A German delegation led by Parliamentary State Secretary Bärbel Kofler visited Abul Khair Steel Melting Limited’s factory in Sitakunda, Chattogram, on Monday to examine its production technology and environmental initiatives.
Kofler, from Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, was joined by German Ambassador to Bangladesh Rüdiger Lotz and senior officials from German development agencies GIZ and KfW, along with Infrastructure Development Company Limited.
Abul Khair Steel Melting Limited Chief Executive Officer Imran Momin welcomed the delegation and briefed it on the company’s electric arc furnace technology, advanced engineering and high-speed rebar rolling operations.
The company also presented its recent Guinness World Records recognition for production capacity.
The delegation reviewed the plant’s solar power system, fume treatment facilities designed to reduce air pollution and rainwater reuse measures aimed at limiting groundwater consumption.
Kofler praised the company’s environmental initiatives and efforts to increase women’s participation in the steel industry.
She also expressed a positive assessment of the industry’s technological progress and modernisation in Bangladesh.
