Our Business Principle:

Pakistan Gum and Chemicals Limited (PakChem) is one of the largest producers of Guar Gum in Pakistan. It has the distinction of being the only Guar Gum Company that is Public Limited whose shares are listed on Karachi and Lahore stock exchanges. It is located in Karachi, a major port and business center in South Asia, which provides easy access to land, sea and air transportation routes. The company has an integrated manufacturing facility that converts Guar Seed into Finished Guar Gum.

PakChem produces Guar Gum, Splits and Meal which have applications in Ice creams; Bakery Items; Noodles; Pharmaceuticals; Oil Well Drilling; Cattle, Fish & Poultry Feed etc. As an ISO 22000:2005 certified company, its products are developed and manufactured under stringent quality control standards.

The grinding of Guar Seed started in a hand-operated mill in 1957, forming the basis for the multi-million-dollar operation now in existence.

The company has grown from a small one-room operation making very crude Guar Splits to a sprawling industrial complex. It specializes in high purity Splits and Finished Guar Gums.

• 1957: PakChem commenced operations of grinding Guar seed in a hand-operated mill.
• 1963: Company was established as a joint venture with Steinhall, U.S.A.
• 1971: Steinhall is taken over by Celanese Corporation, U.S.A.
• 1982:PakChem becomes a Public Limited Company with listings on the Karachi and Lahore Stock Exchanges. 
• 1986: Celanese divests its interests in water-soluble polymers (including PakChem) to RTZ Chemicals, U.K.
• 1989: RTZ sells its chemicals division to Rhone-Poulenc. 60% of PakChem's shares are held by Meyhall Chemicals AG, Switzerland, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Viscosuisse, a Rhone-Poulenc Company, while the remaining 40% are held by private investors and semi-government organizations.
• 1999: Rhone-Poulenc sells its 60% stake in PakChem to East-West Holdings Inc., British Virgin Islands, whilst 40% of its shares are still held by Pakistani private investors.