Walton is a mirror of emerging Bangladesh, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said.

"If anyone sees the Walton factory, he sees the emerging Bangladesh as well as feels Bangladesh's real industrial progress. Walton is a sophisticated state-of-the-art industry. It's working environment is very good," the minister said.

Momen made the remarks while visiting Walton Hi-Tech Industries Ltd (WHIL) at Chandra in Gazipur recently.

"We can proudly say that we have not only made infrastructure development but also built state-of-the-art and sophisticated industries. I have seen factories in many countries, including America and Japan, but I have rarely seen such an advanced environment like Walton. Walton's entrepreneurs knew in advance what the future might be. It is exemplary for other entrepreneurs," the foreign minister said.

Golam Murshed, managing director and chief executive officer of WHIL, thanked the foreign minister for visiting the factory.

He expects that Walton will be a partner in the government's vision of becoming a developed country by 2041.

SM Shamsul Alam, vice-chairman of WHIL, and Sabiha Jarin Orona, director, were also present on the occasion.

They enjoyed a corporate video documentary on Walton.

Therefore, they visited Walton's product display centre and the manufacturing factories of refrigerators, metal castings, compressors, air conditioners, LED televisions, computer, laptops, mobile phones and elevators.

Md Imdadul Haque, assistant personal secretary to the foreign minister; Humayun Kabir, Alamgir Alam Sarker, deputy managing directors of WHIL; Liakat Ali, deputy managing director of Walton Digi-Tech Industries Ltd; Col (retd) SM Shahadat Alam, Uday Hakim, Yusuf Ali and Easir Al-Imran, senior executive directors of WHIL; Abdullah Al-Mamun and Shahjada Salim, executive directors, were also present.