The Fecto Group is a
Pakistani company which was founded in 1952 by Ghulam Mohammad A. Fecto.
[Profile of Fecto Group of Industries on Business Recorder (newspaper)]
Published 28 July 2016, Retrieved 21 November 2019
It is currently engaged in Cement, Paper Sack, Particle board and Medium Density Fiberboard (MDF).
History
The group was founded by Ghulam Mohammad A. Fecto.
[ He was born in 1922 in Jetpur in the British Indian state of ]Gujarat
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, into a Memon Memon may refer to:
Ethnic group and language
* Memon people, an ethnic group originating in the ancient Sindh (modern day Pakistan)
* Memoni language, the language of Memon people historically associated with Kathiawar, Gujarat, India
People w ...
family. He migrated from Mumbai
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to Dhaka
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in former East Pakistan and started a trading business dealing in electrical goods and home appliances, Radios and TVs, Wire & Cable and Automobiles.
The business then transitioned into industrial activities in the western wing of Pakistan
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, where it secured the agency of tractors in 1975. In fact, the Group continued to transition and at different points manufactured with two Sugar Mills, a Tractor Plant, Cement Plant, two Paper Sack Units, Particle and MDF Board Plant.[
In 1981, Fecto Cement Limited]
PSX: FECTC
was established.
Major projects of the group
* Fecto Sugar Mills Limited. Bhakkar, Punjab[
* Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited. Okara, Punjab][
* Fecto Belarus Tractors (Private) Limited. Lahore, Punjab][
* Fecto Cement Limited. Sangjani, Punjab][Fecto Cement keen to buy Dewan Cement's northern plant]
The News International (newspaper), Published 14 December 2016, Retrieved 21 November 2019[PACRA Maintains Entity Ratings of Fecto Cement Limited on ASIANET Pakistan website]
Published 1 April 2019, Retrieved 21 November 2019
Retrieved 21 November 2019[
* Gadoon Paper Products (Private) Limited. Gadoon, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa][
* Fecto Boards (Private) Limited. Darya Khan, District Bhakkar, Punjab][
]
Export of products
Fecto Cement Limited's northern plant in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ps, خېبر پښتونخوا; Urdu, Hindko: خیبر پختونخوا) commonly abbreviated as KP or KPK, is one of the Administrative units of Pakistan, four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the Geography of Pakistan, ...
supplies cement to Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Azad Kashmir areas in the domestic market.
References
External links
About Us- Fecto Group Fecto Cement Polo Match on The NationFecto Sugar Mills Ltd on Business RecorderFecto Belarus Tractors on Daily TimesFect Cement on Wall Street Journal MarketsWho Owns Pakistan
Conglomerate companies established in 1954
Conglomerate companies of Pakistan
Manufacturing companies based in Lahore
1954 establishments in Pakistan
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