Bangladesh, June 6 Bangladesh has made big strides in the past few years and Walton is a showcase of such progress, said German Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Fahrenholtz after visiting Walton Hi-Tech Park in Gazipur's Chandra Thursday.He also hoped that Walton would become a global market player. "Today, I witnessed that Walton invested good enough in advanced technologies' machinery - mostly from Germany - to produce quality products," the.
Walton to reward students total at least Tk 1 crore for laptop purchase
Bangladesh, May 31 Bangladeshi super brand Walton on Sunday announced Tk 1 crore worth scholarship for students.
The Education Minister Dr. Dipu Moni, as the chief guest inaugurated the Walton Laptop Crore Taka Scholarship project online Sunday at the Walton Corporate Office in the capital s Bashundhara.
State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Zakir Hossain was the special guest.
From June 1, students purchasing a Walton laptop, computer, tablet PC, desktop or all-in-one computer will have a guaranteed scholarship.
Under this project, the laptop department of Walton Digi-Tech Industries Limited will provide at least Tk 1 crore to the students in the next three months.
Walton Hi-Tech Industries yesterday made public the good news of its surging profits and plans to strengthen its footprint abroad, leading to a three per cent rise of its stocks.
The listed local electronic giant decided to open either branches or liaison offices in India, Nepal, the United Arab Emirates and South Korea which not only would expand its market and help source technologies. We are already sending our products to these countries but now we want to strengthen our market share there, said Managing Director Golam Murshed.
Special marketing and service teams will work in those offices to attain the upgradation target of becoming one of the top five global electronics giants within 2030, he said.
Walton Hi-Tech Industries Ltd is going to make a fresh investment of $640 million, equivalent to Tk 5,440 crore, to expand facilities to produce and increase export of electrical and electronic goods. The company has already submitted its plan to the Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (Beza), seeking 300 acres of land at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Shilpa Nagar in