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Transcom - Excellence and ethics sustain Bangladesh’s leading business house

The country’s rapidly-expanding industrial and consumer bases are the driving force behind this growth, and they will continue to play a pivotal role in future economic recovery and development. The evidence is in the data: according to the World Bank, manufacturing’s GDP contribution more than tripled over the previous decade, from $18.6 billion in 2010 to $57.3 billion in 2020. Annual household spending rose from $258 billion to $582 billion over the same period. And for leading domestic conglomerate Transcom, this is only the beginning.

Transcom’s origins date back to 1885, when the company was originally active in the tea and jute industries. Its modern iteration was established in 1973, and today Transcom is active across a broad spectrum of economic sectors, including health care, fast-moving consumer goods, food and beverage, media, electronics, logistics, and distribution. Transcom is one of the largest, most-diversified, and fastest-growing

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