Anwar Group of Industries

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Anwar Group of Industries
Company type Private
Industry Conglomerate
Founded1834
Headquarters
Dhaka
,
Bangladesh
Key people
Anwar Hossain (Group Chairman), Manwar Hossain (Managing Director) [1]
ProductsConsumer goods, real estate, cement, textiles, steel, automotive< [2]
RevenueIncrease2.svgUS$400 million (2019)
Number of employees
14,000 [2]  (2021)
Website www.anwargroup.com

Anwar Group of Industries is one of the largest and oldest Bangladeshi conglomerates. It consists of 18 subsidiaries that are servicing consumer goods, steels, cement, textile, finance and automotive industry. [2] Manwar Hossain is the Chairman of Anwar Group. [3]

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History

Anwar Group started as a hides and skins business in 1834, [4] founded by Lakku Mia, an entrepreneur in British India. [4] It is the biggest company in the construction industry of Bangladesh. [5] Hossain Akhtar was the first chairman of the group. [6]

In 1985, Anwar Galvanizing Limited started production galvanized iron fittings in Bangladesh, the first company to make them in the country. [7]

In June 2009, AG Automobiles became the official partner of Ford Motor Company in Bangladesh and launched the first Ford showroom in Uttara. [8]

In 2015, Anwar Cement announced plans to more than double the sales of cement sheets from 1 billion BDT to 2.5 billion BDT. [9]

On 11 April 2021, Bd Finance of Anwar Group signed an agreement with Sovereign Infrastructure Group at the Bangladesh Embassy to the United States. [10] Anwar Galvanizing announced plans to double their production through investing 270 BDT in the project. [11]

Anwar Hossain was the chairman of the group. [12] After his death on 17 August 2021, [13] his son, Manwar Hossain, replaced him as chairman of Anwar Group on 14 September 2021. [14] He had been the managing director of the company before the death of his father. [15] In December 2021, Toledo Motors Limited became the official partner of Jeep in Bangladesh and launched their showroom in Uttara. [16]

List of companies

Consumer goods

Cement

Textile

Steel

Real estate

Finance

Automobile

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