Sapphire (group)
Pakistani industrial conglomerate
Sapphire Textile Mills Limited, also known as Sapphire Group, is a Pakistani vertically integrated textile manufacturer, producing cotton yarn, fabric, and finished garments. It is based in Lahore, Pakistan.
History
Sapphire's origins go back to a leather business founded by Haji Muhammad Din in Dhaka. Haji Muhammad Din was born in Chiniot to a family of farmers, but due to economic hardship, the family transitioned from farming to the leather trade. He started with limited resources and expanded his business to Calcutta and Chittagong, involving his four sons in the growing enterprise. Under Haji Muhammad Din's leadership, the business flourished and became one of the largest exporters of raw leather in British India, with agents in major cities such as New Delhi, Lucknow, Kanpur, and Amritsar.
After the partition of India in 1947 and the family moved to Dhaka. In 1951, Haji Muhammad Din died after a brief illness and the family struggled to manage the labor-intensive leather business and eventually transitioned to trading yarn between Dhaka and Karachi in 1953.
By the early 1960s, the family had established a stable yarn business and opened their first textile mill in Jessore, East Pakistan, in 1961. As Bengali nationalism grew, the family decided to invest in West Pakistan and established a spinning mill in Bahawalpur in 1966.
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