Acme Laboratories Explained
The ACME Laboratories Ltd. is a pharmaceutical company based in Bangladesh. It is part of the ACME Group of Companies.[1] [2] [3] [4] Mizanur Rahman Sinha is the managing director and largest shareholder of the company and Nagina Afzal Sinha is the chairperson.[5]
Corporate history
- 1954 Year of the establishment (initially as a partnership)
- 1976 The firm was converted into a private limited company
- 1983 Commercial operation at the modernized plant equipped with sophisticated and advanced facilities
- 1995 Company reaches golden jubilee
Following regulatory approval in March 2019,[6] ACME began exporting to the United Kingdom in December 2019.[7] The next year, they entered the United States market by exporting Zolpidem, a generic sleeping tablet.[8] [9]
The company set up a plant in the Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API) Industrial Park in Gazaria Upazila of Munshiganj District by March 2023,[10] but was unable to start production for a year because of the lack of a natural gas connection. Titas Gas blamed insufficient gas supply for the delay.[11] [12]
Factories
ACME's plant is located at Dhulivita in Dhamrai, about 40 km northwest of Dhaka.
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Notes and References
- News: Dragon Sweater gets go-ahead for IPO. 2015-12-08. The Daily Star. 2016-10-03.
- News: Pharma industry set for expansion. The Daily Star. 2009-08-23. 2016-10-03.
- News: Pharma sales upbeat. The Daily Star. 2009-09-12. 2016-10-03.
- News: Bangladesh Business Awards 2006. The Daily Star. 2016-10-03.
- Web site: MarketScreener. The ACME Laboratories Ltd. : Shareholders Board Members Managers and Company Profile BD0491ACME00 MarketScreener. 2020-06-16. www.marketscreener.com. en.
- News: European markets now open for ACME Lab . The Financial Express . 12 March 2019.
- News: Tuhin . Ahsan Habib . ACME Lab enters England market this month . The Business Standard . 5 December 2019.
- News: ACME launches Zolpidem tablet in the US market . The Financial Express . 15 October 2020.
- News: Acme set to enter US market . The Daily Star . 16 October 2020.
- News: Chakma . Jagaran . Local production of pharma raw materials gaining traction . The Daily Star . 20 March 2023.
- News: Chakma . Jagaran . Factories at API park still unable to start production . The Daily Star . 8 August 2023.
- News: Chakma . Jagaran . Production at API Industrial Park to begin next month . The Daily Star . 17 March 2024.
