A four-day long regional light engineering product fair is going on in Syedpur, the commercial city of Nilphamari. In addition to Sayedpur, products produced in light industrial factories in Dhaka, Gazipur, Tongi, Bogra and other parts of the country are being displayed in this fair.
As many as 80 organizations have displayed their products in their stalls including Naogaon Engineering Works of Soarighat, Dhaka; New Nipu International of Dhaka; Imtex Engineering Works, Demra; Zahid Engineering of Gazipur; Ripon Metal Engineering Works, Safwan Foils Limited, Bd. TS Engineering, Siam Rubber, Sumaiya Engineering Works of Tongi; Kamal Machine Tools of Bogra; Star Technical Works of Syedpur; Vaibon Engineering, Afan Engineering, Maer Doa Engineering, Farooq Engineering, SK Engineering, Hira Engineering Works, Ershad Engineering, Azad Engineering, Naeem Engineering and others.
Of these, Naeem Engineering manufactures 234 types of rail spare parts.
These stalls have automatic biscuit plant, bakery plant, noodles plant, paddy threshing machine, corn threshing machine, chopper machine, weed cutting machine, organic manure breaking machine, pulley, liner, rail coach handle, switch board, engine chair, hanger, brake beam. , brake pad holders, horns, gate valves, brakes, push rods, windows, bathroom fittings, new rollers for jute mills and rice mills, wood lathe machines, mini sawmills, chocolate making machines, semai making machines, dal grinding machines, There are various products required by the bakery including lachchha making machine, muri frying machine, pinium cutting and so on.
Ahsan Adelur Rahman, Member of Parliament of Nilphamari-4 Constituency, inaugurated the fair on Saturday afternoon (May 27). The fair is being held by the Light Engineering Product Business Promotion Council and Bangladesh Engineering Industry Owners Association (BEIOA) under the Ministry of Commerce on the ground of Syedpur Pilot High School. Central Director of Bangladesh Engineering Industrial Owners Association and President of Syedpur Organizational District Branch Municipal Councilor Ershad Hossain Pappu presided over the inauguration ceremony.
The General Secretary of the Sayedpur organizational district branch of the organization Md. Nur Uddan Dulal conducted the ceremony while Syedpur Upazila Chairman Md. Mokhsedul Momin, Nilphamari Chamber of Commerce and Industry Vice President Industrialist Raj Kumar Poddar Raju and Sayedpur Press Club President Sakir Hossain Badal spoke as the special guests.
Regarding the fair, the Central Director of Bangladesh Engineering Industrial Owners Association and President of Syedpur Organizational District Branch and Syedpur Municipal Councilor Ershad Hossain Pappu said that the fair is getting a huge response. Government and private sponsorship is very much needed in these light industries. About six hundred people have been trained by the organization and another five/six hundred people will be trained. Whenever the owners of light industries go to manufacture any goods, they are harassed by the police blaming as fake goods. The businessmen want to get rid of this and want everyone’s cooperation in expanding the business.