Heavy Industries Taxila
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Heavy Industries Taxila (Reporting name: HIT), (Urdu: ہیوی انڈسٹریز ٹیکسلا) is a state-owned enterprise and a defense contractor located in Taxila, Punjab, Pakistan.[1][2]
Company type | State owned enterprise |
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HIT | |
Industry | Defence |
Founded | 1971; 53 years ago (1971) in Taxila, Punjab |
Founder | Ministry of Defence |
Headquarters | Taxila , Pakistan |
Key people | Chairman: Lt-Gen. Shakir-ullah Khattak |
Products | Vehicular |
Owner | Ministry of Defence Production |
Website | hit.gov.pk |
The HIT is wholly owned owned and sponsored by the Ministry of Defence Production and its programs are managed by Army GHQ who approves its corporate appointments.[3] The HIT promotes, markets, engineers, develops, and undertakes heavy engineering works for Pakistan's military and for the civilian law enforcement agencies. It has extensive experience in the overhaul and upgrade of tracked armored fighting vehicles for the Pakistan Armed Forces.[1][4]
Besides developing the heavy works, HIT also provides military gears for Pakistan's military, building krytron and developing technology involving the solid-state lighting. In 2004, HIT had a work force of about 6000 engineers and highly skilled persons.[1]