Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader MP officially inaugurated Rangs-Mahindra vehicle assembly plant at Sonakhali, Sonargaon on Friday. Chairperson of Rangs Group Abdur Rouf Chowdhury; Managing Director of Rangs Motors Sohana Rouf Chowdhury,
Rangs Group, one of the leading business conglomerates in Bangladesh, on Friday officially open the vehicle assembly plant in Sonargaon to tap the fast growing local market. The facility sprawling about 40 acres of land will initially assemble the Pick-Up and Human Haulers, which are sourced as completely knocked down kits from Indian multinational car manufacturing giant Mahindra and Mahindra Limited manufacturing plant.
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader MP inaugurated the assembling plant first of its kind in the country located at Sonakhali under Sonargaon upazila of Narayanganj district.
Chairperson of Rangs Group Abdur Rouf Chowdhury, Managing Director of Rangs Motors, Sohana Rouf Chowdhury, Rangs Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dileep Banerjee and other high officials from the both companies were present at the inauguration ceremony.
Obaidul Quader said, 'Today is a big moment for both Rangs and Mahindra group. The inception of this vehicle assembly plant in the country is a milestone for us. I hope, vehicles assembled from this plant will be high in quality and sustainable as well.'
Mahindra has reputation for producing quality product, he added. Rangs Motors Managing Director, Sohana Rouf Chowdhury said, "Rangs is delighted to have officially opened the assembly facility and always committed to do more that contributes a lot to the country's economic development."
"We are also excited about the prospect of 500 job opportunities in the plant and the customers will get quality vehicles and efficient services from us in lower prices compared to others", she added. Chief of International Operations, Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd Arvind Mathew said, "The setting up of our assembly plant in the country is a testimony of our commitment to "Built in Bangladesh" products.
Rangs Motors CEO Dileep Banerjee said "Rangs new CKD plant has been equipped with all types of modern facilities and cutting edge technology. The plant has the capacity to produce more than 2,000 vehicles per year."
However, in the program Sohana Rouf Chowdhury announced that one day salary of Rangs Motors and Mahindra's staff will be given to Rohingya refugee.
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