ELCO Wires and Cables opens copper up-casting plant in Gazipur

ELCO Wires and Cables Limited, a Dhaka-based appliances, electrical, and electronics manufacturing company, has recently launched a copper up-casting plant at its Shailat factory premises in Sreepur, Gazipur.

Kazi Md Wahidul Islam, managing director of Rupali Bank PLC, inaugurated the plant, according to a press release.

Commenting on the new facility, Tarek Mahmud Matin, managing director and CEO of the company, stated that ELCO Wires and Cables Limited has been marketing electric cables for an extended period.

"In order to enhance the company's production system while maintaining product quality, and to enable copper processing directly in accordance with the needs of general consumers, an up-casting plant has been incorporated into the production process," he added.

Hasan Tanvir, deputy managing director of the bank; Md Golam Morshed Russell, director (finance) of the company; Md Kamal Hossain Majumder Dollar, director (corporate finance and banking); Shahriar Ahmed Chowdhuri, director; Shafkat Shahid Mohammad Khayyam, executive director; DM Abu Bakar Siddique, executive director; and Md Shahriar Mahmud, chief operating officer; along with senior officials from the company, were also present.