NBR chairman visits Walton factory

National Board of Revenue (NBR) Chairman Abu Hena Md. Rahmatul Muneem visited the factory of Walton, electronics giant in Bangladesh, at Chandra in Gazipur on Saturday.

The purpose of the visit was to see the factory activities of Walton which has set an example in paying remarkable amount of revenue maintaining proper regulation.

He saw for himself the technological development of export-oriented industry, production process and quality of products.

The NBR chairman and his entourage reached the Walton factory premises on Saturday morning. Director of Walton Hi-Tech Industries Ltd SM Rezaul Alam welcomed them with flowers.

Deputy Managing Directors Nazrul Islam Sarkar and Alamgir Alam Sarkar, Executive Directors Yusuf Ali and Liaquat Ali, Deputy Executive Director Zahidul Islam and others were present on the occasion.

Arriving on the factory premises, the guests first enjoyed a video documentary on Walton activities.  Walton Hi-Tech Industries Ltd Chairman SM Nurul Alam Rezvi, Managing Director SM Ashraful Alam, Chief Financial Officer Abul Bashar Hawlader, Executive Directors Humayun Kabir, Uday Hakim and Amin Khan and Deputy Executive Directors Feroj Alam and Shajada Selim were present during the presentation.

The guests visited Walton’s well-equipped product display centre. Then they visited world class refrigerator manufacturing process, metal casting, and compressor, air conditioner, television, SMT production, PCB, computer and mobile phone manufacturing, etc.

It can be noted that Walton has set up a state-of-the-art factory on more than 750 acres of land at Kaliakair in Gazipur. Various products including refrigerator, TV, AC, laptop, computer, mobile phone, home and electrical appliances, elevator are being manufactured there.