Adaaya - Blog #areca Leaf Plate Manufacturing

How Adaaya empowers women, through financial autonomy

Tue, 10 Jan 2023 21:40:45 +0530

Financial autonomy is quite important to everyone, isn’t it? We believe everyone has the right to it, and that includes our employees. That is why we ensure we credit Adaaya’s employees’ salaries into their own accounts, and never their partners’ accounts. When the employees, mainly women, receive their salaries, they know the work they put into earning it. As a result, they don’t squander it away. Instead, they save it up for the future, or spend it on their children’s education. This is Adaaya’s mission—the empowerment of women, and of society!

How Adaaya makes sure employees feel secure

Sat, 07 Jan 2023 10:18:57 +0530

How safe do you feel at work? Here at Adaaya, we take employee safety very seriously. In fact, our factory’s location keeps the employees safe. With almost the whole workforce comprised of women, it is extremely important that their security is seen to. The factory is located in an industrial area with no unsafe areas. Everyone constantly has someone watching their backs for them and the women are kept safe. Workplace culture is an integral part of women’s safety, and at Adaaya, we strive to inculcate it in all our employees so there are never any untoward incidents. We hope that someday, we won’t have to worry about women’s safety so much!

Happy employees, happy company!

Wed, 28 Dec 2022 16:04:20 +0530

Smiles! Aren’t they just the most beautiful thing on Earth?! Adaaya thinks so too! Adaaya believes a happy workforce is a happy company. Going by this, we try to keep our employees happy every day, all year. We make sure they receive the benefits they are due, the job security they want, and the standard of life everyone deserves. That is why our employees smile at their workplace! They enjoy working at Adaaya and wouldn’t tell you otherwise. That’s an Adaaya promise to anyone looking for a job! Stay happy, wherever you are!

The Journey from Leaf to Plate

Sat, 16 May 2020 13:22:38 +0530

The Journey from Leaf to Plate

Businesses are like relationships. To be sustainable in the market, a businessman requires patience, consistency and strong understanding of the market, just like for any relationship. The manufacturing industry of Areca Palm Dinnerware is full of challenges, right from the procurement of leaves till they reach the customer, nationally and internationally. However, a strong upsurge in wave of sustainable development has created a potential market for areca dinnerware manufacturers.

The process starts from procurement of fallen leaves (areca sheaths) that are the raw material for making plates and bowls. Earlier, these fallen leaves were considered as waste and farmers used to burn them. But when Roli and Harsh, the founders behind Adaaya, saw an opportunity in manufacturing areca dinnerware, went onto convincing farmers from village to village, to not burn them but rather collect them and sell them to Adaaya. Once farmers realised that this initiative would help them earning additional income, they were convinced. Today, Adaaya has collaborated with 300 farmers that supply them areca sheaths.

Areca is a seasonal crop and is harvested after the rainy season, arising the need for storage of these sheaths. Manufacturers therefore need huge storage spaces where these sheaths can be kept very carefully and need to ensure tht no moisture gets in contact with these sheaths, else fungus starts growing on them. Adaaya has rented storage warehouses at various locations in Karnataka.

Land is again required for carrying out the manufacturing process. Roli and Harsh realised that there are several vacant rice mills where no work is being carried out and thought of it as an alternative. They made the best use of these unused mills and converted them into manufacturing plants for areca plates.

Now comes the issue of labour and workforce. All of Adaaya’s labour is of women workforce, who are the breadwinners of their families because men generally opt for contractual labour in Karnataka. Thus sustainable growth and women empowerment form the key aspects of Adaaya.

The last step includes selling the plates nationally as well as internationally. Adaaya caters to 28 countries in the world and hence, is one of the largest manufacturer exporters in India. With an aim to eliminate the need of middlemen, Adaaya directly sells its products to local as well as global clients. In India, bulk orders are received from hotels and restaurants who then flaunt their dishes in areca plates when serving to the customers. Apart from these, areca plates are also used in functions and events like marriages, parties or religious events. These eco-friendly disposables are gradually replacing thermocol and plastic disposable which are otherwise hazardous for the environment.

To run a business is not a cake walk, but nothing is impossible if you are determined and dedicated. With all the challenges prevailing in this industry, Roli and Harsh took this venture and established Adaaya, with the motive to bring a change in the society.