Monno
Ceramic
Monno Ceramic is a well-known ceramic tableware
manufacturing company which started in 1989 by Harun Rashid Khan Monno. The
ceramic plates are of good quality and known locally as well as internationally.
People from Bangladesh took it for granted and thought since it was produced locally,
it might not be that good since foreign-made products are always better.
Life
of Monno
Harunur
Rashid Khan Monno, the person who founded the company in
1980 was a student of Chartered Accountancy. He joined Adamjee Company in the
accounts department. Adamjee group of companies, founded by Haji Dawood and is
valued at billions of dollars.
Adamjee is a group of companies founded by Sir Haji
Adamjee Dawood who was from Gujrat. The Adamjee Jutemills he founded in 1950,
was established in Naryanganj, Bangladesh. (Then East Pakistan).
In the words of Monno, he went to meet Sir Adamjee and being
his employee told him,that he wanted to do business with his boss.
“After a few hours of waiting in the lobby, he finally
called me in, to inquire about my reason to meet with him. I was extremely
nervous but decided to come forth with the truth. I frankly told him that I
wanted to do business.”
That’s how it all started.
Monno later founded a press a got his 1st
order from Adamjee.
What is Monno Ceramics?
Monno Ceramics is a well-known
‘tableware manufacturer’ from Bangladesh. In case you did not not know
tableware includes dishes or dishware which is used for setting a table and
serving dining and food.
One of the few companies
who believed in the dream of Bangladesh. The founder Haruner Rashed Khan Monno
was truly a visionary’ as mentioned by
Most people pay attention
to Dinnerware like Plates. The brand associated with plates/cookery was at a
time in Bangladesh all foreign brands. The brands mostly were:
·
Pyrex
·
Arcopal
In 1984, a brand entered the
Bangladeshi scene for the local market. That was Monno Ceramics.
We tend to always think
that if a brand is foreign: from the UK, USA, or Japan, it has to be good, and other
brands are not even worth mentioning. This is an old concept of the 1970s and 80s.
The World has moved on.
Monno
Ceramics
Monno
Ceramics was the Bangladeshi answer to Pyrex and Arcopal. Since
these were expensive and not available locally. This was started in 1981 in
Bangladesh. But in 1984, the company was formally started.
Monno Ceramics became so popular that in the 1980s it
was a common household name.
Monno Ceramic has a dinner set which was most prized.
Dinner
Sets
OPHELIA
DINNER SET
6 x Dinner Plate
6 x Dessert Plate
6 x Tea Cup
6 x Tea Saucer
6 x Cereal Bowl
1 x Round Salad
Bowl
1 x Round Serving Plate
Cost 10,000 BDT.(100 USD).
If you are looking for a souvenir to take from
Bangladesh, Buy something from Monno Ceramic.
Stories involving Monno Ceramics.
There is the story of a man coming to visit his country Bangladesh after several years . This was the
1980s where Dinner sets were prized, especially if they were foreign.
At the airport whilst checking his baggage, a Monno
Ceramic Dinnerst was found. He was shocked and hurt to find out it was made in
Bangladesh and would have been cheaper to buy from from his destination. He
thought since he bought from United Kingdom, it had to be from Europe or
nearby.!
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