Karnaphuli Paper Mills
Company type | Parent | Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation |
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Karnaphuli Paper Mills is a
History
The 1949 Industrial Conference recommended that a pulp and paper mill be set up in East Pakistan in an effort to make Pakistan self-sufficient in paper.[1] In mid-February 1950, the government's Development Board approved the construction of the mill on the Karnafuli River.[2]
Chandragona, 26 miles upstream from Chittagong, was selected as the site because of ample availability of bamboo and water there, and ready transportation through Chittagong Port.
In 1964 it was sold to Dawood Group. After the Independence of Bangladesh the company was taken over by Bangladesh Industrial Development Corporation. As of 2016, it is the largest paper producing factory in Bangladesh and operates as a subsidiary of Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation.[3] In 2016, it faced criticism for not having an effluent treatment facility.[4][5]
CEOs
- 1952–1953: Christian Kaijser[6]
References
- ^ a b c "On the Bank of the Karnafulli: A Paper Mill Comes Up". Pakistan Quarterly. Vol. 2, no. 1. January 1952. p. 66.
- ^ JSTOR 141708.
- ^ a b "Karnafuli Paper Mills". Banglapedia. Retrieved 2016-10-05.
- ^ "One mill killing Karnaphuli". 2016-06-05. Retrieved 2016-10-05.
- ^ "Most Chittagong industrial units do not have ETPs". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 2016-10-05.
- ^ Burling, Ingeborg, ed. (1956). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1957 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1957] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 500.