Millat Tractors Explained

Millat Tractors Limited
Type:Public
Traded As:
KSE 100 component
KSE 30 component
Founders:Rana Khudadad Khan
Rana Allahdaad Khan
Hq Location City:Lahore
Hq Location Country:Pakistan
Num Employees Year:2023
Industry:Agricultural machinery
Products:Tractors
Area Served:Pakistan
Revenue Year:2023
Income Year:2023
Net Income Year:2023
Assets Year:2023
Equity Year:2023
Num Employees:336
Subsid:TIPEG Intertrade DMCC (75%)
Millat Industrial Products Limited (64.09%)
Bolan Castings Limited (46.26%)
Millat Equipment Limited (45%)
Hyundai Nishat Motors (15.86%)
Footnotes:Financials [1]

Millat Tractors (Urdu: ملت ٹریکٹرز) is a Pakistani agricultural machinery manufacturer based in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.[2] [3] Founded in 1964, it is the manufacturer of Massey Ferguson tractors in Pakistan with a production capacity of 40,000.[4] [5] [6]

It is one of the two major tractor manufacturers of Pakistan with a 70 percent market share, as compared to Al-Ghazi Tractors which had 29 percent market share in 2021.[7]

History

Millat Tractors Limited was founded as Rana Tractors and Equipment Limited in 1964 by Rana Khudadad Khan and Rana Allahdaad Khan. It became an importer and marketer of Massey Ferguson tractors in Pakistan.[4] The company initially imported tractors as completely built units (CBU) but transitioned to assembling them from semi knocked-down (SKD) kits by 1967, due to transportation and cost efficiencies.[8]

In 1965, Rana Tractors was listed on the Karachi Stock Exchange.[9]

In 1972, following the nationalization of key industries by the Government of Pakistan, Rana Tractors was renamed Millat Tractors and incorporated into the Pakistan Tractor Corporation (PTC), facilitating the assembly of tractors from completely knocked down (CKD) kits.[8] The first engine assembly line in Pakistan was developed by Millat Tractors in 1982, although the company faced difficulties in procuring cast and machined parts.[8] This led to the establishment of casting facilities at vendor sites in 1984 and an in-house machining facility for essential engine and axle components.[8]

In 1992, Millat Tractors was acquired by the employees of the company for 306 million under the privitization scheme.[10] Subsequently, a tractor assembly plant was established capable of producing 15,000 tractors annually in a single shift.[8]

In 1993, Millat Tractors acquired a 51 percent stake in Bolan Casting Limited, enhancing its casting capabilities for automotive parts.[8] The following year, it established Millat Equipment Limited to produce gears and shafts for tractors and other applications.[8]

In 1999, Millat Industrial Products Limited was established to manufacture batteries and cells for the automotive and industrial markets.[8]

By 2015, Millat Tractors had diversified its product range to include seven tractor models, various industrial products such as generators and fork lifts, and twenty-five types of agricultural implements.[8]

In January 2023, due to continuous drop in demand for tractors and cashflow constraints, Millat Tractors suspended its plant operations till further notice.[11]

In June 2024, an audit of Millat Tractors submitted to the Federal Tax Ombudsman imposed a penalty of Rs 5.41 billion on the company.[12]

Products

Recognition

Millat Tractors, as a company, is on the Forbes List of Asia's 200 Best Under a Billion (2018)[3]

References

  1. Web site: Millat Tractors Annual Report 2023. millat.com.pk. 30 November 2023.
  2. Millat Tractors Limited: A Shariah-compliant Investment Opportunity. Fazal Jawad. Seyyed. Ch. Tanveer. Shehzad. Hafsa. Ashfaq. 6 March 2020. Asian Journal of Management Cases. 17. 1_suppl. S61–S77. CrossRef. 10.1177/0972820119884399.
  3. Web site: Company Profile of Millat Tractors . . 18 July 2018.
  4. Web site: What's going on with Millat?. 28 November 2021. Profit by Pakistan Today.
  5. News: Driving Pakistan's agri future. Syed Wajeeh ul Hasan Naqvi. July–August 2018. Dawn. 17 June 2021.
  6. Web site: Millat Tractors sets new production and sales record . The Express Tribune . 16 June 2018.
  7. Web site: Tractor collusion. 19 September 2021. Profit by Pakistan Today.
  8. Millat Tractors Limited: Has The Time Come to Say Goodbye to Massey Ferguson?. Muhammad Shakeel Sadiq. Jajja. Syed Zahoor. Hassan. 7 March 2016. Asian Journal of Management Cases. 13. 1. 1–22. 10.1177/0972820115619258. 155207431 .
  9. Web site: Automobile Assembler: MILLAT TRACTORS LIMITED - Year Ended 30-6-2003. 14 June 2004. Brecorder.
  10. Web site: Ministry of Privatisation - Privatisation Commission .
  11. News: Millat Tractors shuts plant . DAWN . 6 January 2023 . en.
  12. News: Ali . Kalbe . Millat Tractors fined Rs5.4bn for sales tax audit discrepancy . DAWN . 22 June 2024 . en.

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