Walton Group

Walton (Bengali: ওয়ালটন) is a Bangladeshi conglomerate based in Gazipur, Bangladesh. It comprises numerous subsidiaries and affiliated businesses, most of them united under the Walton brand. The subsidiaries include Walton Motors, Walton Mobile, Walton Electronics, and Walton Hi-Tech Industries Limited. Walton produces electronics, computers, motor vehicles, and telecommunications products. It is the first Bangladeshi brand to launch mobile phones in the market.
History.
S.M Nurul Alam Rezvi founded the Walton Group of Industries in 1977 as a trading company. Over the next three decades, the group diversified into steel, textiles, electronics, and automobiles. Walton entered into the steel industry in the late 1970s and the electronics and cars in the early 2000s; these areas would drive its subsequent growth. Since the 2000s, Walton has expanded towards electronics and automobiles, which became its most important income sources.
On 5 October 2017, Walton inaugurated their smartphone and tablet manufacturing plant named "Walton Digi-Tech Industries."
On 18 January 18, 2018, Walton launched their first computer and laptop manufacturing plant.
Products.
Walton distributes 4,500 types and models of electric, electronic, and automotive goods that it imports or manufactures. As of 2017, handsets it produces in China had captured 5% of Bangladesh's mobile phone market. In 2015, it manufactured 80% of the refrigerators, 30% of the televisions, and 6% of the motorcycles sold in Bangladesh. It also can manufacture 300,000 air conditioners a year.
In April 2020, Walton announced plans to produce ventilators.