Philip Morris Pakistan

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Philip Morris Pakistan
Company typePublic
PSX:  PMPK
Industry Tobacco
Founded1969;55 years ago (1969) [1]
Headquarters,
Products Cigarettes
RevenueDecrease2.svgRs. 18.219 billion (US$63 million) (2023)
Decrease2.svgRs. 1.046 billion (US$3.6 million) (2023)
Decrease2.svgRs. 323.663 million (US$1.1 million) (2023)
Total assets Increase2.svgRs. 30.534 billion (US$110 million) (2023)
Total equity Increase2.svgRs. 15.594 billion (US$54 million) (2023)
Owner Philip Morris International (97.65%)
Number of employees
644 (2023)
Parent Philip Morris International
Website www.pmi.com/markets/pakistan/en/about-us/overview
Footnotes /references
Financials as of 31 December 2023 [2]

Philip Morris Pakistan, formerly known as Lakson Tobacco Company, is a Pakistani tobacco manufacturing company which is a subsidiary of Philip Morris International. It is headquartered in Karachi, Pakistan. The company is involved in the manufacturing and sale of cigarettes and tobacco products. [3]

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It is the second-largest tobacco company in Pakistan after Pakistan Tobacco Company. [4]

History

Philip Morris Pakistan was founded in 1969 as a joint venture between Lakson Group, Philip Morris International, and Rothmans International. [5] [3] It was then known as Lakson Tobacco Company as 51 percent of the shareholding was held by Lakhani family. [5] Two years later, in 1971, it was listed on the Karachi Stock Exchange. [5]

In 1997, Premier Tobacco was merged into Lakson Tobacco Company. [5] Premier Tobacco was founded in 1952 by SA Samad as a joint venture with Philip Morris and Rothmans International. [5] Premier Tobacco became a listed company on the Karachi Stock Exchange in 1955. [5] In 1984, Samad sold his controlling stake to Sadruddin Hashwani of Hashoo Group, which was ultimately acquired by Lakhani family from Hashwani in 1987. [5]

In 2007, Philip Morris International increased its shareholding in the company to 97 percent and renamed it as Philip Morris Pakistan. [6]

In 2015, Philip Morris shut down its plant in Mandra, Rawalpindi District due to rising costs and smuggling of tobacco in Pakistan. [7] 141 employees lost their jobs. [8]

In 2019, Philip Morris closed Kotri plant in order to restructure their finances. [9] As a result, 193 employees lost their job. [9]

Tobacco brands

Production

By 1996, Philip Morris had an installed capacity to produce 18.76 billion cigrattes in three factories located in Dadu, Karachi, and Sahiwal. [5] Until 1991, the company also operated a factory in Mardan, but it was closed due to the rise of smuggling. [5] [10] The company currently operates two factories in following cities:

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References

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