‘FFC to establish a new urea plant’

ISLAMABAD—Chief Executive and Managing Director Fauji Fertilizer Company Limited, Lt.Gen (retd) Munir Hafeez said on Monday that the Company plans to set up a new urea plant in the country.
“There are three plants of the company and we want to set another fertilizer plant in the country”, he told the mediamen after inaugurating a two-day international seminar on “Ammonia and Urea Technology” here at a local hotel . He said that the FFC is now earning profit and efforts are being made to further enhance its profitability and productivity.
Lt.Gen (R) Munir Hafeez said that they are also participating in the bidding of a privatize fertilizer company. In the first session of the seminar three speakers including Jorgen Madsen an international expert on Ammonia/ Urea Technology, S.Iftikhar A Kirmani a senior Staff Engineer in Fauji fertilizer Company Limited and Giuseppe Merelli a Technical Manager in the process department of Snamprogetti, Itlay highlighered various aspects of subject.
Earlier speaking at the inaugural session of the seminar Lt Gen (R) Munir Hafeed said that the developing countries are facing a challenge to fulfill the food requirements of an ever-growing population through industrialization to conserve the environment for judiciously using natural resources which are usually limited. He said, “We have traversed this path with a lot of success and today FFC is the largest urea manufacturing and marketing company of Pakistan. Our market share in Pakistan is now above 60 percent”.
Decidedly this has been possible by the untiring efforts and dedication of our whole team throughout these years, he said adding, FFC has not only excelled in areas of enhanced productivity but has been among the leaders - in our part of the world - in spheres of safety, workmanship, neat operation of the plants, maintenance, corporate management, and others. He said FFC has earned many accolades and distinctions from national and international organizations in this regard and plants are frequently presented as model plants for the designers and technology licensor for their prospective and regular clients.
It is befitting to acknowledge the steady and timely support that we enjoy from M/s Haldor Topsoe and Snamprogetti. Today, he said, FFC also serves as a source of first-rate training institution for various national and international companies not only in the fertilizer sector but also beyond it. Here, again thanks are due to M/s Stamicarbon of The Netherlands who helped us put up a fine Technical Training Center that laid the foundations for steady growth in this field.
Lt. Gen (retd) Munir Hafeez said FFC is forums like these which provide an opportunity to the scientific community to share their experiences and to learn from each other to make balanced progress while striving to maintain the equilibrium in nature. He also thanked the international guests who have come from virtually all over the world that is Italy.—PR