Anwar Group of Industries

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Anwar Group of Industries
Company type Private
Industry Conglomerate
Founded1834
HeadquartersFloor 13, Baitul Hossain Building, 27 Dilkusha, Motijheel C/A, Dhaka 1000,
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 a Bangladeshi conglomerate. 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] [5] Hossain Akhtar was the first chairman of the group. [6]

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

See also

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