Ensuring food security: Fauji Fertilizer marks 39th foundation day

A company which enjoys the largest market share among fertilizer manufacturers will be marking its 39th foundation day today.

The foundation stone for the first fertiliser plant of the Fauji Fertilizer Company (FFCL) had been laid on March 8, 1979, in Goth Machhi.

The company has since grown and has successfully established its repute as the nation’s “partner in prosperity”.

FFCL, though, was founded in 1978 as a result of a joint venture between Fauji Foundation and Haldor Topsoe of Denmark. The main aim of investing in the fertiliser sector in 1970’s was to locally manufacture urea and meet the country’s fertiliser requirements and to ensure food security.

Over the past 39 years, it has expanded and now owns three fertiliser plants with the largest fertilizer market share in Pakistan.

FFC also diversified into the banking sector, food preservation technology (Fauji Fresh n Freeze) and is a pioneer in wind energy in Pakistan.

Its dabble in the power sector extends to work on a 330-megawatt coal power plant which is being built in a joint venture with HUBCO.

The company has also dedicated a large percentage of its profit to the Veteran’s Foundation and CSR activities.

The company heavily invests in education, healthcare, sports development and disaster relief initiatives for community building.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 8^th, 2018.