Navana Group is one of the largest conglomerates in Bangladesh with Navana Limited, one of its flagship companies, being the exclusive distributor of Toyota cars since 1964.
Over the subsequent years, the Group has expanded its businesses into other industries including real estate, construction, energy, furniture, food, welding and electrodes, electronics, logistics, and building products and continues to deliver superior performance remaining focused on sustainable growth.
Shafiul Islam Kamal is the founder and chairman of Navana Group since 1996. His family members are in the positions of Board of Directors.[2][3]
History
In 1996, Navana Group under Shafiul Islam Kamal as chairman emerged as a separate legal entity from Islam Group one year after the death of its Chairman Jahurul Islam, older brother of Kamal, which was then the largest business group in Bangladesh.[4]
List of companies
The companies of Navana Group are listed below:
- Navana Automobiles Limited[5] Toyota vehicles in Bangladesh.[6] (They are the only agent of Toyota in Bangladesh under Navana Limited.[7])
- Aftab Automobiles Limited,[8] a sister concern of Navana Group mainly a vehicle assembling and small parts manufacturing company. The company has been marketing Toyota & HINO vehicles for Bangladesh market since 1982, recently launched HINO -Mini bus.[9]
- NAVANA Batteries Limited.[10]
- Navana Real Estate Limited.[11]
- Navana Construction Limited.
- Navana Building Products Limited[12]
- Navana Interlinks Limited.[13]
- Navana Biponon Limited.[14]
- Navana Electronics Limited.[15]
- Navana Logistics Limited[16]
- Navana Petroleum Limited[17]
- Navana Engineering Limited.[18]
- Navana CNG Limited, a sister concern of Navana Group, is the leading CNG service provider of Bangladesh.
- Navana LPG Limited[19]
- Navana Welding Electrode Limited[20]
- Navana Furniture Limited[21]
- Navana Foods Limited is the franchise holder of Gloria Jean's Coffees and La Tarte.[22][23]
- Navana Engineering.[24]
US$126 million (2006)