About us

Bitumen & Allied Products Co (Pvt.) Ltd (BAAPCO) has been in business for more than thirty years. Our long experience in this field has given us deep understanding and helped us serve our customers in best possible way.

The company’s goodwill and its determination to provide best available products got it a reputable name in the Armed Force and Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). The runway at Sargodha Air Base, Mianwali Air Base, Quetta Air Base, Mirpur Khas Air Base, Sukher Air Base etc were repaired and sealed with the products available with the company.

Similarly products like Aqua Seal and Bitu-Shield is supplied by the company to CAA contractors for joint filling and surface treatment of runways in Islamabad, Multan, Faisalabad, and Lahore Airports. The company has the ability and capability to provide material related to roads, building construction, runways, bridges and similar areas as per the requirement of Clients.

Alongside Bitumen & Allied products, BAAPCO also offer Repairing & Sealing of old and new roads, Repairing & Sealing of runways, waterproofing of old & new buildings and repairing and filling of all kinds of Roads, Buildings & Expansion joints.

In 1933, some Americans established a manufacturing concern under the name of Bitumen Emulsion India Ltd. The Company started to manufacture Cold Bitumen Emulsion in Lahore and Madraas. At that time the product Emulsion were newly introduced all over the world. The company successfully started producing Bitumen Emulsion with the cationic-based formulation.

In 1947, at the time of partition the branch in Lahore was taken over by Amalgamated Metal Corporation (AMC) London, England and was named as Bitumen Emulsions (Pakistan) Limited. This firm was incorporated in England. However, the company’s affairs and sales were under the management of British Metal Corporation a subsidiary of AMC.

At the time only three grades in Emulsions were supplied namely:

• Medium Setting (HMX) used as premixing grade for roads.
• Bitu-Proof “R” applied for water proofing of roofs.
• Rapid Setting (HR), a product which earned its name for roads and concrete curing grade.

In spite earning a reputable name and monopoly in the market, there were minor complaints about the storage stability of the cationic-based Bitumen Emulsions. Even though the storage life was sufficient enough for use to the consumer, the firm felt important enough to eliminate such complaints.

In 1963, Mian Zafar Mahmood, M.Sc in Chemical Engineering and A.M.I. Mech.E (England) with postgraduate training in Petroleum Refining & Quality Control of products was appointed as Production Manager of the company. His first task was to remove the complaints about the storage stability of Cold Bitumen Emulsion.

After extensive time and money spent in research and development the base of Cold Bitumen Emulsions was changed from Cationic to Anionic. Under his management the company started expanding it business and list of products all over Pakistan. His efforts were praised when the company got its first major supply of Bitumen Emulsions in the construction of Karakuram Highway (KKH) gate way between Pakistan and China. He worked in this foreign company till 1982. In 1982 the company was closed and Mian Zafar Mahmood purchased the shares.

In 1986 the company was renamed as BITUMEN & ALLIED PRODUCTS COMPANY (PVT) LTD and was registered in Lahore – Pakistan. Since then the company is working under this name.