corporation limited type public traded as psx dawh industry fertilizer food power generation investment management founded basic foundation 1948 holding company incorporated 2011 as dawood hercules corporation limited founder ahmed dawood headquarters karachi pakistan . area served pakistan key people hussain dawood chairman samad dawood ceo parent dawood group website http www.dawoodhercules.com dawood hercules corporation limited dh corp. is a pakistani investment holding company with diversified holdings in energy and foods . company investments include a 37 % ownership of associated company engro corporation limited and a 14 % stake in the hub power company limited . contents 1 business interests 2 former business interests 3 investments 4 business timeline 4.1 1948 4.2 1952 4.3 1954 4.4 1954 4.5 1960 4.6 1960 4.7 1961 4.8 1967 4.9 1968 4.10 1971 4.11 1971 4.12 1974 4.13 1984 4.14 1996 4.15 1998 4.16 2002 4.17 2002 4.18 2003 4.19 2004 4.20 2004 4.21 2006 4.22 2010 4.23 2010 4.24 2011 4.25 2011 4.26 2012 4.27 2015 5 board of directors 6 references 7 external links business interests edit dawood lawrencepur limited tenaga generasi limited pebbles private limited inbox business technologies cyan limited former business interests edit dh fertilizers limited wholly owned subsidiary 1 elixir securities pakistan private limited investments edit engro corporation limited hub power company limited business timeline edit 1948 edit ahmed dawood starts dawood group which would become the basis of many future businesses . 1952 edit dawood cotton mills limited set up in karachi . 1954 edit burewala textile mills limited established in punjab . 1954 edit lawrencepur woolen & textile mills became operational and produced yarn for hand knotted carpets blankets for armed forces tweed and worsted fabrics . 1960 edit the group establishes central insurance company . the company operated in all major cities of pakistan and transacted all conventional forms of insurance covers successfully . 1960 edit lawrencepur woolen & textile mills saw a revolutionary change as dawood group took over the mills . the new management took radical steps to expand and modernize the production facilities . 1961 edit formed in 1961 the dawood foundation is today one of the largest private charitable trusts in the country . the foundation has contributed funds for establishing schools colleges hospitals dispensaries and towards scholarships for students . 1967 edit dilon limited pakistan s first nylon yarn producer was established in karachi . 1968 edit dawood hercules chemicals limited was established as a joint venture between the dawood group and hercules chemicals inc. of the united states . it was the first private sector venture in pakistan to receive a loan by the world bank . 1971 edit in east pakistan karnaphuli paper mills karnaphuli rayon & chemicals limited dawood jute mills and dawood shipping company were founded . 1971 edit group investments in east pakistan were lost with the creation of bangladesh . the east pakistan industrial undertakings constituted almost 60 % of the group s activities . 1974 edit the business enterprise suffers further setbacks as the government of pakistan nationalizes a number of large pakistani industrial undertakings ; the group lost its flagship company dawood petroleum ltd. 1984 edit new polyester plant was installed at dilon unit with the daily capacity 4.5 ton of flat and textured filament yarn . 1996 edit burewala textile mills became pakistan s first spinning and weaving mill to receive the prestigious iso 9001 certification . 1998 edit lawrencepur woolen & textile mills obtained iso 9001 certification in april 1998 . 2002 edit hussain dawood elected chairman of dawood hercules chemicals limited . 2002 edit elixir securities a full service brokerage firm acquired . 2003 edit dawood hercules chemicals limited acquires 61 million shares 10 % in sui northern gas pipelines limited . 2 2004 edit amalgamation of all textile companies of the dawood group into a single entity named dawood lawrencepur limited . 2004 edit the group acquires a majority stake in inbox business technologies pvt. ltd. pakistan s leading computer brand . 2006 edit hussain dawood assumes chairmanship of engro chemical pakistan ltd on 25 april 2006 . 2010 edit in june 2010 dawood hercules chemicals limited announces the demerger of its fertilizer business . 2010 edit the fertilizer business is transferred to a wholly owned and newly incorporated subsidiary dh fertilizers ltd. 2011 edit dawood hercules chemicals limited becomes dawood hercules corporation limited dh corp. a holding company which focuses on exploring investment opportunities . 3 2011 edit central insurance renamed as cyan limited becomes an equity investment company . 2012 edit dh corp. and its affiliates collectively acquire 16.42 % stake comprising 190mn shares in hub power company limited hubco . 4 2015 edit dh corp. sold 100 % shares of dh fertilizers limited dhfl to fatima group . 5 board of directors edit hussain dawood chairman samad dawood chief executive officer m. abdul aleem director shahzada dawood director sabrina dawood director parvez ghias director shabbir hashmi director frank murray jones director hasan reza ur rahim director saad raja director shafiq ahmed cfo & company secretary references edit http www.dawn.com news 1188445 dawood hercules gets 61m shares of sngpl http archives.dawn.com 2003 06 12 ebr2.htm dawood hercules chemicals ltd. announces demerger ; plans name change http www.reuters.com finance stocks dawh.ka key developments article 2372634 hub power company is sold http dawn.com 2012 06 12 hub power company is sold http www.dawn.com news 1188445 external links edit http www.dawoodhercules.com 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 v t e kse 100 companies of pakistan abbott laboratories pakistan adamjee insurance agriauto industries allied bank limited allied rental modaraba arif habib corporation limited askari bank askari general insurance co. ltd. attock cement attock petroleum attock refinery azgard nine bank al falah bank al habib bank of khyber bank of punjab bankislami pakistan bata pakistan cherat cement clariant pakistan colgate palmolive pakistan dawood hercules chemicals limited d.g. khan cement efu general efu life engro corporation engro foods fatima fertilizer fauji cement fauji fertilizer bin qasim fauji fertilizer company limited faysal bank feroze 1888 mills ghani glass limited glaxosmithkline pakistan grays of cambridge habib metropolitan bank hbl pakistan hub power company hum network limited ici pakistan igi insurance indus motors company international industries limited international steels limited javedan corporation jdw sugar mills js bank js group js growth fund jubilee general insurance karachi electric supply company kohinoor energy kot addu power company lafarge pakistan lotte chemical pakistan lucky cement mari petroleum company limited mcb bank limited meezan bank millat tractors murree brewery national bank of pakistan national foods limited national refinery nestl pakistan netsol technologies nib bank nishat chunian nishat chunian power nishat mills nishat power oil and gas development company pace pakistan packages ltd. pak suzuki motors pakistan cables pakistan international container terminal pakistan oilfields pakistan petroleum pakistan reinsurance pakistan services pakistan state oil pakistan telecommunication company ltd pakistan tobacco company picic growth fund rafhan maize security papers limited shell pakistan shifa international hospital siemens pakistan soneri bank standard chartered pakistan sui northern gas pipelines limited sui southern gas company thal limited tpl trakker trg pakistan tri pack films unilever pakistan united bank limited pakistan as of july 2013 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title dawood hercules corporation limited & oldid 736360604 categories companies listed on the karachi stock exchangecompanies of pakistanhidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters 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 26 august 2016 at 23 21 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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