Founded in 1990,[2] it is both the largest and oldest agricultural equipment maker in the country.[3][4] Having initially only associated with the tea processing industry in Sylhet,[5] it later expanded to include the manufacture of general farming machinery, specialising in tillers, seeders and power threshers among others.[3][6][7] At present, it exports its products throughout Bangladesh as well as delivering services internationally.[8]
In 2021, free equipment from Alim was distributed by the local upazila government to 64 farmers in the Nilphamari District of Rangpur Division.[9]
In 2022 company was cited by Bangladesh agriculture minister Dr Mohammad Abdur Razzaque as a successful local manufacturer of agricultural machinery, counterbalancing the import of machines from abroad.[10] The current owner received the "Agriculturally Important Person" award from the government in 2022, in recognition of its development of power tillers.[11] Alim has received assistance from the U.S.-supported Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia to help provide locally produced machines to support agriculture in the area of Cox's Bazar affected by Rohynga migration.[12]
