Fecto Group
Pakistani Cement & Farming equipment producer
The Fecto Group (Urdu pronunciation: [ˈfɛk.to] FEK-toh) is a group of companies based in Pakistan.
History
Fecto Group was founded by Ghulam Muhammad A. Fecto. After the partition of India in 1947 he migrated to Dhaka and started a trading business dealing in electrical goods and home appliances in 1952.
It then moved to western Pakistan where it transitioned into manufacturing, securing the agency of sugar in 1975.
In 1981 Fecto Cement Limited was established and production commenced in 1990. It is considered a small player in the domestic market holding a 1.3% market share.
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Fecto Cement
Originally established in 1981, Fecto Cement officially began production in 1990 operating as a public limited company. Regarded as one of the smaller producers locally it has an annual production capacity of 819,000 metric tons of cement. Its plant is located in Sangjani, Islamabad.
In 1982, the ICT Industries and Labour directorate granted Fecto Cement a 30-year lease to operate within Margalla Hills National Park, an area which was officially designated as protected in 1980.
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