The Tea Industry largely consists of three sections :

• Producers
• Brokers or Auctioneers
• Buyers

Our Value Addition to Producers

• Advise on Quality and Manufacturing - raising the ‘quality bar’ for them is the end objective .
• Advise producers on Market fundamentals - Crop, consumption, Exports, Buyer quality needs, price trends and extending scenario planning options to enable sellers take the right business decisions.
• Valuation of Tea - done by qualified tasters based on quality and other market fundamentals. This enables the seller to determine his position on the quality - price grid.
• Marketing the Tea - through the auction and private channels thus acquiring for them the best prices and reliable portfolio of buyers.

Our Value Addition to Buyers

• Source from producers, the tea required for blends, packeting or mere trading.
• Tea valuation – of teas being offered for sale, thus giving them a guideline for economic sourcing.
• Data mining – sharing of relevant data with buyers, thus facilitating management decision making.

Why we feel we add value

• PTM being the largest broking firm in South India and amongst the top four in North India can leverage on its scale and width.
• We have manufacturing expertise in ALL origins and style thus our producer gets the benefit of our versatile tea knowledge . The buyer gets his desired quality at optimum prices. PTM has leadership in Private Sales/alliances with major buyers who supplement their Auction purchases through private sales.
• PTM offers flexibility of marketing channels to our sellers, with our presence in all Auction centers.
• PTM backward integrates buyer and consumer product insights for the benefit of Sellers, to enable them craft their business strategy accordingly. We have a strong commitment to commercial controls and ensure fullest compliance thus protecting stakeholder's interest.
• At the end of the day, PTM assumes the role of Business Partners for our Sellers and Buyers.