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Bangladesh Insulator and Sanitaryware Factory Limited

Bangladesh Insulator and Sanitaryware Factory Limited (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ ইনসুলেটর এবং স্যানিটারিওয়্যার কারখানা লিমিটেড) is a Bangladesh government owned ceramics and sanitary ware manufacturing company. It manufactures items such as commode, basin, etc. It is sister concern of the state owned Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation and is classified as a statutory organization.[1][2]

Bangladesh Insulator and Sanitaryware Factory Limited
Formation1976
HeadquartersDhaka, Bangladesh
Region served
Bangladesh
Official language
Bengali

History

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Bangladesh Insulator and Sanitaryware Factory Limited was established in 1976 with technical support from M/s Prago Invest Corporation based in then Czechoslovakia. The factory in located at Mirpur Model Thana in Dhaka. The factory manufactures it products with White Clay from Netrokona District and Ball Clay from Sylhet District.[1][3] In 1977 the factory started production of tiles.[4] It is a profitable enterprise of the government of Bangladesh.[5]

In 2018, a Ministry of Industries committee recommended that the government offload shares of the company in the stock market.[6] The factory produces 340 million ton of products every year. It has been criticised for not doing enough to prevent pollution from the manufacturing process.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b "BISF". bisf-bcic.com.bd. Archived from the original on 13 August 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Ministry asks government organisations to follow PM order on buying goods from SoEs". New Age. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Company Profile". bisf-bcic.com.bd. Archived from the original on 2020-08-13. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Local ceramic industry grows to fetch foreign currencies". Dhaka Tribune. 8 July 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  5. ^ Khan, Rashed Maksud (29 December 2003). "International Conference on Chemical Engineering - 2003". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 6 July 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  6. ^ Express, The Financial. "The difficult job of divestment". The Financial Express. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  7. ^ "7 govt factories run without ETP". The Daily Star. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2020.


 

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