BASF-Grameen launches magic mosquito net in Bangladesh

by News Desk
March 24, 2012

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A joint venture project of world-famous German company BASF and Nobel Prize winner Dr. Yunus' Grameen has started commercial production of Magic Mosquito net in Bangladesh from March 23, 2012. Effective up to 20 washes, depending on local conditions, the fendozin-rich net would kill mosquitoes and other bugs within 20 minutes after they come in contact with it, said officials.
The nets are already available across the country and cost TK 650~700 [US$ 8-9] a piece.
The nets meet the requirements of the World Health Organization and are "extremely safe" for humans and other mammals, said Saria Sadique, managing director of BASF Bangladesh.
The country's first Long Lasting Impregnated Net [LLIN] plant, which has been set up in the industrial park, cost TK 124 million and has created jobs for 800 people.
The plant owned and operated by Grameen Fabrics and Fashions will manufacture the nets under the brand name Interceptor. BASF Grameen Limited will market the product. In near future, this magic mosquito net will also be exported to a number of countries in the world.
The plant can now produce up to 3,000 nets a day and its capacity would enhance in days to come, said Prof Yunus in his speech.
He said there would be three units under the plant. Of them one unit will be dedicated to export, should other countries feel interested about the product.
This plant will produce all the nets needed in Bangladesh, not for one or two districts. It has the capacity to take care of the whole country as far as malaria is concerned.
Due to its geographic position,