Transcom Group is a Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

i business conglomerate

Conglomerate (company)

A conglomerate is a combination of two or more corporations engaged in entirely different businesses that fall under one corporate structure , usually involving a parent company and several subsidiaries. Often, a conglomerate is a multi-industry company...

. The businesses under this group include Beverage, Pharmaceuticals, Newspaper, Radio channel, Electronics, Foods etc. This group employs more than 8000 people.

History

Transcom group started its journey in 1885 through tea plantations. This diversified business house now has interests in many segments in the industrial and service sectors in Bangladesh.

Some of the brands managed by the group include: Pepsi, 7-Up, Mirinda, KFC, Pizza Hut, Phillips N.V, Whirlpool, Maybeline, Garnier, Heinz, Frito-Lay, Lindt, Servier, Novo-Nordisk.

Other aspects of the business include:

• Pharmaceuticals (Eskayef Bangladesh Ltd. www.skfbd.com)
• Newspapers (Prothom Alo www.prothom-alo.com & The Daily Star www.thedailystar.net)
• FM Radio (ABC Radio FM 89.2 www.abcradiobd.fm)
• Distribution (Transcom Distribution Company ltd.)

List of companies

• Transcom Beverages Limited
• Beverage Distribution Limited
• Prothom Alo
  Prothom Alo
  Prothom Alo is a major daily newspaper in Bangladesh, published from Dhaka in the Bengali language.-History:Prothom Alo was founded on 4 November 1998. As at January 2009, it had an average circulation of 435,000...
  
  
• The Daily Star
  The Daily Star (Bangladesh)
  The Daily Star is the largest circulating English daily newspaper in Bangladesh. Established by Syed Mohammed Ali in 14 January 1991, the newspaper is owned by Mediastar a venture of the Transcom Group, headed by Latifur Rahman...
  
  
• ABC Radio
• Transcom Foods Limited
• Transcom Electronics Limited
• Transcom Cables Limited
• Eskayef Bangladesh Limited
  Eskayef Bangladesh Limited
  Eskayef Bangladesh Limited, also known as SK+F, is a pharmaceutical company based in Bangladesh. It is part of the Transcom Group.- Corporate history :...
  
  
• Bangladesh Electrical Industries Ltd.
• Bangladesh Lamps Ltd.
• Tea Holdings Limited
• Transcom Distribution Co. Ltd.
• Saphtahik 2000
• Anondodhara
• Transcraft Limited
• Transfin Trading Limited
• Trinco Limited