Business April 27, 2021 KARACHI: Thal Limited, a subsidiary of the House of Habib, is setting up a plant to manufacture polypropylene woven bags in Hub with an investment of Rs1.7 billion, a statement said on Monday. Salman Burney, Vice Chairman of the House of Habib, performed the groundbreaking recently for the plant at the factory of Thal limited located in Hub, and it will be commercially operational by the end of February next year, it added. The state-of-the-art plant, which has the capacity to produce 90 million bags annually, has been procured from Windmoller and Holscher of Germany. “We are the pioneers of manufacturing industrial sacks and cement bags in Pakistan since 1973. Besides ensuring customer satisfaction and loyalty, this new investment is to further increase our contribution to the national exchequer and employment generation,” Burney said.