Quasem
Group
Quasem
Group is one of the leading Industrial and Trading houses in Bangladesh.
The trading company diversified its business activities to jute, coal, cement
etc. In the mid-sixties it was one of the largest balers and exporters of raw
jute in the country.
The
group started its business with the establishment of a Trading Company in 1950.
In 1967 The company further diversified its activities and engaged in
manufacturing industries and and set up the first Textile Mill of the Group.
Today the company's range of activities covers production of yarn, weaving,
dyeing, and finishing of fabrics and manufacturing of drycell batteries, zink
callots and cosmatics, electric bulbs. Besides, the group has also a pilot dairy
firm.
The
Founder Chairman of the Group was late Mr. Abul Quasem who was a politician and
parliamentarian from the time of British regime in this Sub-Continent.
Late Mr. Abul Quasem was a pioneer in industrialization of the country.
After retirement of Mr. Abul Quasem, his eldest son Mr. A.K.M. Mayeedul Islam
took over as Chairman till he was elected member of the Parliament of Bangladesh
in 1978. Thereafter Mr. A.K.M. Mainul Islam, his younger brother became Chairman
and Managing Director of Quasem Group. Mr. Tasvir ul Islam, youngest of the
brothers is the Deputy Managing Director of all the Companies under the banner
of Quasem Group.
Quasem
Group consists of 13 different types of concerns. Let's be familiar with them.
Establlished
in 1967, Quasem
Textile Mills Ltd.
is one of the largest concerns of Quasem Group. The unit has a production
capacity of weaving 2.4 million yards and a finishing capacity of 12 million
yards of fabrics per year. The machineries and equipments of the factory have
become old and presently a BMRE project is under way on completion of which the
factory would supply 120 million yards of different kinds of finished dyed and
printed fabric to export oriented garment industry of the country.
Quasem
Cotton Mills Ltd. is a
spinning mill with 25000 spindles. It was incorporated in 1969. Subsequently the
promoters of the Company added 5400 high speed rotors to the factory to meet the
ever-growing demand for yarn in the country.
Quasem
Silk Mills Ltd. was set up
in 1981 as a weaving unit Picanol and Ruite looms. The factory presently
produces 3 million yards of gray fabric for export oriented garment factories.
A BMRE to set up another 200 modern
looms is under way.
Quasem
Rotor Spinning Mills Ltd. is the first open end Rotor Spinning Factory in
Bangladesh. It is equipped with 3000 rotor spindles. It produces 4.5 million lbs
of yarn of different counts. The company started in 1989.
Quasem
Drycells Ltd. is the largest drycell manufacturing factory in Bangladesh. It
was established in 1981. It produces both Ammonium Chloride and Zink Chloride
battery of UM-1 (R-20) & UM-3
(R-6) sizes. The Company meets about 40% of the local demand.
Quasem
Zinc Ltd.
is the only zink callot manufacturing unit with modern facilities in Bangladesh.
Callot is one of the basic raw materials for the manufacturing of drycell
battery. The Company is capable of meeting the entire requirement of zinc callot
in Bangladesh.
Quasem
Lamps Ltd.
is a new venture of the group. The company established in 1986, and commenced
commercial production in mid 1997. The company produces electric bulbs of
international standard. The production capacity of the factory is 10 million
pieces per annum.
Quasem
Cosmatics Ltd. started
operating in 1997, and started commercial production of international standard
cosmatics and toiletries under the brand name of Craze. At the moment, the
Company is manufacturing Nail Polish, Lipstick, Eyeliner, Mascara, Face Powder,
Shampoo, Moisturizing Cream, Perfume, Cologne and After Shave, Beauty Soap, etc.
Mukul
Brothers Ltd.
is the trading house of the Group. It was setup in 1968. It provides supplies to
Govt. and private organizations. Primarily it deals in raw cotton, food grain,
edible oil, cement, metals and minerals, engineering and construction
equipments.
Energy
Company Ltd. aims at
exploring the possibility of harnessing the mining and energy sector in
Bangladesh in collaboration with foreign counterparts.
Nafisa
Dairy
Farm
is a Dairy project of medium size set up in Baimail in the district
of Gazipur. The farm is located by Dhaka-Tangail highway in a beautiful and cozy
surrounding. The group has a plan to expand the farm to meet the growing need of
fresh milk and high breed cattle head in Bangladesh.
Quasem
Foundation deals with
Quasem Group's socio-economic and humanitarian services. The Foundation at the moment runs a charitable Maternity and
Child welfare center and a 50 bed Eye Hospital at Ulipur in the district of
Kurigram. The maternity center provides medical aid (with pre natal and
postnatal care) to the poor mothers and children. It also provides family
planning assistance to the rural people.
Quasem
Soft System Ltd. is Quasem
Group's presence in IT sector likewise. It provides solutions for B2B
portal site. Q-Soft's specialization is for e-commerce solution , e-payment
and various software development ideas. It is the concept the clients provide
and it is development Q-soft provides. Q-Soft has won various awards for it's
World's First On-Line Contract Manufacturing System.
