PRAN-RFL Group stared its operations in 1981 with setting up of a small cast iron foundry to produce small irrigation equipments and other farm implements to provide cheap and affordable irrigation facilities to the rural mass. After a successful period of 5 years the group diversified its operations into agriculture in 1986 through contract farming. PRAN-RFL further cemented its place in the industry through a food processing plant at Ghorashal in 1992.The group started exporting in 1997 with canned pineapple to France which eventually increased into currently 145 countries from South East Asia, Middle East, and Africa along with Europe and North Africa.

The Group has established itself as the market leader in its respective fields of operations with two brands i.e PRAN & RFL.

TODAY’S PRAN-RFL GROUP:

• Market leader in fmcg-food, plastic, pvc and light engineering sectors
• Has manufacturing units in 23 locations in Bangladesh
• Exporting to 141 countries globally
• The achiever of best exporter’s trophy for last 16 years
• Directly employing over 105,000 people
• Employing over 100,000 contractual farmers
• Over 1.5mn people subsist on PRAN-RFL Group.

PRAN-RFL Group always represented trustworthy and ethical leadership. Our values have sustained us for thirty years and will continue to drive us into the future.

ACHIEVEMENTS OF PRAN-RFL GROUP:

The Group’s major achievement has been to try to consolidate fragmented land holdings and to organize farmers into ‘contract growers’ of specific crops for consumption in PRAN’s major processed products. With the elimination of the middlemen, farmers receive fair prices for their produce & due to technical assistance from the agro-processing industry, yields, quality and income have risen considerably. Poverty alleviation through profitable enterprises is now a reachable goal for many farmers. This resolution is perhaps PRAN’s greatest achievement.

The Bangladeshi farmer is still the principal beneficiary & prime focus of the enterprise. The Group’s achievements include:

• Most diversified product range in two prime areas: food & plastic
• The agro processing company in the country with 1800 products
• Another 5800 product lines in light engineering & plastic sector
• Its products are manufactured in 23 different locations spread all over the country
• Directly employs over 110,000 people: men & women
• Another 15,0000 people subsist on PRAN-RFL Group
• Sources its raw materials from contract growers
• The largest exporters of agro-processed products in the country, exporting to over 141 countries of the world
• The Group comprises two listed corporates: PRAN & RFL, in Dhaka & Chittagong stock exchanges with blue chip status and
• The Group is one of the fastest growing corporate in the country