The Attock Cement project was conceived and the company was incorporated in 1981, the plant finally commenced commercial production on June 1, 1988. The project is a Pak Saudi joint venture and involved initial capital outlay of around Rs 1.5 billion with foreign exchange component of around US $ 45 million. This made it one of the largest enterprises in the private sector. Pharaon Commercial Investment Company Limited holds 84.06% of total paid up share capital whereas the general public holds a total of 15.94% shares.
ACPL’s Cement plant was designed by Uzinexportimport (UEI) of Romania, all equipments, and ancillaries and steel structures was supplied by UEI and Limestone crusher and packing plant was manufactured by O & K and Havor and Boecker of Germany. Thus it is with a sense of pride that Attock Cement claims pioneer status in bringing the Pre-calcination / Pre-heating dry process technology to Pakistan.
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