T. K. Group of Industries
TypePrivate
IndustryConglomerate
Founded1972 (1972)
Founder
  • Late. Mohammed Abu Tayab[1]
  • Mohammed Abul Kalam
HeadquartersChittagong, Bangladesh
Key people
Products
Brands
  • PUSTI
  • HILSA
  • RANNA
  • MAF-SHOES
  • PREMIER CEMENT
  • OCTODI INDUSTRIES
  • SAMUDA CHEMICALS
  • SUPER BOARD
  • TRADEVISOR LIMITED
RevenueIncrease৳25800 crore (US$2.4 billion) (2021)
Number of employees
50,000+ (as of 2023)
Websitetkgroupbd.com

The T K Group of Industries is a Bangladeshi industrial Conglomerate known for its vegetable oil business.[2][3] It also has interests in steel, shipbuilding, pulp and paper, plastics, cement, and textiles.[4] The conglomerate is headquartered in Chittagong. The group is one of the top VAT payers in the country.[5]

History

T. K. Group of Industries was established in 1972 as a trading company by two brothers, Mohammed Abu Tayab, and Mohammad Abul Kalam.[6] The brothers started the business with a two thousand taka grant from their father.[7] It is the largest producer of edible oil products in the country.[8] The annual turnover of the group is over US$ 5 billion.

Enterprises

T.K group has around 20 major concerns:

Edible oil

  • Bay Fishing Corporation Ltd.
  • Shabnam Vegetable Oil Industries Ltd.[9]
  • Super Oil Refinery Ltd[10]

Steel

  • Karnafully (Galv) Mills Ltd.
  • Karnafully Steel Mills Ltd.

Board

  • Super Board Mills Limited
  • Super Formica and Lamination Limited
  • T. K. Chemical Complex Ltd.[11]

Paper

  • T. K. Paper Products Ltd.
  • Progressive Containers Ltd.

Packaging & containers

  • Samuda Containers Ltd.
  • T. K. Gas and Gas Cylinder Ltd.

Tea

  • Baramasia Tea Estate
  • Elahinoor Tea Estate
  • Rangapani Tea Estate

Textile

  • Chin Hung Fibres Ltd.
Headquarters of TK Group

Ship building

  • T. K. Shipyard Limited

Trading & food

  • T.K Consumer Products limited-has two admiring brands PUSTI and FAMILY.[12]

Shares & securities

  • T.K. Shares & Securities Ltd.

Construction

  • Tradevisor Limited

Vehicle

  • MAF Motors

Associates enterprises

T.K Group of Industries has over 15 major associates business sectors:

  • Samuda Chemical Complex Limited[13]
  • Super Knitting & Dying Mills Limited
  • Super Thread Limited
  • Super Synthetic Limited
  • Mohammadi Trading Co. Limited
  • Bangladesh Timber & Plywood Industries Limited
  • MAF News Print Mills Limited
  • MAF Shoes Limited[14]
  • Tradevisor Limited[15]
  • Modern Hatchery Limited
  • Modern Power Co. Limited
  • Modern Fibers Industries Limited
  • Modern Polly Industries Limited
  • Masud & Brothers
  • Rubi Food Products Limited
  • Uni-Trade
  • Premier Cement Mills Limited[16]
  • Asia Insurance Limited
  • Riff Leather Limited
  • Tradevisor Limited
  • MAF Motors

Achievements

T.K Group's brands have secured the heart of the people of Bangladesh for a few decades. This group has been awarded many awards nationally and internationally since its journey began. It has been awarded many times as "Standard Chartered Trade Awards",[17] "Best Brand Award"[18] for the contribution to the growth of the country's export and import market.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "About Us". T. K. Group of Industries. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  2. ↑ "'Most large enterprises were born through Janata Bank'". The Business Standard. 10 April 2023. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  3. ↑ Chakma, Jagaran (29 September 2020). "TK Group to invest Tk 1,744cr at Bangabandhu Shilpa Nagar". The Daily Star. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  4. ↑ "Land acquisition hinders industrialisation". The Daily Star. 18 March 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  5. ↑ Hussain, Anwar (5 August 2017). "Half of Chittagong Customs House revenue income comes from top 100 firms". Dhaka Tribune.
  6. ↑ zaman. "About T.K. Group – TK Group". Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  7. ↑ "Freedom fuels rise of corporate Bangladesh". The Business Standard. 15 December 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  8. ↑ "Ecnec clears 12 projects, including one to raise cost of Padma Bridge construction". The Financial Express. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  9. ↑ "Member Details: Shabnam Vegetable Oil Industries Ltd". Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry. Archived from the original on 16 March 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  10. ↑ "Member Details: Super Oil Refinery Limited". Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry. Archived from the original on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  11. ↑ "Caustic soda export to India comes to a halt". The Daily Star. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  12. ↑ "T K Group's Pusti national confce held". The Financial Express. Retrieved 19 April 2023.
  13. ↑ "Chemical exporters appeal against India's anti-dumping duty". The Daily Star. 29 September 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  14. ↑ "Maf Shoes to be pioneer in export sector". Daily Sun. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  15. ↑ "Home". tradevisorbd.com.
  16. ↑ "Local cement companies thriving over multinationals". Dhaka Tribune. 11 November 2018. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  17. ↑ "StanChart honours 12 business icons". The Daily Star. 31 March 2019.
  18. ↑ http://bangladeshbrandforum.com/best-brand-award/Best Brand Award
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