The BGMEA is set to go for test run of the country’s first testing lab for RMG products with a view to rendering better services with lower prices to the local exporters. After going for commercial operation, the lab would save a significant amount of hard-earned foreign currencies as all the testing labs presently operating in the country are of foreign origin that regularly siphon off a large amount of profits, they added. Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) with the technical assistance from two foreign organizations including SGS have setup the modern testing lab at its head office in Dhaka at a cost of around US $ 1.0 million.
Around 30 local talents would be engaged in the lab primarily and later the same would be expanded and another 250 experts would be recruited in phases. BGMEA President Shafiul Islam Mohiuddin informed that the testing charges would be at least 30 per cent lower than that of the foreign ones. Besides, the BGMEA President also said that whatever profit the association would make through this lab, would be spent for the welfare of the garment workers of the country and for further expansion of the lab.
