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Mr Afaan Aziz talks

about the relevance

of qualitative product

mix at Heimtextil

Afaan Aziz . CEO . Aziz Group of Companies
Aziz group roots in commerce date 300 years back been neglected for a long period. Pakistan exporters
and has the role of leading export-oriented industrial were making profit margins but now a better
and commercial activities of the KPK province of exchange rate regime is gearing Pakistan for the
Pakistan. In 1982 the house of Aziz undertook bigger share in the export market. It is time to be
production of laminated Formica sheets under the efficient and outperform for the future of the business
brand name of Premier Formica. In 2004 further as well as the country and hopefully the growth of the
expansion in this sector led the group to put up a sector in times to come.
chipboard manufacturing facility under the name of
Premier Chipboard Further in early 90’s sensing a Talking about the impact of US dollar on cotton
demand for quality textile products. These units have imports he said that cotton is imported not only due
developed there brand both in the local and export to the lagging in cotton production but also
markets. The house of Aziz commissioned a textile toproduce a better product mix. He said that
mill, A.J textile at Gadoon. Aziz group is in the businessmen today need to have all kids of products
process of further expansion and modernization in to sell which will require several kinds of cotton
the textile spinning and also in the match quality. So cotton imported is not only about the
manufacturing sector. insufficient cotton quantity but also the type of quality
required. Everyone in the east whether it be India,
Aziz Group of Companies at Heimtextil presented Bangladesh or China has to import cotton to fulfill the
several types of yarn including polyester, cotton, requirements of their product mix.
ratabotic spinning and double yarns which is Aziz
Group of Companies main line of business. Mr Afaan Mr Afaan said, “For the Pakistan textile industry it has
told that at Heimtextil Aziz Group of Companies is been a very positive year and our association has
meeting most of its customers or company played a very vital role by managing to achieve a
representatives who are here to sell their product. competitive gas rate which is at par with the rest of
the world as compared to the last five years when we
At Heimtextil 2019 in Frankfurt, Germany, Mr Afaan were facing major challenges due to unreasonable
Aziz, CEO Aziz Group of Companies, talking to gas and electricity rates. But now, with the
TEXtalks said that the visitor response at Heimtextil competitive rates, hopefully we will get our position
has been very positive. Pakistan textile industry has back in the world of textiles.”

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