Akij Group

Akij Group, a privately-held company is one of the leading industrial groups in Bangladesh. Initially, it started with trading business in a humble way in early 1940 by Late Sheikh Akijuddin and later on he involved himself into manufacturing of handmade cigarettes (BIRI) & Jute business in 1950. His main vision & mission was to create employment for the countrymen by establishing various industries in different areas of the country.To achieve this goal, he worked hard with honesty, punctuality, loyalty & ethics throughout his whole life. As a result, under the dynamic leadership of the founder of Akij Group successfully diversified into various industrial & commercial units under one fold to become a large conglomerate. Such as Handmade Cigarettes (BIRI), Cigarette, Jute, Crust & Finished Leather, Footwear, Textile, Tobacco, Chewing Tobacco, Cigarette, Safety Matches, Printing & Packaging, Particle Board, Food & Beverage, Cement, Ceramic, Crocodile Farming, Stock Brokerages, Computer Hardware & Software, Chain CNG Refueling Stations & Automobiles are some of the major ones.As one of the leading exporters of Bangladesh, we are achieving "Export Trophy" from the government for extraordinary performance in Jute & Leather business. More than 1,00,000 people as staff & officers in different categories are employed by Akij Group.