Fecto Group


The Fecto Group of Industries is a Pakistani conglomerate company which was founded in 1954 by Ghulam Muhammad Fecto.
It is currently engaged in such areas of industrial enterprise as Sugar, Tractors, Cement, Paper Sack, Particle and Medium Density Fiberboard.

History

The group was founded by Ghulam Muhammad Fecto. 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. Shortly afterwards, the business entered a joint venture with Japan to manufacture Toshiba radio sets. The company was a pioneer in setting up technical collaboration with Japan.
The business soon expanded and industrial activities commenced in the western wing of Pakistan, where he secured the agency of tractors. In fact, the Group's pace of development was so fast that it soon flowered into two Sugar Mills, a Tractor Plant, Cement Plant, two Paper Sack Units, Particle and MDF Board Plant.
From 1970 onwards, the group has diversified its activities form trading to industrial production. This started with the acquisition of Adamjee now Fecto Sugar Mills Limited in early 1975, followed by the establishment of another sugar mills in 1978.
Bolstered by its initial successes, the group ventured into progressive manufacturing of agricultural tractors and farm equipment including agricultural implements of various types. This was the occasion of the opening of his tractor company which was performed by President General Mohammad Zia-ul-Haq.

Major projects of the group

The group currently employs about 5000 people, with offices in Karachi, Lahore, and Islamabad.

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 and exports its products to Afghanistan and India. The company's southern plant near Karachi supplies cement to Sindh and Balochistan in the domestic market and exports its products to markets of Sri Lanka, Africa and the Middle East.