KARACHI: Thal Limited, a subsidiary of House of Habib, is setting up a plant to manufacture polypropylene woven bags in Hub with an investment of Rs. 1.7 billion.
Mr. Salman Burney Vice Chairman House of Habib performed the ground breaking recently for the plant at the factory of Thal limited located in Hub, and it will be commercially operational by the end of February next year.
The state-of-the-art plant which has the capacity to produce 90 million bags annually has been procured from Windmoller & Holscher of Germany.
“Besides ensuring customer satisfaction and loyalty, this new investment is to further increase our contribution to the national exchequer and employment generation,” said Salman Burney.
Expressing his views on this new investment, CEO Thal PPD, Syed Umair Ahmed said that Thal Limited will use its expertise and extensive experience to facilitate the growing demand for polypropylene bags for safe storage and supply of major grains and commodities in Pakistan.
“Thal Limited also has a Papersack production capacity of 250 million paper bags per annum and with production capacity of 90 million WPP bags per annum we will be able to cater to not only the local market but also grow our export business,” he added.
Thal Limited is a leading manufacturer of industrial sacks and paper bags in Pakistan serving a diverse range of industries including cement and building materials, food, agriculture and retail.
In addition to supplying the fast growing Pakistan market, Thal Limited also exports bags and sacks to several regions including the Middle East, Europe, Africa and Australia.