State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak inaugurated the manufacturing plant.
South Korean Ambassador to Bangladesh Lee Jang-Keun, Narsingdi Deputy Commissioner Sayeda Farhana Kawnine, and Samsung Electronics Bangladesh Managing Director Hwansung Woo were present at that time.
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Fair Group Chairman Ruhul Alam Al Mahbub, Director Mr Mutassim Daiaan, Adviser Major General (retd) Hamid R Chowdhury, Chief Marketing Officer Mr Mesbah Uddin, and head of marketing JM Taslim Kabir also joined the programme.
Fair Electronics, a concern of Fair Group, is the authorised manufacturer of Samsung mobile phone and consumer electronic products in Bangladesh.
The state minister and senior ICT officials, journalists and Fair Group management visited mobile phone, and consumer electronics factory premises to see the production process and praised the quality of the production, reads a press release.
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Zunaid Ahmed Palak said, “Fair Electronics is producing all smartphone and consumer electronics and will surely boost our light engineering sector. Samsung Mobile Phone and Consumer Electronics factory will bring the confidence of foreign investors – especially hi-tech companies – which will enhance our employment opportunities.”
Fair Group Chairman Ruhul Alam Al Mahbub said, “We are inaugurating this latest Samsung air conditioner manufacturing plant to fulfil customer demand in line with their affordability. This factory will generate employment and will bring foreign currencies by exporting air conditioner and other consumer electronics.”