Anwar Group of Industries is a Bangladeshi conglomerate. It consists of 18 subsidiaries that are servicing consumer goods, steels, cement, textile, finance and automotive industry.[3] Manwar Hossain is the Chairman of Anwar Group.[4]
Anwar Group started as a hides and skins business in 1834,[5] founded by Lakku Mia, an entrepreneur in British India.[5][6] Hossain Akhtar was the first chairman of the group.[7]
In 1985, Anwar Galvanizing Limited started production of galvanized iron fittings, becoming the first company to make them in Bangladesh.[8]
In June 2009, AG Automobiles became the official partner of Ford Motor Company in Bangladesh and launched the first Ford showroom in Uttara.[9]
In 2015, Anwar Cement announced plans to more than double the sales of cement sheets from 1 billion BDT to 2.5 billion BDT.[10]
On 11 April 2021, Bd Finance of Anwar Group signed an agreement with Sovereign Infrastructure Group at the Bangladesh Embassy to the United States.[11] Anwar Galvanizing announced plans to double their production through investing 270 BDT in the project.[12]
Anwar Hossain was the chairman of the group.[13] After his death on 17 August 2021,[14] his son, Manwar Hossain, replaced him as chairman of Anwar Group on 14 September 2021.[15] He had been the managing director of the company before the death of his father.[16] In December 2021, Toledo Motors Limited became the official partner of Jeep in Bangladesh and launched their showroom in Uttara.[17]
Consumer goods
Cement
Textile
Steel
Real estate
Finance
Automobile
