Noman Group is a Bangladeshiconglomerate 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.[1][3] Noman Group produces yarns, fabrics, home textile, bed covers, curtain, comforters, quilt covers, denim and towels.[4]
It was established in 1997.[6] In 2011, Noman Group opened six textile factories;[7] by that time, the company was operating 19 plants employing about 40,000 people.[8][9]
By 2015, the company operated 28 factories, and another five new plants were under development.[11] 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.[12] 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.[12] They denied the accusation and said the engineer was assaulted by garment workers and that he had embezzled money from the group.[12]
In 2016, the Group exported more than $1 billion in garments, the first company in Bangladesh to do so, and had 70,000 employees.[4] Noman Group exports to European Union, United States, Japan and Asian countries.[4]
The Group suffered production shutdowns in Tongi due a shortage of gas supplies in October 2017 according to deputy managing director Mohammad Abdullah Zaber.[13] In December 2017, Noman Group reported that they were the victims of three highway robberies in the last one and a half year.[14] According to Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association highway robberies are a major concern for garment manufacturers.[14]
Noman Group announced plans to invest five billion BDT to build a Coolmax All Season fabric manufacturing unit in April 2018.[15]
Zaber and Zubair (Z&Z) Fabrics Limited, a sister concern of leading garment exporter Noman Group.[16] In 2022, the Ministry of Home Affairs issued a notice that, Inspector General of PoliceBenazir 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.[17][18] The contract worth 175 million BDT was won by Noman Group.[19] The news of the trip caused a stir in the social media which led to the cancelation of the trip.[20][21] 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.[22] The newspaper accused the group of embezzling 100 billion BDT in bank loans.[22]
