National Bank of Pakistan
Client – Chashma Sugar Mill
Mode of Finance – Diminishing Musharaka
Chashma Sugar mill operates in Punjab and Premier Group of companies owns it.
Group Background
The Premier Group (“Group”) has nationwide industrial and trading ventures in each province backed by supporting network of offices in the business areas of Mardan, Lahore, Islamabad and Karachi. The Group’s history goes back to early 60s with the start of Premier Sugar Mills & Distillery Company Limited as the largest sugar factory in Asia. Mir Afzal Khan (late) was the founder Chairman of this Group. After the demise of Mir Afzal Khan, his brother Mr. Aziz Sarfaraz Khan managed the affairs of the Group entities. This Group diversified its portfolio with the addition of a Packaging Company by the name of Syntron (Pvt.) Limited (“SL”) in 1990 and thereafter, converted into a Public Limited Company in 1991. The purpose of this company was to prepare polypropylene bags for the fertilizer, feeds and sugar industry. The Group commissioned another unit of sugar mill named CSML i.e. the proposed Company, in D.I. Khan. CSML has an installed crushing capacity of 20,000 tons (pre-BMR sugarcane per day) and is the biggest amongst the Group units’ production wise. In 1998, Mr. Abbas Sarfaraz Khan (CEO of SL) joined family business and with the active involvement of Mr. Iskander M. Khan and established Syntronics Limited for manufacturing of high quality polypropylene bags mainly for cement
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The KCPL is Glucose manufacturing company and is known for its good quality, crispness and affordable price. In 1973-74, Glucose biscuit were the growing segment in the biscuit industry. The KCPL reached second position in the market with a monthly sale of 110 tonnes. In 1980-81, KCPL doubled its capacity to 240 tonnes per month from 120 tonnes per month. The turnover was Rs. 2 crores in 1979-80 and Rs. 3 crores in 1983-84. But its sales declined between 1983-84 and 1986-87, the capacity was rendered surplus and incurred
National Fertilizer Corporation during the Bhutto regime too and has been the Chairman of Hoeist Pakistan, Lever Brothers and Siemen. The group also acquired a good number of Coca Cola plants in Pakistan. Its famous brands include Nestle Milk Pak, Treet, Mitchells and Tri Pack Films. It has stakes in the textile, dairy, agriculture and rice Sectors too. The groups Contributions towards the cause of an independent Pakistan are unprecedented.
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