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PolyBio Industries Ltd. Farm-to-Pharma · Industrial Biotechnology

About

Building value from
biological resources

PolyBio Industries Ltd. is a registered Bangladeshi industrial biotechnology company building an integrated Farm-to-Pharma platform — from agricultural raw material through advanced processing to pharmaceutical, food and industrial ingredients.

The problem

Bangladesh produces substantial agricultural surplus, and loses a meaningful part of it after harvest for want of industrial offtake. At the same time the country imports refined starch, excipients and related ingredients that its own pharmaceutical and food manufacturers depend on. Value that could be created domestically is lost twice.

The response

PolyBio is building the industrial link between the two: a processing and biotechnology platform that converts agricultural resources into the refined ingredients those industries buy. The first plant is designed for pharmaceutical-grade native potato starch; the platform is designed to extend well beyond it.

The approach

Proven European process technology rather than experimental equipment. Hygienic, GMP-oriented design from the first drawing rather than retrofitted later. Every by-product stream evaluated for recovery before it is treated as waste. Nothing claimed until it is verified.

Mission

What the platform is for

  • Transform agricultural surplus into high-value pharmaceutical, food and industrial ingredients
  • Reduce post-harvest losses and capture more value inside Bangladesh
  • Create stronger, more stable markets and fairer income for farmers
  • Build rural and industrial employment in Northern Bangladesh
  • Strengthen the national pharmaceutical raw-material supply chain
  • Reduce dependence on imported industrial and pharmaceutical ingredients
  • Apply circular economy and bioeconomy principles across the platform
  • Build an internationally competitive platform for domestic and export markets

Corporate record

Registered facts

The venture was developed under the working name Agro-Pharma Refinery Ltd. (APRL) before incorporation. PolyBio Industries Ltd. is the current and only registered corporate identity.

Registered namePolyBio Industries Ltd.
RJSC registrationC-212591/2026
Date of incorporation03 August 2026
Registered officeSonargaon Imtiaz Tower 10/A, Free School Street Road, Kawran Bazar, Dhaka-1205, Bangladesh
PositioningFarm-to-Pharma · Industrial Biotechnology
StageDevelopment stage — Phase 1 under development

Leadership

Board and management

MD Shohel Rana

Chairman

Leads corporate strategy, industrial project architecture, financial structuring and institutional engagement.

Iffat Imami

Managing Director

Leads corporate execution, operations planning and organisational development.

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