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Intertek enters strategic partnership with BEXIMCO
Intertek enters strategic partnership with BEXIMCO.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n RNS Number : 7352U\n Intertek Group PLC\n 31 July 2020\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Intertek enters strategic partnership with leading Bangladesh corporation BEXIMCO to meet the growing demand for high quality PPE required to tackle the global pandemic.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 31 July 2020\n \n \n \n \n \n Intertek, a leading Total Quality Assurance provider to industries worldwide, is pleased to announce that it has entered into an exclusive services appointment and strategic partnership with Bangladesh Export Import Company Limited (BEXIMCO), a diversified private sector group in Bangladesh across a wide range of industries, and one of South Asia's largest vertically integrated textile and garment companies. \n \n \n \n \n \n The spread of COVID-19 has seen the demand for PPE rise significantly and as disease continues to spread throughout the globe, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has described, the chronic, global shortage of PPE as \"one of the most urgent threats to our collective ability to save lives.\" South Asia and Bangladesh are now emerging as the new hotspots for PPE manufacturing and have ramped up the manufacturing of world-class, large-scale PPE. \n \n \n \n \n \n BEXIMCO, based in Dhaka, has recently set up a new PPE Industrial Park, close to their company headquarters, having exported 6.5 million PPE gowns to the USA, with a vision to become one of the major players in PPE manufacturing globally.\n \n \n \n \n \n For more than 15 years, Intertek has served as a trusted partner to BEXIMCO, providing Assurance, Testing, Inspection and Certification (ATIC) services for their textiles and apparels business. Under the strategic agreement, Intertek will have exclusive rights to operate and manage the new PPE quality assurance laboratory from planning and set-up, to providing guidelines on equipment, managing the daily operations and provision of technical experts to delivering accreditations. The operational lab will cater to all customers across the PPE ecosystem in Bangladesh including the Government of Bangladesh (Ministry of Health), WHO, DGDA (Directorate General of Drug Administration) and private manufacturers alike.\n \n \n \n \n \n Intertek's extensive expertise in pr...