BEXIMCO
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Bangladesh Export Import Company Limited (Bangla transliteration: বাংলাদেশ এক্সপোর্ট ইমপোর্ট কোম্পানি লিমিটেড, romanised: Bānglādēsh ēkspōrṭ impōrṭ kōmpāni limiṭēḍ), commonly known by its trade name BEXIMCO (Bangla: বেক্সিমকো) (DSE: BEXIMCO CSE: BEXIMCO), is a Bangladeshi multinational conglomerate holding company, headquartered in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was founded in the early 1970s.[3]
Company type | Public |
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DSE: BEXIMCO CSE: BEXIMCO | |
Industry | Conglomerate |
Founded | 1972; 52 years ago (1972) |
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Headquarters | , |
Area served | Worldwide |
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Revenue | BD৳25.387 billion[1] (US$304 million) (FY2018) |
BD৳7.085 billion[1] (US$85 million) (FY2018) | |
BD৳1.259 billion[1] (US$15 million) (FY2018) | |
Total assets | BD৳122.746 billion[2] (US$1.47 billion) (FY2018) |
Total equity | BD৳63.373 billion[2] (US$757 million) (FY2018) |
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Number of employees | 70,000 |
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Website | beximco |
BEXIMCO is Bangladesh's largest conglomerate, with the largest market capitalisation on the country's stock market. BEXIMCO currently has operations and investments across a wide range of industries including textiles, pharmaceuticals, PPE, ceramics, real estate development, construction, trading, marine food, information and communication technologies, media, DTH, financial services, and energy.[4] BEXIMCO's subsidiaries export products to 55 countries worldwide.[5] It has retail outlets in South Asia and Eastern Europe. It is one of the largest private sector employers in Bangladesh with over 70,000 people worldwide.[4]
BEXIMCO operates one of the largest integrated textile production businesses in Asia. Its main manufacturing base is the BEXIMCO Industrial Park in Gazipur, Bangladesh. Beximco Pharma, the group's pharmaceutical producer, was the first Bangladeshi company to be listed on the London Stock Exchange.