AC sales peak ahead of summer

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Business Report :
Following the sweltering heat with the advent of summer, the sales of air conditioners have been increased across the country as people are thronging the outlets of different brands’ air conditioners to get relief from the summer heat.
People crowed to the outlets of different brand’s ACs like Walton, Marcel, Sony Rangs, LG Butterfly, Jamuna and Panasonic at the capital’s largest electronics market, Bangabandu Stadium Market.
The sales of local brands ACs are higher compared to the imported ACs. The air conditioners made by the local brand electronics good manufacturing company ‘Walton Group’ are in the highest demands of customers for world’s latest technology and affordable prices, said sales executives of those outlets.
Besides, Walton, for the first time in Bangladesh, is offering a six-month replacement guarantee along with three years service warrantee for its ACs, they said.
They also pointed out that last year, there was a supply crunch as the demands for ACs were increased abruptly following heavy summer heat. Thus this year, they have already created a sufficient stock of ACs to meet the increase demands of ACs across the country.
Analyzing the market situation, Walton has already doubled its production and sales target to meet the ever-increasing demands of ACs. In addition, the local brand has created a sufficient stock of ACs at its factory ‘Walton Hi-Tech Industries Corporation Ltd, at Chandra in Gazipur.
The annual demands of AC in Bangladesh is nearly 1.5 lakh pieces whereas the annual production capacity of AC at Walton Hi-Tech Industries is about 3 lakh, almost doubled of the prevailing local demands.
By the production of world-class high tech ACs, the country’s leading electronics goods manufacturing company ‘Walton’ is not only saving huge amount of local currency from the import bills but also bagging significant amount of foreign currencies through exporting ACs, which are congenial to the weather of importers’ countries.
The local brand is also applying ‘AAA’ technology in its AC to reduce the electricity consumption.
The demands for Walton brand’s AC were increased abruptly across the country following the sweltering summer heat, said Emdadul Haque Sarkar, executive director and head of marketing of Walton.  
In addition, latest technology ‘Golden Fin’ is being applied in the Walton ACs side by side high grade compressor is also used in those ACs, said Uday Hakim, operative director of Walton adding that “Walton is manufacturing environment-friendly and energy saving ACs at affordable prices with the assurance of highest quality.”
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