Minister, an electronic brand of the country has inaugurated a new factory at Trishal of Mymensingh.
Commerce minister Tofail Ahmed opened the factory at a ceremony on the factory premises on Saturday.
The program was presided over by Religious Affairs Minister Principal Motiur Rahman.
Whip of the parliament Solaiman Haque Joarder, president of parliamentary standing committee on sports and youth Zahid Ahsan Rasel, Gazipur Mayor Adv Mohammad Jahangir Alam, Premier Bank chairman and former lawmaker Dr HBM Iqbal, deputy commissioner of Mymensingh Subhash Chandra Biswas, managing director of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited Mahabub Alam, managing director and CEO of Prime Bank Rahel Ahmed, chairman of Minister-Myone M.A. Razzak Khan Raj and managing director Dilruba Tanu were present.
The company has built the factory on 200 bigha of land spending Tk 5.0 billion.
The company will daily produce 10000 units of refrigerators and ACs. All sorts of manufacturing as well as assembling will be done at this factory which will employ over 5000 manpower. In future, production capacity as well as employment scope will be expanded.
The company will primarily supply refrigerators and ACs in the local market and will soon start exporting these items in different countries. The management of the company has already started negotiations with importers from India, Nepal, Pakistan, Bhutan, Middle East and African countries.
The company has plans to manufacture mobile handsets and laptops.
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