German embassy team visits Walton Hi-Tech Park

A high-level delegation team from the German Embassy in Dhaka visited Walton Hi-Tech Park at Chandra in Gazipur on Thursday, says a press release.

At a press briefing after the visit, Chargé d'affaires of German Embassy Jan Rolf-Janowski said, "Walton is producing top-notch hi-tech products. Today, I have seen Walton's state-of-the art production facility. And, I have seen the future of Bangladesh in manufacturing hi-tech products, value-addition and backward linkage products."

He assured Walton of continuing all the support provided by the German Embassy in expanding the market in Europe.

The delegation members included German Embassy's Economic Cooperation Department's Adviser Redita Rokib, German Investment and Development Company (DEG) Representatives in Dhaka Faiyaz Hossain and Fahmeda Ahmed.

Walton Hi-Tech Industries PLC's Additional Managing Director (AMD) and Chief Financial Officer Md. Ziaul Alam, Deputy Managing Director Yousuf Ali and Walton AC's Chief Business Officer (CBO) Md Tanvir Rahman welcomed the German Embassy's delegates with a bouquet.

Among others, Walton's Senior Executive Directors Mohammad Arif Iqbal Khan, Shahinur Sultana Rekha and Major (Retd.) Zahidul Hasan, Executive Directors Shahana Akhter Shampa and Mohasin Ali Molla, Walton AC's Deputy CBO Sondip Biswas, Walton Commercial AC Research and Innovation (R&I) Center's Shamim Akhter Mugdho were present.

During the visit, the German envoy inaugurated a new model of Air Cooled Modular Inverter Chiller AC.

Walton's new model of this chiller AC is suitable for use in large establishments including hotels-motels, hospitals, airports, theaters. In Bangladesh, Walton is the pioneer of manufacturing Inverter Chiller AC. Environmental-friendly R-32a refrigerant is used in this AC. Built with high-energy efficient ratio, this Walton AC has a micro-processor based smart control system.

Walton's AMD Ziaul Alam said major portions of the Bangladesh's export earnings come from Europe, especially from Germany.

Currently, Walton is exporting products to more than 12 European countries, including Germany.