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History: Significant Projects and Milestones

FOAR Innovative Technologies (Pvt.) Ltd. Runway Sealcoats | Crack and Joint Sealants Mastics | Plants | Airfield Application Services

FOAR Engineering Systems (Pvt.) Ltd. 1990: The company is established having its manufacturing facilities in Hattar Industrial Estate, Haripur, KPK 1992: Manufacturing of static bitumen handling systems commences as well as the indigenization of mobile storage tanks for the transport of hot bitumen 1995: Set up of in-house manufacturing units for the products of cutback asphalt and bitumen emulsion 1997: Indigenization of self propelled road marking apparatus for the application of hot applied thermoplastic material on Pakistan’s motorway network 1998: Setting up of a cold rolling line for metal guard rail beam production to AASHTO standards. Also developed was a hot dip galvanization plant for guard beams. 1999: In-house manufacturing of thermoplastic road marking materials and chlorinated rubber based paint begins. Application of these materials was carried out by various FOAR AOPs initially and later on by FOAR General Contracting Co. (Pvt.) Ltd. throughout Pakistan 2001: FOAR Engineering Systems (Pvt.) Ltd. becomes ISO 9001 certified 2001: Coal tar based sealcoat complying with US federal specification RP 355e/ASTM D 5727 along with establishing a first of its kind full range testing facility in Pakistan 2002: The first small scale coal tar distillation unit in Pakistan capable of refining coke oven grade coal tar is set up. The company also sets up a complete coal tar emulsion manufacturing unit for the commercial production of runway sealers.

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