Akij Particle Board Mills wins innovation award

Akij Particle Board Mills, a subsidiary of Akij Group, won Bangladesh Innovation Award-2022 in the category of "Best Innovation-Product Development" and "Best Innovation-SDG Inclusion" for the product 'Akij Lacquer Grade Board'.

Shahriar Zaman, marketing manager of Akij Particle Board Mills, and Golam Rabbani, assistant brand manager, received a crest of Bangladesh Innovation Award-2022 from Atiqul Islam, mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation, at Le Méridien Dhaka recently.

The programme, titled "For an Innovative Bangladesh" organised by Bangladesh Innovation Conclave recognised 38 innovations of the country, a press release said.

There were several limitations of regular particle boards as these could not be lacquered and engraved. But the Akij Board Product Development team came up with a solution by introducing new technology to produce boards made with wood chips from tree branches instead of logs.