Chenab Group
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Brief Intro
Chenab Group is one of Pakistans leading textile group and one of the largest exporters of home textile products from Pakistan. It was set up in 1974 as Chenab Fabrics & Processing Mills Limited and later converted to Chenab Limited. It was founded by Mian Muhammad Latif and his father Late Haji Muhammad Saleem who was a cotton industrilist in Toba Tek Singh District.History
Mian Muhammad Latif, the group's chairman, laid the foundation by setting up a processing unit in FaisalabadFaisalabad
Faisalabad , formerly known as Lyallpur, is the third largest metropolis in Pakistan, the second largest in the province of Punjab after Lahore, and a major industrial center in the heart of Pakistan. Before the foundation of the city in 1880, the area was very thinly populated. The population has...
later joined by his younger brothers Mian Muhammad Naeem and Mian Javed Iqbal. Chenab Group soon started exporting its products worldwide and by 1990s it started exporting to 35 countries worldwide.Chenab is a vertically integrated unit with having complete operation range from ginning to retailing.
Equipments
Chenab's textile unit processes and converts more than 70 million meters of fabric every years into made ups and garment products. Chenab is capable of producing all kinds of made ups and garments products. Chenab has 19,000 spindles at its Spinning unit with house space of 520000 square feet (48,309.6 m²). Chenab's weaving unit is equipped with 120 airjet looms and 400 auto looms. Chenab's processing unit is considered one of the best in the counry with a complete processing range from dying to finishing. Chenab is also equipped with a stitching unit for ready mades and garments.Other Businesses of the Group
Chenab Group also introduced concept of Chen One Stores in PakistanPakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
and Middle East
Middle East
The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...
. Chen One is Pakistan's first home textile brand. Chenab Group also owns several other companies such as CGI Limited UAE, InterFab in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, ChenSoft and Chenab USA.
Management team
The group's chairman Mian Muhammad Latif was awarded with Tamgha-e-Imtiaz by the former President of Pakistan Pervez MusharrafPervez Musharraf
Pervez Musharraf , is a retired four-star general who served as the 13th Chief of Army Staff and tenth President of Pakistan as well as tenth Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee. Musharraf headed and led an administrative military government from October 1999 till August 2007. He ruled...
. Mian Muhammad Naeem and Mian Javaid Iqbal the group's core directors also won businessman of the year award on several occasions from several Heads of State of Pakistan. Mian Latif's brother Chaudhry Muhammad Ashfaq (Director Procurement) was also awarded by WWF for producing most organic cotton
Organic cotton
Organic cotton is generally understood as cotton and is grown in subtropical countries such as America and India, from non genetically modified plants, that is to be grown without the use of any synthetic agricultural chemicals such as fertilizers or pesticides. Its production also promotes and...
bales in the world in 2009, Chaudhry Ashfaq is an ex-MNA, former District Nazim of Toba Tek Singh
Toba Tek Singh
Toba Tek Singh District is a district in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located between 30°33' to 31°2' Degree north latitudes and 72°08' to 72°48' Degree longitudes.-Origins of Name:...
and Senior vice-President of PML-Q Punjab. Mian Latif's son Mian Farhan Latif is an ex-MNA(youngest member of 2002-2008 National Assembly) and now looks after processing unit of the business. Mian Latif and his family is considered 14 richest family of Pakistan according to a report issued by CBR in 2009.
Work for Environment
Chenab Group is an environment friendly Group. Chenab was the first textile mill in PakistanPakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
to install a wastage water treatment plant which cleans the wastage water of the mill biologically,chemically and ensure pollution free wastage of water. The plant was bought from NIJHUIS Water Technology at Rs 700 million.