A military delegation led by Air Vice Marshal Muhammad Kamrul Islam visited Walton Hi-Tech Industries PLC.’s Headquarters at Chandra in Gazipur on Wednesday.
The delegation also included Bangladesh Civil Service, National Defense College staff and course members as well as foreign military staff from Egypt, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Oman, Malaysia, Mali, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Jordan, Sri Lanka, South Sudan and Sudan.
SM Shamsul Alam, vice-chairman of Hi-Tech Industries PLC, welcomed the delgation at its headquarters and later thanked them for visiting it, according to a Walton media release.
The delegation watched Walton’s corporate video documentary and visited the product display center with the display of refrigerator, television, air conditioner, molds, compressor, elevator and laptop-computer.
Following the visit, Kamrul Islam said, ‘‘if we don’t visit Walton today we would not know that such a state-of-the-art hi-tech factory has been set up in Bangladesh. In the manufacturing area, international standard refrigerators, AC, TV, compressor, washing machine and other electronics, electrical, home and household appliances are manufactured here.”
He said the Walton is also manufacturing most of the essential parts of their finished products. It created a huge employment and by producing import substitute products foreign currencies can be saved.
Along with meeting the local demand, they are also exporting products, he said, adding that the organisation has been playing an important role in the country’s economic development.
The military officer said that that, “Walton Headquarter is a green factory which is different from other factories. Visiting it we including the foreign course members have gathered huge knowledge and experience. Really we are overwhelmed and very proud of Bangladesh and Walton.”
Major General Syed Tareq Hussain, Walton Hi-Tech Industries Adviser Major General (Retd.) Ibne Fazal Shayekhuzzaman, Walton Digi-Tech Industries Limited’s Additional Managing Director Md. Liakat Ali, Walton Hi-Tech Industries PLC.’s Senior Executive Directors Colonel (Retd.) SM Shahadat Alam, SM Zahid Hasan, Yousuf Ali and Easir Al-Imran, Executive Director Mohashin Ali Molla and Walton International Business’ In-charge Abdur Rouf, among others, were present.