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Walton sets up solar power plant

April 06, 2022 00:00:00


State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid along with State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak and high officials of Walton inaugurates a 2.16MW rooftop solar power plant at the headquarters of Walton Hi-Tech Industries PLC in Chandra, Gazipur, on Sunday

Bangladeshi electronics and tech giant Walton has set up a 2.16MW solar power generation plant at its headquarter in Chandra, Gazipur, says a press release.

The tech giant has a plan to set up 10MW solar power plant by this year.

State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid inaugurated the solar power plant at the headquarters of Walton Hi-Tech Industries PLC on Sunday. State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak was present as a special guest.

Walton Hi-Tech's Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Golam Murshed welcomed the state ministers. Walton Digi-Tech Industries Deputy Managing Director Md. Liakat Ali and other senior officials were also present on the occassion.

The state ministers also unveiled Walton's new model of printers and inaugurated the second unit of Walton's motherboard production plant.

Nasrul Hamid said Walton is much advanced in energy saving. They have taken massive plans for clean energy. Walton is moving towards most sustainability. It's a great thing for Bangladesh.

"It's not easy to establish a super factory in such a short time. But Walton has made it. I am so happy that we have a world-class factory. All kinds of home appliances are now manufactured in our country," he added.

Walton CEO Golam Murshed also spoke at the programme.


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