Islamabad, Dec 22 (Online): Sardar Yasir Ilyas Khan, President, Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) leading over 30-member delegation visited Heavy Mechanical Complex (HMC) Taxila to explore collaboration of the private sector in HMC’s projects. Fatma Azim Senior Vice President, Abdul Rehman Khan Vice President ICCI, Muhammad EjazAbbasi, Ch. Naseer Ahmed, M. ShakeelMunir, Usman Khalid, M. Javed Iqbal, Mehboob Ahmed Khan, M. Aslam Khokhar, Tahir Abbasi, MianArif Hussain, M. OmaisKhattak, Umar Hussain, Hafiz Bilal Munir, Muhammad Shakir, Khalid Chaudhry, Babar Chaudhry, Ch. Irfan and others were in the delegation.
Engr. Zaheer Shah, Managing Director, HMC warmly welcomed the ICCI delegation and thanked them for visiting HMC. Engr. Zahid Farooq Chaudhry Director Sales & Marketing and Brig. (Retd) Hamid Mahmood Director Admin & HR and other officers of HMC were also present at the occasion.
Engr. Zaheer Shah briefed the ICCI delegation about the HMC’s manufacturing capabilities. He said that HMC was manufacturing many high value products including sugar and cement plants, oil & gas processing plants, hydropower plants, turbines, high pressure boilers, cranes, overhead pedestrian bridges, steel structures and railways equipment and it was now looking for JVs and partnerships with the private sector to harness the potential of local industry for promoting indigenous production. He said that ICCI members have good potential to partner with HMC to produce high value products in order to meet the local needs and promote exports. The ICCI delegation was taken to various manufacturing facilities of HMC including design centre, steel foundry, hydraulic press shop, heat treatment facilities, cast iron & non-ferrous foundry, forge shop, machining facilities, auxiliary and fabrication facilities.
