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INTERTEK
INAUGURATES
EXPANDED SOFTLINES
LAB IN CHITTAGONG
of Intertek as a quality partner
for the textile, apparel and allied
industries.
A
leading total quality assurance
provider to industries globally,
Intertek on January 8 this year
inaugurated its expanded softlines
testing laboratory in Chittagong (a
major hub for export-import trade
in Bangladesh) to offer enhanced
chemical management and analytical
testing services to the textile,
apparel and RMG supply chain.
As a direct response to the growing
demand from the customers,
Intertek has now expanded the
square footage of its laboratory by
50 per cent. This extended facility
will enable Intertek to offer its
As a direct response
to the growing demand
from the customers,
Intertek has now
expanded the square
footage of its laboratory
by 50 per cent. This
extended facility will
enable Intertek to offer
its services with reduced
turnaround time.
services with reduced turnaround
time. Both physical and analytical
testing capabilities have been
enhanced, inspection capacity
reinforced and assurance services
added to the portfolio, to make the
Chittagong facility probably the only
full service capability in the region.
Mohammed Abdus Salam,
Managing Director and Founder,
Asian Apparels Ltd., while
expressing his happiness and
thankfulness for the initiative
to expand laboratory testing
capabilities in Chittagong,
underlined the role and importance
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“As a leading ATIC service provider
to the textile and apparel industry,
we are delighted to invest and
expand this facility in Chittagong.
The combination of this strategic
location, extended analytical
capability and our expertise and
innovative assurance solutions
will allow us to deliver excellent
customer service with total quality
assurance to meet our customers’
business needs,” maintained Rajesh
Saigal, Executive Vice President
– Intertek South & South East
Asia on this occasion while Sandeep
Das, Country Managing Director,
Intertek Bangladesh observed, “We
have invested for the expansion of this
facility based on the potential growth
and demand from major customers
in Chittagong. We have also kept in
mind the future potential for further
expansion of leather and footwear
testing services that will provide the
next level of growth for the region.”
It may be mentioned here that
Intertek is a leading total quality
assurance provider to industries
worldwide. It has a network of more
than 1,000 laboratories and offices
and over 44,000 people in more than
100 countries, to deliver innovative
and bespoke assurance, testing,
inspection and certification solutions
for customers’ operations and supply
chains.