A Legacy of Generations

The Imperial Group was founded by Mr. Abdul Ghani Khan (Late) in 1931 when he started the Imperial Electric Company. After a few years of laying the foundations for the company he passed on the controls to his sons, Mr. Abdul Rehman (Late) and Mr. Atta ur Rehman (Late) in early 1940s. Both brothers worked diligently in building up the Imperial Group. In mid-50’s, the brothers partnered up with, Mr. Sheikh Abdul Mannan (Late) and Mr. Shafiq Ahmed Siddiqui (Late), further expanding the group by launching into new endeavours, both public and private.

Throughout its history, the Imperial group has been a part of designing and building Pakistan’s electrical and civil infrastructure. The first high-voltage transmission line, Warsak-Kharian (132KV) was awarded and completed by the construction division of IEC (now ICC Pvt. Ltd) led by Mr. Shafiq Ahmed Siddiqui (Late). A large number of important buildings such as the Civil Secretariat, the first government office block in Islamabad, were built by another group company, Interhom (now disinvested).

The group has successfully completed several transmission lines, power plants, grid-stations & substations, thermal plants, ceramic insulators, long rod switches, switchgear, diesel generators, airfield lighting, instrument landing and aircraft stand equipment installation projects.

Over its long and illustrious life, The Imperial Electric Company, has obtained the distribution rights of renowned companies such as ALCOA, Asea (now known as ABB), NGK, Deutz, Copperweld, Yotai Refractories and Thorn Lighting, to name a few. IEC now represents Chint, Schneider Electric, ADB SAFEGATE, ITW GSE, JBT AeroTech, Leoni, Thales, and Tungsram Lighting (previously GE Lighting). To date, the 5th Generation of the family has carried on the legacy and thrives to evolve the group with the latest innovations and technologies.

IEC Group Companies

EMCO Industries Ltd

Soon after the creation of Pakistan, the needs for import substitution was felt and in 1951, a small manufacturing unit for electrical goods was established in the basement of the offices of The Imperial Electric Company to produce electrical accessories. With single minded initiative and efforts of Mr. Ata-ur-Rehman (late), the former Managing Director of the Company, the facilities were continuously upgraded, and a full-fledged facility was established in Lahore, Pakistan by 1954 under the same name of Electrical Equipment Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (EMCO). The first comprehensive Insulator Manufacturing Plant was in operation with the active participation, know-how and machinery coming from Japan and France.

ICC (Pvt) Ltd

Established in 1958, ICC was the first Pakistani company to undertake turnkey projects for construction of transmission lines in the country. Over 12,000 km of distribution and transmission lines ranging from 11 kV to 500 kV have been constructed by ICC since its inception.

ICC (Pvt) Ltd. has played a vital and active role in achieving the objective of self-sufficiency in electrical technology in Pakistan. Over the last half century ICC has worked side-by-side with WAPDA, KESC and Pakistan Steel Mills and has made a major contribution towards the construction of high voltage transmission networks, substations and power stations in the country. It is proud of the reputation earned in this period, which is reflected through a dynamic list of achievements in the field of electrical and mechanical construction.

AETCON

Arabian Electric Transmission Line Company (AETCON) was established in 1998 as a joint venture between ICC (Pvt) Ltd. And Tamimi Group (KSA). The aim of this venture was to duplicate the success of ICC (Pvt) in KSA. The company specializes in Power Transmission, Distribution Systems, Electrical and Communication Systems along with all associated Civil Works including Design, Procurement of Material, Transportation, Erection, Testing and Commissioning.

EBR Energy (Pvt) Ltd

As the population grows, the energy demand in Pakistan is higher than ever before. With the cost of energy increasing, the need for renewable energy was imminent. EBR Energy was formed in 2009 as one of the first installers of Solar Panels and providers of Solar based energy solutions in Pakistan.

In 2021, IEC saw the need to diversify into Solar solutions and invited EBR Energy to collaborate on projects. However, the synergy was so apparent that in 2022, IEC acquired 100% shareholding of EBR.

EBR is now working in the field of solar electrification projects for the residential, commercial and industrial market in Pakistan, along with solar pump and lighting projects in the north and south of Pakistan.

1931

With humble beginnings on Brandreth Road (now Nishter Road), IEC was one of two Muslim trading houses of electrical goods in the Indian | subcontinent |

1940

IEC provides lighting and sound system free of charge at Pakistan Resolution, Minto Park (now Iqbal Park).

1954

Electric Equipment Manufacturing Co. Ltd (now known as EMCO Industries Ltd) established to manufacture low-voltage porcelain products.

1957/58

The first high-voltage transmission line, Warsak- Kharian (132KV) was awarded and completed by the construction division of IEC

1962/63

As IEC's Construction Division grew, it was formally spun off to an independent company called Imperial Construction Company (now ICC)

1962

Interhom was a civil construction company established to complement the civil portion of construction jobs with ICC. However, they soon found themselves engaging in historically

1983

EMCO expands its operations by adding porcelain wall and floor tiles to the portfolio of products.

1983

EMCO expands its operations by adding porcelain wall and floor tiles to the portfolio of products.

1989

ICC Textiles is established.

1997

IEC starts assembly of diesel generators using Deutz engines.

1998

ICC and Al-Tamimi Group of KSA join hands and enter into a joint venture, establishing Arabian Electrical Transmission Line Construction Company (AETCON).

2002

Imperial Soft (Pvi) Ltd. is born out of a joint venture between IEC and KLV (GmbH) Germany as a software development back office for Germany software clients.