ICI has consistently developed new and innovative areas of business since its formation in December 1926, by the merger of four of the largest chemical companies in the UK. ICI today is a collection of world-class businesses, many of them leaders in their sectors. They are strongly led, technologically sophisticated with healthy and sustainable long-term growth prospects.

ICI Pakistan Limited was set up as a public limited company in Pakistan in 1952. ICI’s presence in this part of the world, however, predates the formation of the public limited company and indeed, Pakistan itself. The Khewra Soda Ash Company, a predecessor of ICI Pakistan Limited, set up a soda ash manufacturing facility in Khewra in 1944 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 for manufacturing soda ash were available here in abundance.

Today ICI Pakistan’s five businesses, Polyester, Soda Ash, Paints, Chemicals and Life Sciences, manufacture and sell a range of industrial and consumer products. These include, Polyester Staple Fibres, POY Chips, Light and Dense Soda Ash, Sodium Bicarbonate, Paints for the Decorative, Automotive, Refinish segments, for Industrial use and Projects, Specialty Chemicals, Polyurethanes, and Adhesives and arranges manufacture on a toll basis of Pharmaceutical and Animal Health products. It also markets Seeds and in addition is engaged in trading in various specialized chemicals for use in industries in Pakistan.

In 1995 ICI Pakistan Limited set up a USD 490 million PTA manufacturing facility at Port Qasim, near Karachi, which was commissioned in 1998. In 2000, the business was de-merged to form Pakistan PTA Limited, which was at the time a subsidiary of ICI Plc UK.

The turnover of ICI Pakistan Limited in 2007 was Rs 25.97 billion and the profit before tax crossed Rs. 2.77 Billion. It is one of the largest quoted companies on the Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad Stock Exchanges with a paid up share capital of Rs 1.39 billion. The company has around 1300 permanent employees.