please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . september 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message this article contains content that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . september 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message ici pakistan type public traded as kse ici industry chemical founded 1952 headquarters karachi pakistan key people muhammad ali tabba number of employees 1107 2014 website http www.ici.com.pk ici pakistan limited imperial chemical industries is located in karachi pakistan . ici pakistan was acquired by younas brother group in december 2012 after its parent shareholder akzonobel nbv decided to divest its shares from all other ici owned businesses in pakistan except the paints business . paints is now listed as a separate entity in the stock exchange with the name of akzonobel pakistan limited . all the remaining business merged to form ici pakistan limited which now operates under the flag of younas brother group . contents 1 history 2 businesses 2.1 polyester 2.2 soda ash 2.3 life sciences 2.4 chemicals 3 references 4 external links history edit ici pakistan limited was set up as a public limited company in pakistan in 1952 . ici s presence in this part of the world however predates the formation of the public limited company and indeed pakistan itself . the khewra soda ash company a predecessor of ici pakistan limited set up a soda ash manufacturing facility in khewra in 1944 with a capacity of 18 000 tonnes per annum . this facility was sited next to the salt range as rock salt and limestone ; two key raw materials for manufacturing soda ash were available here in abundance . citation needed ici pakistan operates diverse businesses and services to a number of industries in pakistan including textiles glass pharmaceuticals agriculture and livestock construction automobiles chemicals cement fertilizer rubber detergents footwear food beverages and leather with back end relationships in twenty three countries . today ici pakistan s four businesses polyester soda ash life sciences and chemicals manufacture and sell a range of industrial and consumer products . these include polyester staple fibres poy chips light and dense soda ash sodium bicarbonate specialty chemicals polyurethanes and adhesives and arranges manufacture on a toll basis of pharmaceutical and animal health products . it also markets seeds and in addition is engaged in trading in various specialized chemicals for use in industries in pakistan . in 1995 ici pakistan limited set up a usd 490 million pta manufacturing facility at port qasim near karachi which was commissioned in 1998 . in 2001 the business was demerged to form pakistan pta limited a subsidiary of ici plc uk . ici pakistan is one of the largest quoted companies on the karachi lahore and islamabad stock exchanges with a paid up share capital of rs 1.39 billion . the company has around 1 294 permanent employees and the same numbers of people provide services through contractual arrangements . businesses edit this section does not cite any sources . please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . april 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message polyester edit ici pakistan pioneered polyester staple fibre psf technology in pakistan through its investment in a 12 000 tonnes per annum psf plant commissioned in 1982 in sheikhupura near lahore . soda ash edit while the soda ash plant dates back to 1939 commercial production began in 1944 . over the years the capacity of the plant has been increased through expansion in line with market demand . the total capacity of the plant today is 350 000 tons . in 1995 the business commissioned a 10ktpa plant for the manufacture of sodium bicarbonate which was further expanded to 20ktpa in 2004 . besides the business also produces 250 tons per day of dense ash na2co3.h20 which is an essential raw material for glass making . ici pakistan s soda ash business caters to approximately 70 % of the country s total soda ash requirement . the business mainly uses indigenous raw materials and locally made equipment . the plant is located in khewra near the salt range . life sciences edit the life sciences business consists of three divisions ; pharmaceuticals animal health and agri division chemicals edit ici pakistan chemicals business consists of general chemicals and specialty chemicals formerly uniqema . the general chemicals segment includes trading and polyurethanes and is involved in the import manufacturing sale and distribution of industrial chemicals . the trading segment comprises a portfolio of fourteen product groupings with over 250 products variants including trading partners such as national starch & chemicals huntsman polyurethanes ineos chlor nalco huntsman tioxide supplemented by imports of complementary product lines from companies in the usa europe and the far east . this segment markets a product range used for various applications including power cement textiles paints pharmaceuticals personal care food & beverage solvents detergents footwear and household appliances . references edit external links edit ici pakistan official site v t e kmi 30 companies of pakistan abbott laboratories pakistan attock cement attock refinery cherat cement d.g. khan cement engro foods fauji fertilizer bin qasim fauji fertilizer company limited glaxosmithkline pakistan hub power company ici pakistan indus motors company karachi electric supply company kohat cement lafarge pakistan lotte chemical pakistan lucky cement maple leaf cement mari petroleum company limited millat tractors national refinery nishat mills oil and gas development company packages ltd. pak suzuki motors pakistan oilfields pakistan petroleum pakistan state oil pakistan telecommunication company ltd shell pakistan as of july 2013 v t e kse 30 companies of pakistan adamjee insurance arif habib corporation limited askari bank attock petroleum attock refinery bank al falah bank al habib d.g. khan cement engro corporation engro foods fatima fertilizer fauji fertilizer bin qasim fauji fertilizer company limited hbl pakistan hub power company ici pakistan js group kot addu power company lucky cement mcb bank limited millat tractors national bank of pakistan national refinery nishat mills oil and gas development company pakistan oilfields pakistan petroleum pakistan state oil pakistan telecommunication company ltd trg pakistan united bank limited pakistan as of july 2013 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ici pakistan & oldid 730008427 categories 1952 establishments in pakistanchemical companies of pakistancompanies based in karachi districtcompanies established in 1952companies listed on the karachi stock exchangehidden categories articles needing additional references from september 2012all articles needing additional referencesarticles with a promotional tone from september 2012all articles with a promotional toneall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from september 2012articles needing additional references from april 2013 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 16 july 2016 at 03 12 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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