New plant of Fu-Wang Ceramic opens in Gazipur
Star Business Report
A jumbo line plant of Fu-Wang Ceramic Industry Ltd was inaugurated yesterday at Hotapara in Gazipur to manufacture floor and wall ceramic tiles. Industries Adviser Geeteara Safiya Choudhury inaugurated the plant, which has the production capacity to produce 50,000 square feet ceramic tiles a day. Nazrul Islam, executive chairman of Board of Investment (BoI), Hsu Chin Hua, chairman of Fu-Wang Group, and S M Mahbubul Alam, general manager of Fu-Wang Group, were also present at the inaugural function. Inaugurating the plant, Geeteara said the government is committed to ensuring good governance to create congenial atmosphere for foreign investments. She also said Fu-Wang has been working for 12 years and it has become a symbol of success in the field of foreign investments. Inviting foreigners to invest in Bangladesh, the adviser said the country offers incentives for foreign investments. Mahbubul Alam said the company, which has been producing tiles since 1995, is exporting its products to India, Nepal and the Maldives after meeting domestic demand. He also said Fu-Wang Ceramic Industry Ltd, a concern of Fu-Wang Group, has created direct employment facilities for about 3,000 people, 60 percent of them are women.
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Industries Adviser Geeteara Safiya Choudhury inaugurates a jumbo line plant of Fu-Wang Ceramic Industry Ltd at Hotapara in Gazipur yesterday. Photo: Fu-Wang Ceramic Industry |