User talk:Hsonai

In the list of companies under Coffee companies, I would like to add the following company's name:

My Coffee Company. It was sometime in early 1930s. The company was closed in 1968. The company did roasting, grinding and packaging of coffee for wholesale as well as retail safe of the coffee powder. The company operated in Chennai, India.

During the late 1950s and early 60s, My Coffee Company was the largest exporter of Coffee from India. It exported coffee to almost all the southeast Asian countries, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, and other countries.

The company was started in Chennai (then known as Madras) in early 1930s by the British company known as Oakley Bowden and Company. Besides My Coffee Company, Oakley Bowden and Company owned and operated three other companies in Chennai at that time. Those companies were known as Little Oriental Balm, Germex and Tablets India Ltd.

How I know this fact: From about 1944 to 1953, My father was the Secretary (in present day equivalent to the Chief Operating Officer) of all the four companies. In 1953, he bought the company and ran the company till 1968 when it closed. Those times, my father was also the Secretary of All India Coffee Manufacturer's Association for about 15 years.

I would be pleased to answer any questions.

Thanks

Harish Sharma