 resigned from hebtulabhoys & co. and established akbar brothers . within three years akbar brothers were exporting to major tea markets in the middle east and other parts of the world . in 1972 akbar brothers limited was incorporated and their father shirinbhai shaikh abdulhusein 1916 retired as the chairman of hebtulabhoys & co. joining his sons . the company operates a 28 000 square metres 300 000 sq ft packeting complex in kelaniya utilising modern manufacturing equipment from germany italy and japan . each batch of tea akbar is thoroughly tested at all stages of production . the company is accredited by the international organization for standardization iso 9002 and haccp certificate . citation needed references edit akbar brothers win international brand of the year award . daily news . 3 december 2003 . retrieved 4 september 2010 . sri lanka export development board dailyft external links edit akbar tea europe retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title akbar tea & oldid 740569160 categories tea brandssri lankan teasri lankan brandstea companieshidden categories articles with a promotional tone from august 2015all articles with a promotional toneall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from october 2015 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages espa ol suomi edit links this page was last modified on 21 september 2016 at 22 03 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view