Nishat Mills

The Group Nishat has grown from a cotton export house into the premier business group of Pakistan with 5 listed companies, concentrating on 4 core businesses; Textiles, Cement, Banking and Power Generation. Today, Nishat is considered to be at par with multinationals operating locally in terms of its quality products and management skills. ? Annual turnover 17 billion Rupees ? 14 Billion from textiles ? Earn foreign exchange US $ 236 million ? Taxes and levi of 2,080 million Rupees annually Nishat Mills Limited ? Flagship Company established in 1951 ? Most Modern, Biggest Composite unit of Pakistan ? Professional and Client Oriented Marketing ? Green Company ? 9000 Employees ? ISO 9001 and IKO-TEX100 Certified ? SA 8000 Certification currently in process NML today has 173,000 spindles, 284 Sulzer shuttle-less looms and 244 TSUDAKOMA air jet looms. NML also has the most modern textile-processing unit, 2 stitching units and Power Generating plant with a capacity of 33.6 MW. NML total export for the year 2000 was Rs. 9.1 billion (US$ 143 million). Due to the application of prudent management policies, consolidation of operations, a strong balance sheet and an effective marketing strategy, this trend is expected to continue in the years to come. The Company's production facilities comprise spinning, weaving, processing, stitching and power generation.