Country's first-ever Walton computer manufacturing plant launched

Milton Ahmed: Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Minister Mustafa Jabbar said Bangladesh is no more import oriented country rather we are on way to emerge as manufacturer of ICT devices.

The minister came up the remark while expressing his reaction at the inaugural ceremony of Walton Computer Production Plant at Walton Digi-Tech Industries Ltd. in Chandra of Gazipur on Thursday.

Informing that two-layer motherboards are being manufactured at Walton Computer Plant, he said, the local brand has planned to manufacture most of the parts of a computer including multi-layer motherboards, RAM, SSD devices. The minister termed the Walton’s such initiative as: “That’s a fantastic thing.”

The Walton Digital Devices Production Plant possesses all facilities, which are in the government’s Hi-Tech Park. They will get all facilities of Hi-Tech Park if they apply for those, he added.

Terming the computer production plant of Walton as a courageous initiative, State Minister for Information and Communication Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak, who was also present in the inauguration ceremony, came up with the assurance of the government assistance for hardware sector of the country. 'The government will assist Walton buying technology devices manufactured here,' he said.

We have visited various production lines of Walton Computer Plant and were astonished to see such state of the art production and assembling lines which we did not think of. Walton has done impossible things possible, he added. 



Earlier, the minister and the state minister were warmly received by Walton Group Vice Chairman SM Nurul Alam Rezvi after their arrival at Walton Digi-Tech Industries premise on Thursday.

The function was attended, among others, by Walton Hi-Tech Industries Chairman SM Shamsul Alam and Managing Director SM Ashraful Alam, Walton Digi-Tech Industries Limited Chairman SM Rezaul Alam and Managing Director SM Monjurul Alam.

After the launching of the Walton Computer Manufacturing Plant, the minister and the state minister along with other guests visited various production units. Sources said, latest machineries from Japan and German technology have been set up at Walton Digi-Tech industries Ltd. with separate departments for computer and laptop designing, research and development, quality control and testing lab.

Laptops powered by Intel's latest generation processors along with various models of desktop and monitors of affordable prices will be manufactured at the the newly opened Computer Plant of Walton.

Walton, at initial stage, targeted monthly production of 60,000 unit laptops, 30,000 desktops and more 30,000 unit monitors. The local brand eyes to expand its production capacity and will go for manufacturing of other computer accessories including pen drive, keyboard and mouse.

Production of high quality PCBA or motherboards has begun already using Printed Circuit Board through Surface Mounting Technology. Stocks of necessary raw materials have been piled up while the Plant created nearly 1000 employments.


risingbd/Dhaka/Jan 19, 2018/Nasim