Ittehad Chemicals Limited () is a Pakistani

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company headquartered in

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History

Ittehad Chemicals was commissioned in 1962 as United Chemicals by

Saigol Group The Saigol Group ( ) is a group of companies headquartered in Lahore. It was founded by Ameen Saigol in the 1930s with a small shop that eventually developed into the Kohinoor Rubber Works. Ameen Saigol had four sons: Yousaf, Sayeed, Gull and Ba ...

and started production with an initial installed capacity of 60

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/day of

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and 54 metric tons/day of

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. Rising demand facilitated the first expansion, carried out in 1969, which increased capacity to 90 metric tons/day of caustic soda and 81 metric tons/day of chlorine. In 1972, Prime Minister

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began a

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plan to take over privately-run companies. United Chemicals was

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by the

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, renamed Ittehad Chemicals, and put under the control of the Federal Chemical and Ceramics Corporation Limited (FPCCL). Another company, Insecticide Pakistan Limited., was nationalized and renamed Ittehad Pesticides Limited in 1973. Later, the two companies were merged to form Ittehad Chemicals Limited. In 1983, the production capacity of Ittehad Chemicals was further increased to 150 metric tons/day of caustic soda and 135 metric tons/day of chlorine. Later, through another expansion, capacity was enhanced to 250 metric tons/day. By the year 2006, overall capacity had reached 380 metric tons/day. After encountering financial difficulties and turbulence throughout the years of company nationalization, Ittehad Chemicals was ultimately

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in 1991, and taken over by the Chemi Group of Companies which later on became Ittehad Group. In 2003, Ittehad Chemicals was listed on the

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following an

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. The present

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includes industrial caustic soda

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(solid, liquid and flakes), liquid chlorine,

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sodium hypochlorite Sodium hypochlorite is an alkaline inorganic chemical compound with the formula (also written as NaClO). It is commonly known in a dilute aqueous solution as bleach or chlorine bleach. It is the sodium salt of hypochlorous acid, consisting of ...

(liquid

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mono, bleaching earth (Shaffaf),

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and LABSA. In the last quarter of 2012, Ittehad Agri Division was launched and now the company is successfully marketing Crystal Zinc, Humic Acid, and Aqua Zinc. Ittehad Chemicals was formally incorporated as a company in 1991.

Factory

Ittehad Chemicals is based in

, Pakistan with its manufacturing plant in nearby

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Ittehad Chemicals Limited
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ittehad Chemicals Saigol Group 1962 establishments in Pakistan 2003 initial public offerings Chemical companies of Pakistan Manufacturing companies based in Lahore Companies listed on the Pakistan Stock Exchange Formerly government-owned companies of Pakistan