Suntek sends Indian roses to Holland
The Rs 3-crore company has already tied-up with Soex Flora, a major rose producer and merchant exporter in India, for supply.
By Tapash Talukdar, TNN |
AHMEDABAD: This Valentine, Seema Potdukhe has a rosy business to gift her husband. She isn't alone, each member of a 14 all-women team of which Potdukhe is a part of has reason to celebrate���the occasion is the maiden dispatch of about 1 lakh roses from their jointly formed two-year old company Suntek Farms Pvt Ltd to the land of tulips, Holland.
There���s more reason to cheer. A relationship is also budding between the Pune-based company that was set up by a group of classmates in 2006, and a Paris-based flora major, which operates 20 floral boutiques in France.
���We have already dispatched over 1 lakh stems of roses to the Netherlands on this Valentine, and have got business from Japan,��� says Seema Potdukhe, member of Suntek, and one of the girls from Satara Sainik School who set up the business barely two years ago.
The company expects revenues to grow more than 20% during this financial year. The average cost of producing one rose is about Rs 2, while it would fetch a price of Rs 10 to Rs 40 in the international market, depending on bud-size, colour and size of the flower.
The Rs 3-crore company has already tied-up with Soex Flora, a major rose producer and merchant exporter in India, for supply. With this, Suntek Farms has been able to reach the large number of rose-lovers across the globe. Recently, it has also formed in-principle marketing tie-up with a Tamil Nadu-based player to market in the southern region.
There���s more reason to cheer. A relationship is also budding between the Pune-based company that was set up by a group of classmates in 2006, and a Paris-based flora major, which operates 20 floral boutiques in France.
���We have already dispatched over 1 lakh stems of roses to the Netherlands on this Valentine, and have got business from Japan,��� says Seema Potdukhe, member of Suntek, and one of the girls from Satara Sainik School who set up the business barely two years ago.
The company expects revenues to grow more than 20% during this financial year. The average cost of producing one rose is about Rs 2, while it would fetch a price of Rs 10 to Rs 40 in the international market, depending on bud-size, colour and size of the flower.
The Rs 3-crore company has already tied-up with Soex Flora, a major rose producer and merchant exporter in India, for supply. With this, Suntek Farms has been able to reach the large number of rose-lovers across the globe. Recently, it has also formed in-principle marketing tie-up with a Tamil Nadu-based player to market in the southern region.
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