Avanceon

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Avanceon Limited
FormerlyInnovative Automation and Engineering Ltd (IAEL)
Company type Public
PSX:  AVN
ISIN PK0107501014
Industry Information technology
Founded2003;21 years ago (2003)
FounderBakhtiar Hameed Wain
HeadquartersThe Avanceon Building, Main Multan Road, Lahore
Area served
Pakistan, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, United States, Kazakhstan [1]
Key people
Bakhtiar Hameed Wain (CEO)
Khalid Hameed Wain (Chairman)
Number of employees
246 (2022) [2]
Subsidiaries Avanceon FZE Dubai, Avanceon Automation & Control W.L.L Qatar, Octopus Digital
Website avanceon.ae

Avanceon Limited is a Pakistani technology company headquartered in Lahore and active in the industrial automation space. [3] [4]

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Avanceon's activities are to trade products of automation and control equipments to provide related technical services. [3]

Avanceon subsidiaries include Avanceon FZE Dubai, [5] [6] Avanceon Automation & Control W.L.L Qatar, [7] Octopus Digital, [8] and Avanceon Saudi for Energy Co. WLL. [9]

History

Founded in 1989 in Pakistan by Bakhtiar Wain as Innovative Automation and Engineering Ltd (IAEL), the company's majority stakes was acquired by Engro Corporation which merged it with Advanced Automation Associates (AAA) to eventually rebrand it as Avanceon. [10] Avanceon was converted to a public company in 2008. [11] Engro Corp. divested its shareholding in Avanceon in 2012. [10]

In 2014, Avanceon was listed on the Karachi Stock Exchange, following an initial public offering at a strike price of PKR 14. [10]

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