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The Advanced Technology Solution (ATS) Department of the country's leading electrical and electronics goods manufacturer, Walton, is going to organise the first-ever mega industrial expo.
The exhibition, 'International Advanced Components and Technology Expo-2023 (ATS)', aims to showcase Walton-manufactured electrical and electronics goods, home and kitchen appliances, ICT devices, industrial materials, components, testing labs, and solutions to domestic and international visitors.
The ATS Expo-2023 is scheduled for 10-12 August 2023 at Hall-1 of the International Convention Center Bashundhara in the capital, said a press release.
Golam Murshed, Managing Director and CEO of Walton Hi-Tech Industries PLC, said that the main objective of organizing the ATS Expo is to enhance the empowerment of domestic industries by providing quality industrial materials, components, and testing solutions to leading industrial organizations. This will strengthen the growth of the industrial sector, save billions of dollars in foreign currency by reducing import bills, increase export earnings, and accelerate national economic prosperity.
He also stated that the ATS Expo will be the first and largest international industrial fair organized by a single organization in Bangladesh. More than 50,000 environmentally friendly, energy-saving electrical, electronics, home and kitchen appliance products, industrial materials, components, testing labs, facilities, and machinery will be displayed at this expo. Starting from now, this expo will be organized every year to attract the attention of domestic and foreign buyers. We also have plans to organize such exhibitions outside the country.
In addition to the manufacturing plants, the country's largest research and innovation centre and several international standard testing labs, including NUSDAT-UTS, have been built at the Walton headquarters in Chandra Gazipur. These facilities will facilitate testing solutions for products manufactured by other leading industrial organizations in the country.
After achieving the top position in the domestic market, Walton has also made a strong presence in the international market. Currently, Walton products are exported to more than 40 countries in Asia, Europe, America, the Middle East, and Africa.
The international standard testing lab 'NUSDAT' established at the Walton Headquarters is accredited by the Bangladesh Accreditation Board (BAB). Product quality reports from BAB-accredited testing organizations are directly acceptable to member countries of the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) and the Asia-Pacific Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (APLAC). Therefore, the testing certificates of the products tested in the NUSDAT lab are directly accepted by the government testing standards organizations of different countries around the world. Considering this, domestic and foreign companies can test the quality of their products at NUSDAT.
At the ATS Expo-2023, electrical and electronics goods, industrial materials, components, solutions, ICT and digital devices, and testing solution products will be displayed in four categories: Testing Solutions, Services, Products, and Industrial Materials and Components.
The Testing Solutions category includes several internationally standardized testing labs such as Cable & Wire Lab, Noise Testing Lab, LED Lab, NUSDAT-UTS, Precision Engineering Laboratory, Product Quality Control Lab, Walton Science Research Lab, and Walton Metallurgical Analysis & Research Lab.
The Services category at the expo will include construction services, mold and die, power-press, refrigerators, and SMT (surface mounting technology).
Moreover, fridges, TVs, ACs, fasteners, PCBs, home and kitchen appliances, chemicals, masterbatches, moulds and dies, IT products, etc., will be displayed in the product category.
Besides, industrial components used as the primary raw materials in various forward linkage industries, including Agro, Automobiles, Cement, Ceramics, Chemicals, Cosmetics, Digital, Electric & Electronics, Pharmaceuticals, Glass, Heavy-Vehicles & Air Conditioning, IoT, IT, Leather, Light Engineering, Plastics, Printing & Publications, Garments, and Wholesale & Trading industries, will be displayed in the industrial category at the ATS Expo.