Packages Limited

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Packages Limited
Company typePublic
PSXPKGS
IndustryPackaging
Founded1956; 68 years ago (1956)
HeadquartersLahore-54760, Pakistan
ProductsTissue paper, flexible packaging, folding cartons, paper & board and corrugated packaging
RevenueIncrease Rs.80.3 Billions
OwnerSyed Babar Ali
Websitewww.packages.com.pk

Packages Limited (پیکیجز لمیٹڈ) is a Pakistani multinational packaging company with its head office based in Lahore, Pakistan.[1] The company was founded in 1956.[2] It is a public limited company incorporated in Pakistan. It is principally engaged in the manufacture and sale of packaging materials and tissue products. The company also holds investments in many companies.

The company is listed on the Pakistan Stock Exchange.

History[edit]

Packages Limited was founded in 1956 as a joint venture between Ali Group of Pakistan and Akerlund & Rausing of Sweden.[2]

Companies[edit]

The group owns the following companies:[3]

  • Packages Convertors Limited
  • Bulleh Shah Packaging Pvt. Ltd
  • Tri-Pack Films Limited
  • DIC Pakistan Limited
  • OmyaPack
  • StarchPack
  • Packages Lanka Pvt. Ltd. (Sri Lanka)
  • Flexible Packages Convertors (South Africa)
  • Chantler Packages (Canada)
  • Packages Power
  • Packages Mall
  • IGl Holdings Limited
  • IGI General Insurance Limited
  • IGI Investments Pvt Limited
  • IGl Life Insurance Limited
  • IGI Securities
  • IGI FSI

External links[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Big changes at Packages". Profit by Pakistan Today. 28 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Packages sells Tetra Pak shares for $115m". Dawn (newspaper). 14 March 2009. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Our Group - Packages Limited". packages.com.pk website. Retrieved 17 December 2018.