Bangladesh Supplement 2014

Noor Islam Engineering Company
Steps of success
M
A Hashem is one of the
leading industrialists in
the UAE who is currently
channelling his resources to establish
a feasible industry in Bangladesh
as his next generation takes
over the day-to-day running of the
business in the UAE.
He is one of the most successful
non-resident Bangladeshi industrialists
in the UAE to whom success
is not an exception, but an
example. Today, by the sheer dint
of hard work and efficient management,
he presides over his businesses
as an astounding leader.
Born in 1954, he began his career
from as a trainee, grasping the
technical aspects of engineering.
Gradually, he mastered the art of
the trade and achieved excellence
in his field. He learned mechanical
and other engineering works in
Pak-Arabian Engineering Workshop.
After that he joined United
Company in Dubai and worked at
Emarat Marine for one year each
further honing his skills.
But deep down he wanted to
become a successful businessman.
That dream became a reality
in 1978, when he began his entrepreneurial
venture by establishing
Noor Islam Engineering Company
(formerly known as Noor Islam
Turning Workshop), one of the
largest engineering industry of its
kind in Mussaffah.
Employing over 100 people the
company takes care of all types of
lathe machine works, steel fabrication,
engine overhauling, oilfield
repairing, refurbishing of
heavy earthmoving machinery
and vehicles. In over three
decades, the business has
expanded and diversified into different
ventures under the visionary
leadership of Hashem. Now
the company has more than 60
Bangladesh
Work in progress at Noor Islam Engineering Workshop in Mussaffah
machines of various industrial
applications capable of covering
major types of damages, repairing
and overhauling works. The company
is currently in the process of
achieving an international
accreditation (API Certification)
that will enlist it for all types of
machine repair works in the oil
and gas sector.
Besides Noor Islam, he is also
the proprietor of Dhaka Engineering
and Turning Workshop, which
is based in Sharjah and a shareholder
of a leading garments
industry based in Chittagong.
Currently his sons are in the
process of taking over additional
responsibilities and take the
business further from where it
is now.