ABOUT US

Decades of Excellence in Scientific Solutions

For over seven decades, AQ Chowdhury has been the trusted partner for laboratories across pharmaceuticals, materials science, environmental monitoring, and academic research in Bangladesh.

Our Mission

To provide cutting-edge scientific instruments and exceptional service that empowers researchers, industries, and institutions to achieve breakthrough discoveries and maintain the highest standards of quality.

Our Vision

To be the most trusted partner for scientific instrumentation in Bangladesh and beyond, recognized for our technical expertise, integrity, and commitment to advancing science and industry.

The Beginning

After the Second World War, political changes took place in the Indian sub-continent. India was divided and A.Q. Chowdhury, a well-known journalist and former editor for the Assam Herald, joined Ali Bhoy Ltd., Dhaka as its Managing Director for the marketing of radios and cameras in 1948. Thereafter, Prof. S.N. Mitra of the Department of Physics, Dhaka University inspired the young A.Q. Chowdhury to establish the present company.

In 1950, A.Q. Chowdhury was formally registered as a company dealing in scientific products. By 1954 it was already known throughout Pakistan as the leading supplier of scientific instruments and chemicals, trading with international companies like Zeiss, Reichert, Leybold, and E. Merck.

After the Liberation War of 1971, Bangladesh got its independence and AQC continued its business as the leading supplier of scientific instruments and chemicals. Today, the company specializes in turnkey packages to set up Scientific Research Centers, Quality Control, Environmental and Science Teaching Laboratories.

These packages include from the supply of equipment to installation, maintenance, and training of the workforce. A.Q. Chowdhury Science & Synergy (Pvt.) Ltd. is Bangladesh's leading supplier of scientific instruments.

Founder

A.Q. Chowdhury

Milestones

1950 Chowdhury Baba takes the registered name of AQ Chowdhury. Starts trading with leading companies of Western Europe.
1958 Donates to Diabetic Association (now BIRDEM) instruments to set up its first Pathological Laboratory.
1969 Enters the field of Nuclear Instrumentation with a major supply to Pakistan Atomic Energy Center.
1972 Restructured to meet the challenges of a new nation.
1976 Installs country's first Automated Clinical Analyzer.
1980 Installs country's first Microprocessor Development System.
1985 Installs country's first 90MHz FT NMR Spectrometer. Opens office in New York.
1986 Installs country's first high Resolution GC-Mass Spectrometer.
1990 Installs X-Ray Diffractometer.
1991 Installs Scanning Electron Microscope.
1992 Develops 'Plasma Plus', South Asia's first Application Laboratory in Science & Technology.
1993 Transition from proprietary to a private limited company. Installs country's first FT-IR Spectrophotometer.
1995 Installs country's first Biplane Coronary Angiograph System with Digital Subtraction Angiography.
1996 Installs country's first PC based GC and HPLC workstation.
1999 Application Laboratory recognized by Bangladesh Government as a Centre for Technology Transfer.
2000 Installation of country's first Mobile Air Monitoring System and first Total Organic Carbon Analyzer.
2004 Extends Engineering & Application Services to Nepal. Installation of FT-NIR Spectrophotometer System and 100th unit of HPLC.
2007 Installation of Scanning Electron Microscope with EDS, 41-channel Optical Emission Spectrometer, and dual-view ICP Spectrometer.
2008 Installation of 200th unit of HPLC and 100th unit of GC. Established a Laser Lab at Centre of Excellence, Dhaka University.
2010 Installed 'NEXERA', the world's fastest HPLC. Introduced 'ANTEC' Electrochemical Detector.
2013 Installs country's first Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope, the JEOL JSM-7600F at BUET.
2017-18 Company-wide restructuring and change in leadership to guide towards sustainable success in the new era.
2019 Installed JSM-7000 Neoscope with integrated EDS in the Forensic Laboratory of Rapid Action Battalion.
2022 Installed 200KV Transmission Electron Microscope JEM-2100Plus in IGCRT, BCSIR, Dhaka.
2023 Installed country's first medical TEM JEM-1400Flash at AFIP, and JSM-IT800 at BCSIR Rajshahi.

Pioneering means to be driven by the vision of solutions beyond the conventional and by the ambition to be the first to do that.

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