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How Bangladesh rose to become a mobile manufacturing hub

Apni aukaat me raho - try to sell your cheap "Indianized" India-made garbage to locals, while we sell our cellphones and notepads to advanced economies using world standards....
HAHAHAHAHA! You are making me laugh! Lets face it, we manufacture Apple phones. You manufacture some cheap arse bd-phone. And then you call us manufacturing garbage.

Okay, I will indulge you.... Name one store selling your stupid world class mobiles in Canada.

1. Best Buy? Nope! (https://www.bestbuy.ca/en-ca/search?search=walton)
2. Walmart? Nope! (https://www.walmart.ca/search?q=walton)
3. Amazon? Nope! https://www.amazon.ca/s?k=walton

Sorry, no walton phone or anything sold in Canada.
 
LOL!

Well we have in India many people who say India makes LED lamps. It does surely make modules. But LEDs are actually imported.

Its same with Walton. It imports LEDs, defusers for backlight, panels and it packages modules for TV.

I mean you are telling me that Walton can make LCD panel without fabricating TFTs. Well, it can not. And NO, bangladesh does not fabricate TFTs.

Leave "LCD panels from scratch", first start producing poly-silicon ingots for LTPS deposition.
Lets not do guess work with your whatsapp university degree, better find whether walton does produce their LCD or not with evidence? Or keep shut.
 
HAHAHAHAHA! You are making me laugh! Lets face it, we manufacture Apple phones. You manufacture some cheap arse bd-phone. And then you call us manufacturing garbage.

Okay, I will indulge you.... Name one store selling your stupid world class mobiles in Canada.

1. Best Buy? Nope! (https://www.bestbuy.ca/en-ca/search?search=walton)
2. Walmart? Nope! (https://www.walmart.ca/search?q=walton)
3. Amazon? Nope! https://www.amazon.ca/s?k=walton

Sorry, no walton phone or anything sold in Canada.

Why would I post this? Since you are no fan of Bangladesh, you are no fan of our products.

Waste of my time. You are ignored.

Lets not do guess work with your whatsapp university degree, better find whether walton does produce their LCD or not with evidence? Or keep shut.

@UKBengali bhai and I myself have posted videos countless times to these eight-pass andh-bhakts asking for 'evidence'. The videos clearly show IPS TFT panel production processes. What for when they are ignorant as anything?

These idiots can go google this themselves or go rot in the jhupdipattis where they came from. Sotoloker bacchara eto gadha jey cellphoner quality dekhey bojhena jey ei jinish USA tey export hobeyna kano?

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@Rushd Alam bhai, ekhaney dekhen eder operations er scale kothai.....
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Walton, taking Bangladesh to the world​


Rsz 1walton Factory Outside


December 15, 2021

In the early 1990s, the running joke about products made in Taiwan was that they would break after a single use. The reputation caught on to the point that there is a whole episode of Seinfeld dedicated to how bad “Made in Taiwan” umbrellas were back then. Now the world relies on microchips made in Taiwan. The moral of the story is, you might scoff at things when they start but what is really important is how they grow and evolve.

While Bangladesh isn’t known for electronic goods just yet, a homegrown company is now exporting smartphones to Germany. This would have been something people sneered at a few years ago, but the quality is on par with some of the most expensive global brands out there.

Walton started its journey six years after the 1971 Liberation War in the year 1977. And now, it is a rising star of Bangladesh and on its way to becoming our own Xiaomi.

The company was initially named Rizvi & Brothers, abbreviated as RB Group and later rebranded themselves as Walton Group in 2008.

Early that year, the brand started manufacturing refrigerators, freezers, air conditioners and compressors.

History of Walton- timeline

In the year 1992, the company started importing raw materials of CI Sheet as well as the marketing of finished goods.
In the following year, the RB Dairy Complex Ltd was built and later in 1995, Walton started its electrical and electronics business.
Soon after in 1998, it established Tricon Electronics Ltd and started the production of Televisions.

In 2001 RB Group of Companies Ltd got registered and expanded its business in the Electrical, Electronics and Automobile Sector.
In 2007, the group established factories of refrigerators, TV, AC, Motorcycles.

Walton first started its export business in the year 2010 and established a Television Manufacturing Plant in 2013.

In 2014, Walton established a manufacturing plant for kitchen appliances.

In 2016, Walton led with more than 60% market share in the Refrigerators and Home Appliances market.

Walton Refrigerators received a 5-star rating on energy efficiency and the company achieved the Best Tax Payer award in 2017. In the same year, it established a compressor and mobile phone manufacturing plant.

In 2018, Walton was awarded for excellence in export by HSBC and also achieved the National Environment Award.
Moreover, from early 2020, the company started exporting its diversified products to many European countries including Germany and Greece.

In the 2021-22 fiscal year (FY) alone, Walton aims to export $100 million worth of products to the international market.

Impact on the economy

For decades, Bangladesh has been mostly dependent on RMG exports, which can be very threatening for the economy to depend on one sector as any sudden shock can have huge impacts.

The new policy adopted by the Bangladeshi government is to diversify the export basket by encouraging the production of high quality electronic and technological products.

According to Walton’s Managing Director and CEO Golam Murshed, the group currently has a workforce of as many as 30,000 in a total of 90 production bases in a factory area of more than 750 acres.

Some of the products are IoT based Smart Refrigerator, Fridge, Freezer, Beverage Cooler, LED Television (Smart, Voice Control etc), Split Air Conditioner (Smart, Offline Voice Command etc), VRF, Compressor, Lift or Elevator, Laptop-Computer and Accessories, Mobile Phone (Smart and Feature), Home Appliances, Electrical Appliances, Hardware and Sanitary, Industrial Solutions etc.

In 2020, the export quality of Walton increased several times despite the dire situation of the worldwide Covid-19 pandemic.

Along with meeting the local market’s demands, Walton is now exporting consumer electronics and home appliances in about 40 countries of Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Europe.

Among the Walton products, the best exportable items are refrigerator, television, air conditioner, washing machine, microwave oven, compressor, fan and gas stove.

Many factors are currently depending on FTAs. “The main question is, will Bangladesh benefit from FTA or not. It seems like there are many challenges in obtaining benefits from FTAs. I hope Bangladesh will approach FTA deals considering all the factors,” Murshed added.

Meanwhile, Walton made a great success in expanding its global trades despite the worldwide coronavirus pandemic.
In the last couple of years, new export markets for Walton products have been created in over 12 countries of Europe including Germany, Greece, Ireland, Croatia, Spain, Poland, Romania and Italy.

Future plan

Walton has aimed to export $100 million worth of “Made in Bangladesh” labelled products to the world market in the current fiscal year of 2021-22.

“As part of this, we set a target to increase the export volume to $3 billion within 2025,” Walton CEO said.

In this context, Walton emphasized expanding its global brand business and the OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) business as well.

The group is currently moving forward in the global market with a vision titled “Go Global 2030.”

That means Walton targets to become one of the top five best global electronics brands by the end of this decade.

To achieve the goal, the group has been moving ahead with a roadmap consisting of some short, mid and long term strategic plans.

By the year 2030, Walton targets to export products of $5 billion. At the same time, the Bangladeshi electronic giant aims to achieve $7 billion in revenue.
 
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Walton used to produce world's slimmest mobile back in 2014.

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World’s slimmest Smartphone Walton Primo X3​

Augustin Sujan || risingbd.com
Published: 13:20, 10 July 2014 Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020

World’s slimmest Smartphone Walton Primo X3

Walton Primo X3 Blade Smartphone

Staff Correspondent: After so many variations of Primo handsets, Walton is going to present Smartphone lovers the world’s slimmest handset. Thinnest ensures lighter weight for which Walton has named it ‘X3 Blade’.

Built with glass and metal, Primo X3 Blade is unique in style and smatter than other phones. The thinnest but long time power back-up provider Primo X3 Blade will hit the Smartphone market before Eid-ul-Fitr.

Research wing of Walton Mobile Phone division informed that Primo X3 Blade has been built with high standard glass and metal processed in CNC machine. The glass panel of Primo X3 Blade is covered with the third generation Corning Gorilla glass in both front and back sides which ensures 40 percent less possibility of getting scratched.

Together with a 0.4 mm ultra thin back glass and 0.55 mm front glass weighing only 128 gm, users won’t fell little burden to carry it. However, the thinnest phone will provide outstanding performance.

Primo X3 Blade is splendid for its super AMOLED screen in Full HD resolution that confirms high contrast ratio in its display. Such kind of display earlier was only used in Walton Primo X1 handsets. The screen can display four times more crystal clear, vivid and true-to-life pictures than any other Android sets emerged earlier. Users will experience countless vibrant colours while watching video.

The Primo X3 Blade handset has all modern features. It has high speed 1.7GHz Octa Core processor, 2 GB RAM and Mali 450 GPU. It has single micro-SIM chamber with high speed dual band Wi-Fi (2.4 & 5 GHz) OTG and Bluetooth.

The 13.0 Mega Pixels BSI sensor rear camera will bring the best shot from the shooting ground as it can take shots in any light. With 95 degree ultra-wide 5 Mega Pixels BSI front camera can take self group shots or full body selfies easier than ever before.

The Primo X3 Blade handset is also equipped with 16 GB storage that let users access more applications, faster than ever. Primo X3 Blade is operated by the latest KitKat 4.4.2 version of Android.

Ariful Haque Raihan, an engineer of Walton, claimed that Primo X3 Blade handset has 2450 mAh Li-Ion battery. However, the AMOLED display of the handset provides extra power support identical with 2800 mAh.

The magnificent Primo X3 Blade Smartphone will cost only Tk. 28,990.

Walton exporting ‘Made in Bangladesh' tagged smartphones to US​

8 || risingbd.com
Published: 13:39, 18 February 2020 Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020

Walton exporting ‘Made in Bangladesh' tagged smartphones to US


The Bangladeshi electronics and ICT product manufacturer ‘Walton’ is going to create another milestone in the country’s export sector through starting first-ever export of ‘Made in Bangladesh’ tagged smartphones in the global market.

Walton will supply the smartphones to a renowned American brand as the OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer).

The country’s first-ever smartphone export is likely to be inaugurated officially by Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal, along with Post and Telecommunication Minister Mustafa Jabbar and State Minister for Information and Communication Technology Division Zunaid Ahmed Palak, will officially inaugurate the smartphone export to the United States on March 1, 2020 at Walton Digi-Tech Industries Limited (WDIL) in Chandra, Gazipur.

Dwelling on the first-ever smartphone export to the global market, WDIL’ Managing Director SM Monjurul Alam said, “The dream of ‘Made in Bangladesh’ tagged ICT devices became true with the launching of country’s first full-fledged mobile phone manufacturing industry in 2017.

Within a short time, he said, good quality of the locally finished smartphones with advanced features has drawn the buyers’ attention as well as faith. Now, Walton made international standard smartphones are going to be exported to US. He noted that Europe, Australia and other developed nations would be the next export destination soon.

Last year, Walton inked an agreement with US based one of the leading E-commerce platforms ‘Amazon’ to market ‘Made in Bangladesh’ labeled electronics and ICT devices in the US market.

After meeting the lion's share of domestic demand, Walton has been exporting wide ranges of electronics and electrical appliances to around 35 countries of Asia, Europe, Africa and Middle East.

‘Made in Bangladesh’ tagged Walton products has been further brightening the Bangladesh’s image in the global market through earning goodwill. Now, Walton is moving forward with the target of turning the Bangladesh’s brand into the best global brand by 2030.
 
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Walton TV gets huge response in Croatian market​

News Desk || risingbd.com
Published: 19:18, 20 February 2022

Walton TV gets huge response in Croatian market


Walton brand television has been registering rapid and successful market expansion in Croatia centering huge response from the buyers toward the Bangladeshi electronics giant made television.

Walton TV's state-of-the-art technology, features, high standard and sustainability are luring the Croatian buyers. In this regard, Walton TV’s modern marketing strategy has been also playing a significant role.

The Bangladeshi brand started TV export to Croatia in 2020 as the OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) system. From 2021, Walton has been exporting television with its own brand logo in the Croatian market. Being Walton TV’s distributor, Croatia's renowned electronics brand 'Smartphone I Tablet Service D.O.O.' are conducting the sales and marketing activities in the Croatian market.

Walton’s Croatia Market Concern Aminul Islam said that Walton's TV market in Croatia has been extending rapidly. As of nearly $2.5 million worth of Walton TVs has been exported to Croatia. This year, Walton is hoping of bagging $3 million worth earnings from its TV export to Croatia. Walton TVs are being displayed and sold in large supermarkets across Croatia, such as Interspar and Kaufland, along with extensive advertisements being aired on local TV channels and other media outlets.

Walton TV's Chief Business Officer Engineer Mostafa Nahid Hossain said, “Walton TV registered a 264 percent export growth in the fiscal year 2020-21. Now, Europe is the major export market of Walton brand TV.

As of now, Walton expanded its TV exports to 14 European countries, including Germany, Greece, Ireland, Poland, Spain, Italy, Romania and the Netherlands. This year, Walton is moving ahead to create new export markets in Europe, America and Asia. Our goal is to build a brighter image of Bangladesh abroad by marketing 'Made in Bangladesh' labeled TVs worldwide.”

Walton has been exporting TVs to different countries since 2010 and then positioned itself as the country's top television exporter. Now, Walton made television are being exported to over 35 countries. The domestic brand is now moving ahead with a mission of becoming one of the top five television exporters in the global market.
 
Lets not do guess work with your whatsapp university degree, better find whether walton does produce their LCD or not with evidence? Or keep shut.
LOL! Look, big claims need bigger proof. If I am to believe that Walton produces TFT or OLED without any fabrication capacity, I need proof. Basic unit to manufacture an OLED or TFT based LCD is transistor. Small and thin. I am yet to see any Bangladeshi firm to manufacture that. So excuse me if I do not believe Bangladeshi pompous talk.
 

Walton TV gets huge response in Croatian market​

News Desk || risingbd.com
Published: 19:18, 20 February 2022

Walton TV gets huge response in Croatian market


Walton brand television has been registering rapid and successful market expansion in Croatia centering huge response from the buyers toward the Bangladeshi electronics giant made television.

Walton TV's state-of-the-art technology, features, high standard and sustainability are luring the Croatian buyers. In this regard, Walton TV’s modern marketing strategy has been also playing a significant role.

The Bangladeshi brand started TV export to Croatia in 2020 as the OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) system. From 2021, Walton has been exporting television with its own brand logo in the Croatian market. Being Walton TV’s distributor, Croatia's renowned electronics brand 'Smartphone I Tablet Service D.O.O.' are conducting the sales and marketing activities in the Croatian market.

Walton’s Croatia Market Concern Aminul Islam said that Walton's TV market in Croatia has been extending rapidly. As of nearly $2.5 million worth of Walton TVs has been exported to Croatia. This year, Walton is hoping of bagging $3 million worth earnings from its TV export to Croatia. Walton TVs are being displayed and sold in large supermarkets across Croatia, such as Interspar and Kaufland, along with extensive advertisements being aired on local TV channels and other media outlets.

Walton TV's Chief Business Officer Engineer Mostafa Nahid Hossain said, “Walton TV registered a 264 percent export growth in the fiscal year 2020-21. Now, Europe is the major export market of Walton brand TV.

As of now, Walton expanded its TV exports to 14 European countries, including Germany, Greece, Ireland, Poland, Spain, Italy, Romania and the Netherlands. This year, Walton is moving ahead to create new export markets in Europe, America and Asia. Our goal is to build a brighter image of Bangladesh abroad by marketing 'Made in Bangladesh' labeled TVs worldwide.”

Walton has been exporting TVs to different countries since 2010 and then positioned itself as the country's top television exporter. Now, Walton made television are being exported to over 35 countries. The domestic brand is now moving ahead with a mission of becoming one of the top five television exporters in the global market.


Bhai, be careful you may be speaking to one of nilgiris maybe reincarnations.


Remember that he used to make fun of Walton only having 250,000 US dollars in exports and now he must be mad that it is set to surpass 100 million US dollars in the fiscal set to end June 30 this year.
 
Bhai, be careful you may be speaking to one of nilgiris maybe reincarnations.


Remember that he used to make fun of Walton only having 250,000 US dollars in exports and now he must be mad that it is set to surpass 100 million US dollars in the fiscal set to end June 30 this year.

I know. I ignored the idiot already, so no worries.... :-)

What business is it of some Sanghi whether Walton can make IPS panels or not? Another Turdball.... :lol:

I should have told the idiot to eff off but I guess I'm too nice....
 
I know. I ignored the idiot already, so no worries.... :-)

What business is it of some Sanghi whether Walton can make IPS panels or not? Another Turdball.... :lol:

I should have told the idiot to eff off but I guess I'm too nice....
LOL! Walton cannot make OLED and IPS and Bibal is having a fit.
 
@Bilal9 type people think that Bangladeshi are richer than India. :rofl:
I think opinions like these have something to do with USA Bangla diaspora downtrodden status, even those that are US born

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Reason for the above was divulged by another poster here

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I doubt any rikshaw walas would be SMEs on manufacturing industry/electronics industry etc.

Not surprisingly people of such background limit their conversations to religious insults and verbal abuses.

Better to have conversations with someone actually from Walton.
 

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