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The Fecto Group is a Pakistani company which was founded in 1952 by Ghulam Mohammad A. Fecto.
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, into a Memon family. He migrated from Mumbai to Dhaka 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, 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. It is considered one of the smaller players in the domestic market holding a 1.3% market share.
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
- Frontier Paper Products (Private) Limited.Hattar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- 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 supplies cement to Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Azad Kashmir areas in the domestic market.