Walton honoured with 'Green Factory Award-2023'

FE Team | Published: April 28, 2024 22:22:42

Country's electronics giant 'Walton Hi-Tech Industries PLC' has been honoured with 'Green Factory Award-2023' for enhancing productivity through the use of skilled workforce and eco-friendly technology in safe environments.
The Ministry of Labour and Employment gave the award to Walton in the electrical and electronics product manufacturing category at a programme held at Bangabandhu International Convention Center in the capital on Sunday.
Attending as chief guest, Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury handed over the award to Walton Hi-Tech Industries' Additional Managing Director Eva Rezwana Nilu.
State Minister for Labour and Employment Md Nazrul Islam Chowdhury and ILO's Country Director Tuomo Poutiainen also attended the function as special guests.
Walton received Tk 1 lakh, a medal, a memento, and a certificate.
In an instant reaction, Walton Hi-Tech's Additional Managing Director Ms Nilu thanked the authorities of the Ministry of Labour and Employment for the prestigious award.
She also said, Walton is playing a major role to make the country a self-reliant one in the electrical and electronics product manufacturing sector. Walton is manufacturing advanced technologies products with state-of-the-art machineries. Catering to the domestic market demands, Walton products are being exported to more than 40 countries. This remarkable achievement has been made possible by the help of the government's industry-friendly policy. So, the government should continue this policy support to industries for the sake of sustainable development of the country's most promising electrical and electrical sector.