Our Brief IntroductionGhani Group is a Lahore based Group. The founder of Ghani Group (Late) the Sheikh Abdul Ghani started business carrier of the Group in 1963 and established a coal/ silica sand mining firm in the name of Ahmad Brothers and Company. Alhamdulillah now the group is running a diverse range of businesses including three glass plants, an automobile plant, number of leading mining companies, and trading houses and has an annual turnover of over Rs 8 Billion.
The origins of this group can be found in the mining industry given its involvement in coal, salt and sand mining since 1959. The substantial strategic benefits of vertical integration led them to consider venturing into the manufacturing field in subsequent years. The chosen manufacturing field was glass manufacturing due to the robust demand for glass products in the country.
The Ghani Group was not new to the glass manufacturing industry. They had been supplying silica sand to the glass industries four decades back. Their dedication to quality and customer service allowed them to land an exclusive 25 year excellence certificate from Phillips.
Their venture into the manufacturing field took the form of Ghani Glass, incorporated in 1992 and starting production in 1995, forming the first step on the road to success of Ghani Glass limited, which today own three glass plants namely GGL1 – Hattar, GGL2 – Landhi and GGL3 – Sheikhupura Road.
Companies of the Group
The diversified businesses operating under the umbrella of Ghani Group are as follows:
- Ghani Glass Limited, Hattar (GGL-I)
- Ghani Glass Limited, Karachi (GGL-II)
- Ghani Glass Limited, Sheikhupura (Float Glass Plant)
- Ghani Automobiles Limited (formerly Ghani Textile Ltd.)
- Makerwall Collieries Limited
- Ghani Mines (Pvt.) Limited>
- Ghani Chromites Mines Pvt. Limited
- Ghani International
- Ghani Corporation
- Ahmed Ghani Joint Venture
- Al-Muhandus Corp.
- Ahmed Brothers and Co.
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