Singapore Highpolymer Chemical Products Pte Ltd (SHCP), a global unsaturated polyester resins (UPR) supplier, has assured its resins promoters and markers in Bangladesh of providing all-out supports in easing existing business difficulties.
Khoo Chung Teow, director of SHCP, made the assurance at a conference on "UPR in Button and Fiberglass Industries: Usage and Prospects" at a city hotel.
Naseem Plastic Industries Limited which is promoting and marketing resins of SHCP in Bangladesh for the last 30 years arranged the function. The company is also a sister concern of Naseem Group.
The function was addressed, among others, by Ong Heng Yong, manager-export (Asia) of SHCP, Shahid Ali Khan, chairman of Naseem Group, Rashid Ali Khan, managing director of Naseem Group, Saiful Islam Jon, managing director of Akoh Boat Builder, and Afzalul Alam, managing director of M. Button and Brooch Industry.
Around 100 agents and dealers of Naseem Plastic Industries also attended the function and some of them shared their concerns and problems, they face in using and promoting the SHCP resins in the local market, with Mr Khoo.
To solve the problems and do their business in a hassle-free way, Mr Khoo made necessary suggestions and instructions about application and technical viability of resins in button industry in Bangladesh.
Official said that it is the first visit of a SHCP director in Bangladesh in the last 30 years.
"We have been regularly supplying our product in Bangladesh for a long time. We will work together with you (resins promoters and markers) for a better business and future," Mr Khoo said.
Thanking the local agents and clients for using the SHCP resins, he also assured of ensuring quality of its resins and easing the process of shipping and necessary documentation quickly.
Officials of Naseem Plastic Industries also expressed gratitude to the SHCP officials for their visit in Bangladesh despite the ongoing political unrest here.
In Bangladesh, UPR is mostly used in manufacturing fiberglass table, speedboat body, corrugated sheet, helmet and bio-gas digester etc, officials said, adding that the demand for UPR is increasing in the local market.
Initial products of Naseem Plastic Industries, established in 1949, are plastic flowers and small plastic containers of various colors.
Incorporated in Singapore in 1974, SHCP supplies its quality UPR to over 50 countries worldwide.
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