Noman Group

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Noman Group
Formation1997; 27 years ago (1997)
FounderMd. Nurul Islam
HeadquartersDhaka, Bangladesh
ProductsTextile, RMG, Fashion, Denim, Towel, Warp knitting, Spinning, Weaving, Fabrics, Real Estate
Key people
Nurul Islam (Founder and Chairman), Noman Islam, Mohammad Abdullah Zaber & Mohammad Abdullah Zubair, Abdullah Talha
SubsidiariesTalha Spinning Mills Limited, Talha Fabrics Limited, Talha Texpro Limited, Zaber and Zubair Fabrics Limited, Noman Terry Towel Mills Limited, Nice Fabrics Processing Limited, Artex Fabrics Limited, Zaber and Zubair Accessories Limited, Nice Spinning Limited, Printology Limited, Artex Knit Limited, Artex Fabrics Limited, Ismail Anjuma Ara Fabrics Limited
Revenue (2016)
IncreaseUS$1.5 billion (2019)
Staff
c. 70,000[1]
Award(s)Largest Exporter of Bangladesh, HSBC Export Award, SCB Trade Award
Websitewww.nomangroup.com

Noman Group is one of the largest Bangladeshi conglomerates in the textiles and garments sector.[2] Its companies export annually about $1 billion in textile and garment products around the world, and employ about 70,000 people.[3][4] Noman Group produces yarns, fabrics, home textile, bed covers, curtain, comforters, quilt covers, denim and towels.[5]

Noman Group customers are IKEA, Target Corporation, GAP Inc., JC Penney, Tesco, Li & Fung, American Eagle Outfitters, Carrefour, The Walt Disney Company, Nike, Zara, Mango, Uniqlo, Walmart, Kmart, PVH, Nitori, Esprit Holdings, and HEMA.[6]

History[edit]

It was established in 1997.[7] It was the largest vertically integrated textile group of companies in Bangladesh. In 2011, Noman Group opened six textile factories;[8] by that time, the company was operating 19 plants employing about 40,000 people.[9]

Noman Group targeted to export 180 million USD export in 2009.[10]

In 2012, Noman opened a towel factory.[11]

By 2015, the company operated 28 factories, and another five new plants were under development. Compliance is an important area where the group focuses on the most, Islam said. “I had to spend Tk 300 crore to set up an effluent treatment plant.”[12] In November, the Institute of Textile Engineers and Technologists and the Engineers Institute of Bangladesh protested outside the Jatiya Press Club protesting the assault of an engineer of Noman Group by the managing director of the group.[13] A case was filed accusing ASM Rafiqul Islam, managing director of Noman Group, and his sister and director of the group, Noor-e-Yesmin Fatima.[13] They denied the accusation and said the engineer was assaulted by garment workers and that he had embezzled money from the group.[13]

In 2016, the Group exported more than one billion USD in garments, the first company in Bangladesh to do so, and had 70 thousand employees.[5] Noman Group exports to European Union, United States, Japan and Asian Countries.[5]

The Group suffered production shutdowns in Tongi due a shortage of gas supplies in October 2017 according to deputy managing director Mohammad Abdullah Zaber.[14] In December 2017, Noman Group reported that they were the victims of three highway robberies in the last one and a half year.[15] According to Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association highway robberies are a major concern for garment manufacturers.[15]

Noman Group announced plans to invest five billion BDT to build a Coolmax All Season fabric manufacturing unit in April 2018.[16]

Zaber and Zubair (Z&Z) Fabrics Limited, a sister concern of leading garment exporter Noman Group.[17] In 2022, the Ministry of Home Affairs issued a notice that, Inspector General of Police Benazir Ahmed and two other officials are going to Germany on a 9-day visit to check the quality of 100,000 pieces of bed sheet for double cot and pillows for the police department.[18][19] The contract worth 175 million BDT was won by Noman Group.[20] The news f the trip caused a stir in the social media which led to the cancelation of the trip.[21][22] In November, the Group accused the editor of Daily Inqilab, AMM Bahauddin, and a reporter, Sayeed Ahmed, of defamation and sought 20 billion BDT in damages.[23] The newspaper accused the group of embezzling 100 billion BDT in bank loans.[23]

Subsidiaries[edit]

  • Noman Terry Towel Mills Limited[24]
  • Zaber & Zubair Fabrics[24]
  • Nice Denim Mills Limited[24]
  • Ismail Spinning Mills Limited[24]
  • Sufia Cotton Mills Limited[24]
  • Talha Spinning Mill Limited[24]
  • Yasmin Spinning Mills Limited[24]
  • Zaber Spinning Mills Limited[24]
  • Zubair Spinning Mills Limited[24]
  • Noman Fashion Fabrics Limited[24]
  • Noman Textile Mills Limited[24]
  • Noman Composite Textile Limited[24]
  • Ismail Textile Mills Limited[24]
  • Talha Fabrics Limited[24]
  • Zarba Textile Mills Limited[24]
  • Artex Fabrics Limited[24]
  • Marium Textile Mills[24]
  • Noman Home Textile Mills Limited[24]
  • Ismail Anjuman Ara Fabrics Limited[24]
  • Talha Tex Pro Limited[24]
  • Noman Fabrics Limited[24]
  • Zaber and Zubair Accessories Limited[24]
  • Ismail Anjuman Ara Trust[24]
  • Sufia Fabrics Limited[24]
  • Nice Microfab Limited[24]
  • Nice Spinning Mills Limited[24]
  • Nice Synthetic Yarn Mills Limited[24]
  • Zaber International[24]

Awards[edit]

HSBC Export Excellence Awards in 2012[12]

National Export Trophy.[25]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Noman Group: A pioneer in garment business". 31 October 2014. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  2. ^ "Sunman sets up country's largest home textile plant". Bangladesh Investment Review, Issue 4, May, 2011. page 2.
  3. ^ "Noman Group: a pioneer in garment business". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
  4. ^ Mirdha, Refayet Ullah (2017-01-13). "Textile makers get good response at German fair". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
  5. ^ a b c Mirdha, Refayet Ullah (2017-06-22). "Noman Group spending Tk 1,300cr on expansion". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
  6. ^ "Noman Group: a pioneer in garment business". The Daily Star. 2014-10-31. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  7. ^ "At a Glance | Noman Group". Retrieved 2023-01-17.
  8. ^ "Home textile millers going big". Daily Star, Refayet Ullah Mirdha
  9. ^ "Noman Group Installs Monforts Tenter". Textile World, November 1, 2011
  10. ^ Mirdha, Refayet Ullah (2008-04-07). "Local textile firm targets $180m exports next fiscal". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
  11. ^ Rahman, Sajjadur (2012-11-07). "Towel makers go for expansion, target higher exports". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
  12. ^ a b "Noman Group: a pioneer in garment business". The Daily Star. 2014-10-31. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  13. ^ a b c Staff Correspondent (2015-11-09). "Textile engineers demand arrest of two Noman Group officials". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
  14. ^ Mirdha, Refayet Ullah (2017-10-19). "Noman Group's production hit by gas crisis in Tongi". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
  15. ^ a b Mirdha, Refayet Ullah (2017-12-27). "Highway robbery vexes apparel exporters". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
  16. ^ Mirdha, Refayet Ullah (2018-04-03). "Noman Group to spend Tk 500cr on specialised fabric plant". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
  17. ^ "Zaber and Zubair Fabrics develops virus-killing fabric solution". Dhaka Tribune. 2020-05-16. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  18. ^ Staff Correspondent (10 February 2022). "IGP set to visit Germany". Prothomalo. Retrieved 2022-08-20.
  19. ^ Staff Correspondent (2022-02-11). "Bedsheets for police: IGP, others going to Germany to assess dye". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-08-20.
  20. ^ Report, Star Digital (2022-02-12). "IGP's visit to Germany: Unintentional mistake in govt order created confusion: PHQ". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
  21. ^ Correspondent, Senior; bdnews24.com. "Police move to cancel IGP Benazir's Germany tour amid social media backlash". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2022-02-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  22. ^ Staff Correspondent (2022-02-18). "IGP cancels Germany trip amid uproar". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2022-02-27.
  23. ^ a b "Noman Group accuses editor and reporter of Inqilab of defamation". www.dhakatribune.com. 2022-11-30. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
  24. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab "Our subsidiaries | Noman Group". Retrieved 2023-01-17.
  25. ^ "Top exporters awarded". The Daily Star. 2016-08-29. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
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