Noman Group

It was established in 1997.^[6] It was the largest vertically integrated textile group of companies in Bangladesh. In 2011, Noman Group opened six textile factories;^[7] by that time, the company was operating 19 plants employing about 40,000 people.^[8]

Noman Group targeted to export 180 million USD export in 2009.^[9]

In 2012, Noman opened a towel factory.^[10]

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.”^[11] In November, the Institute of Textile Engineers and Technologists and the Engineers Institute of Bangladesh protested outside the Jatiya Press Club