ICI Pakistan Limited was set up as a public limited company in Pakistan in 1952. However, ICI was an active presence in this part of the world well before the formation of the public limited company and indeed, even before Pakistan itself was created.
1944
The Khewra Soda Ash Company, a predecessor of ICI Pakistan Limited, set up a soda ash manufacturing facility in Khewra with a capacity of 18,000 tonnes per annum. This facility was sited next to the salt range as rock salt and limestone, two key raw materials needed for manufacturing soda ash, were available here in abundance.
1953
The Khewra Soda Ash company was incorporated as a public limited company.
1966
The Khewra Soda Ash Company changed its name to ICI Pakistan Manufacturers Limited.
Over the next few decades, major changes took place in the company as our Specialty Chemicals and Polyester plants were commissioned, and Imperial Chemical Industries (Pakistan) Private Limited and Paintex Limited both merged into ICI Pakistan Manufacturers Limited.
1987
We changed our name to ICI Pakistan Limited
We launch our Seeds business as well as the Dulux range of coatings.
We also established ICI Pakistan PowerGen and set up the ICI Pakistan Foundation as a charitable trust.
1995
We set up a USD 490 million PTA manufacturing facility at Port Qasim, near Karachi.
1998
PTA manufacturing facility commissioned.
2000
The business was de-merged to form Pakistan PTA Limited, which was at the time a subsidiary of ICI Plc UK.
2007
We completed 50 years of continuous listing on the Karachi Stock Exchange.
2008
We formally became part of the AkzoNobel Group, bringing us under the banner of one of the largest coatings and chemicals companies in the world.
2011
The Board of Directors of ICI Pakistan Limited approved a proposal from its ultimate holding company Akzo Nobel N.V. to restructure its interest in ICI Pakistan Limited by separation of the Paints Business into a separate legal entity through a scheme of demerger.