Dawood
Hercules Chemicals Limited was incorporated
as a public limited
company on 17th April 1968, as a joint venture
between Dawood Group of Industries and
Hercules Inc. USA. It was
the first private sector venture in Pakistan
to receive a loan from the World Bank and
was the largest ammonia/urea plant in country
at that time.
Initially
the plant's capacity was 345,000 metric tons
of urea per annum. The plant was revamped in
1989 / 1991 to enhance the capacity to 445,500
metric tons of urea per annum. Also, it made
the manufacturing facilities more energy efficient
and environment friendly.
In
recent years, Dawood Hercules has made a colossal investment to incorporate the latest technology, the most significant are the construction of new Prilling tower in a record time; the tallest industrial structure in Pakistan, replacement of Primary Waste Heat Exchanger. Primary Reformer Harps Assemblies and conventional instrumentation (with Distributed Control System).
Dawood Hercules has the
privilege of becoming the first fertilizer manufacturing
company to obtain
ISO-9000:2000 certification. Dawood Hercules also won numerous safety and excellence awards.
