— Family
Qadri-Family values
Conscious effort to inculcate family values in every aspect of business dealings — across generations of foundry-men and machinists.
As foundry-men and machinists for 4 generations, the roots of our family-owned business trace back to over a century.
Our heritage
Qadri Foundry · since 1905
Today, QADRI-Group enjoys pre-eminence as manufacturers of heavy industrial plant and equipment, specializing in multiple sectors including Sugar, Cement, Steel, Mining, Power, Chemical, Fertilizer, Paper & Board and Marine.
For us, developing new products and entering new markets is an ongoing process, and with presence in 90+ countries across continents, our global growth journey has grown steadily over the years. In doing so, conscious effort has always been made to inculcate Qadri-Family values in all aspect of our business dealings.
We are a professionally-managed, socially-conscious, QHSE-focused business Group geared up to meet the modern day challenges with the zeal to give back to the land where we belong and to the people associated with us.
Comprising of multiple companies, foundry facilities, fabrication and machine shops, we are a vertically integrated business Group, where the scope of activities of each of our entity complements that of the other to reinforce QADRI-Group at the center. In this sense, the pattern of our growth has been centripetal.
Simultaneously, we attach high priority to forge links with the world’s leading technology companies for plant & equipment falling under our purview. The resultant synergy has enabled us to offer bespoke, cost-effective solutions and high-quality equipment to our customers globally.
— Family
Conscious effort to inculcate family values in every aspect of business dealings — across generations of foundry-men and machinists.
— Integration
Multiple companies, foundries, fabrication and machine shops — each entity complements the other to reinforce Qadri Group at the centre.
— Partners
Priority to forge links with the world’s leading technology companies — delivering bespoke, cost-effective, high-quality equipment globally.
Generations
Countries presence
Sugar & cement customers
Countries in 2024
Timeline
From a tiny melt-shop in the 1890s to 250 sugar and cement plant customers across 100 countries — the milestones below are taken from Qadri Group’s heritage record.
Roots
Hussain and Karim, 10~12-year-old brothers, succeeded the tiny melt-shop of their mentor Baba Azeem.
Named
Business thrived and in autumn-1905, was named “Qadri Foundry” by their ‘Murshid’ from Srinagar, Kashmir.
Trials
1930~1940 were years of trials & tribulations resulting from political strife against British Raj — business suffered.
Pakistan
1947 saw the birth of Pakistan and with great enthusiasm, metallurgical foundries were established in Lahore and Karachi.
Local market
1950~1990 — on the road to pre-eminence as industrial plant & equipment manufacturer for the local market.
Škoda
‘Technical Collaboration’ with world-famous SKODA AS, Czech for manufacturing Sugar Mill Plant & Eqpt.
First export
1st export order for machined components received from SKODA TS s.r.o.
Fletcher Smith
Technology-sharing with world-famous FLETCHER SMITH, UK for manufacturing Sugar Mill Plant & Eqpt.
Fives Group
Technology-sharing with world-famous FIVES GROUP, France for manufacturing Sugar Mill Plant & Eqpt.
USA landmark
Shipped world’s largest Cane Crushing Mill to Lula-Westfield LLC, LA–USA for crushing 25,000 tons per day.
Fives license
‘License Agreement’ with FIVES GROUP, France for manufacturing Sugar Mill Plant & Eqpt.
FLSmidth
‘License Agreement’ with world-famous FLSmidth, Denmark for manufacturing Cement Plant Parts for Pakistan-market.
FLS export
1st export order for FLS-QADBROS branded Cement Plant spares & wear parts received from FLSmidth.
89 countries
‘License Agreement’ to manufacture & export FLS-QADBROS branded Cement Plant Parts to 89 countries of the world.
‘Agency Agreement’ to market & sell FLSmidth Proprietary Equipment to Cement Plants in 89 countries of the world.
Today
Year-2024 — opened with 250 Sugar Factory and Cement Plant customers spread over 100 countries of the world!