Alim Industries Limited

Alim Industries Limited
Native name
আলীম ইন্ডাষ্ট্রিজ লিমিটেড
IndustryAgriculture
Founded1990
FounderM.A. Alim Chowdhury
HeadquartersBSCIC, Industrial Estate, Gutatikor, Sylhet-3100, Bangladesh.,
Sylhet
,
Bangladesh
Key people
ProductsAgricultural machinery
Total assetsBDT 20 Crore (2020)[1]
Number of employees
120 (2020)[1]
Websitealim.com.bd

Alim Industries Limited (Bengali: আলীম ইন্ডাষ্ট্রিজ লিমিটেড) is an agricultural machinery manufacturer based in Sylhet, Bangladesh.

History

Founded in 1990,[2] it is both the largest and oldest agricultural equipment maker in the country.[3][4] Having initially only associated with the tea processing industry in Sylhet,[5] it later expanded to include the manufacture of general farming machinery, specialising in tillers, seeders and power threshers among others.[3][6][7] At present, it exports its products throughout Bangladesh as well as delivering services internationally.[8]

In 2021, free equipment from Alim was distributed by the local upazila government to 64 farmers in the Nilphamari District of Rangpur Division.[9]

In 2022 company was cited by Bangladesh agriculture minister Dr Mohammad Abdur Razzaque as a successful local manufacturer of agricultural machinery, counterbalancing the import of machines from abroad.[10] The current owner received the "Agriculturally Important Person" award from the government in 2022, in recognition of its development of power tillers.[11] Alim has received assistance from the U.S.-supported Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia to help provide locally produced machines to support agriculture in the area of Cox's Bazaar affected by Rohynga migration.[12]

References

  1. ^ a b "সিলেটের অর্থনীতিতে প্রভাবশালী ব্যবসা প্রতিষ্ঠানগুলির পর্যালোচনা". gonews24.com (in Bengali). 2020-10-13.
  2. ^ "Alim: History". Bangladesh: Alim Industries Limited. Archived from the original on December 14, 2019. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
  3. ^ a b Animaw, Addisu Tadege; Nkanya, Jasper Alfred Mutegi; Nyakiba, John Mogaka; Woldemariam, Tamiru Habte (February 5, 2016). Hiroyuki Takeshima (ed.). Agricultural mechanization and south-south knowledge exchange: What can Ethiopian and Kenyan policymakers learn from Bangladesh's experience?. Ethiopia Strategy Support Program. International Food Policy Research Institute. p. 1. ...nine African officials from four countries, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria, participated in a study tour in Bangladesh in November 2015 to examine how expansion in agricultural mechanization has occurred there. During the tour, African officials the visited two major tractor importers, ACI Motors Ltd. and Metal Pvt. Ltd., as well as the largest agricultural machinery manufacturer, Alim Industries Ltd.
  4. ^ Parvez, Sohel (2019-01-23). "Local firm making farm machinery". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2019-12-14. ...adding that Alim Industries, the oldest agri-equipment maker in Bangladesh...
  5. ^ "Alim:Company Description". Bangladesh: Alim Industries Limited. Archived from the original on December 14, 2019. Retrieved December 14, 2019.
  6. ^ Parvez, Sohel (2010-03-24). "A sub-sector picks up steam". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
  7. ^ ed, Diao, Xinshen; ed, Takeshima, Hiroyuki; ed, Zhang, Xiaobo (2020-12-07). An evolving paradigm of agricultural mechanization development: How much can Africa learn from Asia?. Intl Food Policy Res Inst. ISBN 978-0-89629-380-9.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ ফয়সাল, ফজলে এলাহী মোহাম্মদ (2019-12-02). সিলেট অঞ্চলে প্রবাসী বিনিয়োগ: একটি সামগ্রিক পর্যালোচনা [Diaspora Investment in Sylhet Region: A Holistic Review]. GoNews24 (in Bengali). Retrieved 2019-12-14.
  9. ^ মাসুদ পারভেজ, ডিমলা (2021-03-11). "ডিমলায় কৃষকদের মাঝে কৃষি যন্ত্রপাতি বিতরণ". www.dainiksangbadpratidin.com (in Bengali).
  10. ^ "Agri minister: Why can't Bangladesh produce its own machinery?". Dhaka Tribune. 2022-03-21. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
  11. ^ "13 get Agriculturally Important Person status". The Business Standard. 2022-07-27. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
  12. ^ "Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia Mechanization and Extension Activity Semi-Annual Report 2021-2022" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-06-12.