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• ICI establishes its first manufacturing site for the production of Soda Ash at Khewra
• 1953The Khewra Soda Ash Company is incorporated as a public limited company
• 1965ICI Pakistan acquires Fuller Paints Limited
• 1966The name of Khewra Soda Ash Company changes to ICI Pakistan Manufacturers Limited
• 1968ICI Pakistan Manufacturers Limited commissions its Speciality Chemicals Plant in Karachi
• 1970ICI Pakistan Manufacturers Limited sets up a Pharmaceutical Factory in Naryanganj East Pakistan. After 1971, the factory became part of ICI Bangladesh Manufacturers Limited
• 1973Fuller Paints changes its name to Paintex LimitedICI Pakistan Manufacturers Limited sets up a Polyester Plant at Sheikhupura with a capacity of 12,000 tons
• 1985Imperial Chemical Industries Pakistan (Private) Limited and Paintex Limited merge into ICI Pakistan Manufacturers Limited
• 1987The company changes its name to ICI Pakistan Limited
• 1991ICI Pakistan PowerGen Limited is incorporated as a public limited company
• 1994ICI Pakistan increases capacity of Soda Ash Plant by 50,000 tons
• 1996ICI Pakistan increases Polyester Fiber capacity to 60,000 tons and Polymerization capacity to 91,000 tons
• 1998ICI commissions its PTA Plant at Port Qasim Karachi
• 2000PTA Business demerges to form a separate entity, Pakistan PTA Limited
• 2001Soda Ash Site completes Automation Cogeneration & Debottlenecking Project
• 2002ICI Pakistan increases capacity of Polyester Plant by 44,000 tons
The Pharmaceutical and Animal Health Segment was combined with the Agrochemicals and Seeds Segment to form the company’s Life Sciences Business
• 2006As a part of an asset modernization and improvement plan the Polyester Business commissions a sixth processing line
• 2007ICI Pakistan completes 50,000 tons expansion of its Soda Ash plants
• 2008AkzoNobel, one of the largest coatings and chemicals company in the world becomes the ultimate holding company of ICI Pakistan Limited
• 2009ICI Pakistan completes 65,000 tons expansion of its Soda Ash plant
Polyester Site completes Cogeneration Project
Pakistan PTA Limited is acquired by Lotte Worldwide Group
• 2010ICI Pakistan Foundation implements a PKR 50 million pan-country Flood Relief & Rehabilitation Program providing food and medical care and constructing two villages for affectees
• 2011AkzoNobel demerges the Paints Business into a separate legal entity, Akzo Nobel Pakistan Limited
• 2012Lucky Holdings Limited acquires majority shareholding from AkzoNobel and becomes the ultimate holding company of ICI Pakistan Limited
• 2013Launch of new corporate identity, vision and values

Soda Ash
It would be hard to go anywhere in today’s world without being close to a product produced with or containing Soda Ash. Reading the newspaper, sipping on a glass of orange juice, biting into a hot croissant, or simply wearing freshly laundered clothes, you experience the use of Soda Ash every day. Without Soda Ash, the manufacturing of necessary commodities such as glass, paper and detergents would not be possible. The closest you get to this versatile chemical compound is the baking soda tin in your kitchen used as a baking ingredient.
We are the largest Soda Ash producer in the country. Our Soda Ash Plant in Khewra was established in the 1940s, even before the creation of Pakistan starting with a capacity of 18,000 tons per annum.
We have made huge investments in growing this business and our current annual capacity of 350,000 tons per annum provides assurance to our customers that ICI Soda Ash can be relied upon as a trusted and reliable supplier for high quality Soda Ash. We utilize indigenous raw materials to ensure substantial foreign exchange savings through import substitution.

Polyester
Scrunch it, stretch it, wash it – without any wear and wrinkles. That’s what polyester is famous for. Used in the manufacturing of all kinds of clothes and home furnishings, polyester became the fabric of choice in a changing economy of speed, efficiency and convenience.
The first polyester fiber, Terylene, was introduced to the world by ICI in 1941.From the disco clothing of the 1970s with all its jazz and flash, to today’s stretchy sportswear and outdoor gear, polyester has been popular through the ages.
We introduced this wonderful product to this country as far back as the early 80’s. As pioneers of the polyester staple fiber technology in Pakistan, we enabled the cotton rich textile industry to diversify their products and be more competitive in the international arena where the growth of manmade fibers has been phenomenal.
Polyester Staple Fiber (PSF) a synthetic fiber, is spun into yarn which is then woven or knitted into fabric use to make clothing, bed sheets and other textile products. It is hard to comprehend thus that this fiber, which so closely resembles cotton in its applications is not grown in the fields but is a part of the petrochemicals chain and the shirt that you wear has actually been derived from crude oil!

Life Sciences
Our name says it all: ours is the science of life – your life. Helping you maintain and improve the quality of life is a role we are proud of and take very seriously.
We have a strong portfolio of well-researched leading brands and we keep diversifying our product range so that whether you need advanced pharmaceuticals for your healthcare needs or superior seeds to improve the quality of essential crops, we can ensure that you get the best.
Our business is diverse and we are proud of the important role we play in helping enhance lives; for example, we market some of the leading pharmaceutical brands today such as drugs to fight life-threatening diseases like cancer. Due to this, we are even more committed to innovation and keeping ahead of the curve with products and services that draw on the newest research and latest advances. We want to make sure our customers trust in us remains solid and that our brands remain synonymous with quality and consumer confidence.
We have three different business segments:
• Pharmaceuticals
• Seeds
• Animal Health
Pharmaceuticals
We market some of the leading pharmaceutical brands today such as drugs to fight life-threatening diseases like cancer.
We aim to keep our therapeutic horizon as broad as possible, so that we are not restricted in any manner. We not only market a strong portfolio of leading and innovative brands of prescription medicines from AstraZeneca, a leading multinational healthcare company, but also market our own brands. Our portfolio includes medicines under product lines of
• Cardiology
• Oncology
• Anti-infectives
• Analgesics
• Gastroenterology
• Probiotics.
Our sustainable business applications, ethical practices and professional team and wide geographical footprint have placed us as the number one company in the Cardiology segment and a leader in the Oncology segment in Pakistan.

Seeds
Meticulously grown seeds to provide you vigorous and healthy produce that would not only have superior germination but also higher immunity against plant diseases.
Through decades of experience, we provide you the finest seeds, bio-fertilizers and micronutrients for lucrative yield that would ensure greater value for your money.
Since its inception in 1990, our Seeds and Vegetable Seeds segment has diversified and expanded, allowing us to provide holistic solutions to our customers. Today, we are marketing both imported as well as locally produced seeds that offer superior yield to farmers. We also offer innovative solutions like bio fertilizers (environment friendly bacteria for increased soil nutrition are proud to have introduced Pakistan’s first organic Kitchen Gardening Kit – “Kundan” which is a one stop solution for growing fresh, high quality organic vegetables at home.

Animal Health
Over four decades of introducing pioneering technologies in the Animal Health Industry, we provide livestock and poultry solutions to farmers across Pakistan.
We offer superior quality products encompassing a wide range of therapeutic categories including Anthelmintics, Antiprotozoals, Antibacterials, Restoratives, Growth Promoters, Disinfectants, BST (Milk Enhancers), Dairy & Poultry Nutrition and Biologicals catering to the livestock and poultry segments.
We represent some of the largest animal health companies of the world including MSD Animal Health, Elanco, Buyer Animal Health and DuPont. Alongside, we are also developing a range of ‘Own Brands’ to improve animal and veterinary care in Pakistan.

Chemicals
Our chemicals find their way into everything from food to building materials and from sports shoes to medical electronics. Our products make vehicle transmissions and fridges run smoothly and the vital ingredients in many personal and household care products come from us.
We are not stretching the truth when we say we service practically every industry in the country! Our chemicals are essential in all kinds of manufacturing processes and in products from adhesives to paint, and from insulation for housing and refrigeration to textile auxiliaries that determine the finish of fabrics we use.
We enjoy the benefit of global insights and knowledge amassed from a long history of serving our customers needs. We don’t just manufacture and market essential ingredients for today’s demanding industrial world, we also offer technical solutions.
The two segments of our Chemicals Business are:
• Specialty Chemicals
• General Chemicals

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