Walton bags US$ 32m export orders at China's Canton Fair

Bangladesh's electronics products manufacturing firm 'Walton' has received orders worth US$ 32 million from global buyers at 'China Canton Fair', the world's largest trade show, reports UNB.

The importers, traders and buyers of the electronics and electrical products from different countries present at the expo were surprised by witnessing Walton's products like fridge, air conditioner and electrical appliances' advanced technologies, features, aesthetic designs, world-class quality and affordable rates, said a media release on Saturday.

Abdur Rauf, vice-president of Walton Global Business Section and chief coordinator of Walton Pavilion at Canton Fair, said the representatives from different foreign companies including those from Asia, Middle East, Africa, Europe, North and South America already assured the organisation of placing orders worth US$ 32 million for fridge, AC and electrical appliances from Bangladesh, it said.

Tofail Ahmed, chief business officer of Walton Refrigerator, said, "We received huge responses beyond our expectations at the 'Canton Fair'. From the opening day of the fair, a good number of electronics products importers and buyers thronged the Walton Pavilion. And, the traders from Brazil, Argentina, America, Germany, Spain, Italy, Africa, Sri Lanka and India showed keen interest in importing more than $30 million worth fridges from the super brand Walton, according to the release.

Md. Tanvir Rahman, CBO of Walton Air Conditioner, said Walton's huge power saving, sustainable, eco-friendly and high efficient smart split type and VRF air conditioners lured the global buyers and visitors at the fair. Specially, Walton's IoT based inverter technology's offline voice control AC were in the center of the buyers' attraction as this AC can be operated in any language of the world.