Bangladesh, Oct. 22 -- Chinese-owned SBS Zipper Bangladesh Co Ltd has started commercial production at the Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority's (Bepza) Economic Zone-01 in Mirsharai, Chattogram, with an investment of $15.51 million.

The company manufactures zippers, zipper components, plastic buttons and related accessories, according to a Bepza press release issued on Tuesday.

The company has invested $15.51 million against a proposed investment of $19.97 million, the release said.

Spread across six industrial plots, the factory currently employs 140 Bangladeshi workers. It aims to create jobs for more than 2,000 local people once it reaches full-scale operations.

The inauguration ceremony was attended by the group's chair...