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
Parent Philip Morris International
Website www.pmi.com/markets/pakistan/en/about-us/overview

Philip Morris Pakistan 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. [2]

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It is the second-largest tobacco company in Pakistan after Pakistan Tobacco Company. [3]

History

The company was founded in 1969 as Lakson Tobacco. [2]

In 2007, Philip Morris International acquired the company by increasing its shareholding to 97 percent. [4]

In 2015, the company shut down its plant in Mandra, Rawalpindi District due to rising costs and smuggling of tobacco in Pakistan. [5] 141 employees lost their jobs. [6]

In 2019, the company announced that they are shutting down Kotri plant in order to restructure their finances. [7] As a result, 193 employees lost their job. [7]

Factories

In the past, the company operated in more than five locations, but to due smuggling and rising cost it shut down in three locations. [8] The company currently operates two factories in following cities:

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References

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  3. Iqbal, Shahid (January 20, 2007). "PMI buys 50.21pc stakes in Lakson: Rs20.62 billion deal". DAWN.COM.
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  5. "Philip Morris shuts cigarette production unit in Pindi". The Nation. February 17, 2015.
  6. "After closing plant Philip Morris now fires 141 employees". The Nation. November 23, 2015.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "Philip Morris shuts down tobacco manufacturing facility". www.thenews.com.pk.
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