# Big Dipper Textile Mills to build $91.15M yarn plant in Ishwardi EPZ

Big Dipper Textile Mills Ltd, a Canada-China owned enterprise, will establish a textile industry in Ishwardi Export Processing Zone (IEPZ) with an investment of $91.15 million. The plant will produce 15,422 tons of yarn annually and create 1,209 jobs.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2022-08-22
- Where: Ishwardi Export Processing Zone, Ishwardi, Bangladesh
- Value: $91.2M
- Jobs: 1,209
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 15,422 tons of yarn per year
- Products: yarn
- Sectors: [Industrial Textiles](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-textiles.md)

## Companies

- [Big Dipper Textile Mills Ltd](https://endata.com/companies/64850.md)
- [Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority](https://endata.com/companies/64851.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [dhakatribune.com](https://www.dhakatribune.com/business/275873/textile-sector-in-ishwardi-epz-gets-91.15m), 2022-08-22: "This fully foreign-owned company will produce annually 15,422 ton of yarn and 1209 Bangladeshi nationals will get employment opportunities in this factory."

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