- Business
- Hi-Tech Lubricants Limited is a Pakistan-based downstream petroleum and automotive solutions company engaged in the procurement, blending, marketing, distribution, and retail of lubricants, petroleum fuels, and vehicle maintenance services. Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Lahore, Pakistan, the company operates across the lubricants, oil marketing, automotive care, and polymer manufacturing sectors. Through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Hi-Tech Blending (Private) Limited, and an exclusive long-term partnership with South Korea-based SK Enmove Co., Ltd., the company blends and distributes its flagship brand, ZIC. The company offers a systematic product and service portfolio comprising synthetic, semi-synthetic, and conventional gasoline engine oils for passenger cars; heavy-duty diesel engine oils for commercial transport fleets and agricultural machinery; motorcycle four-stroke and two-stroke lubricants; industrial lubricants including hydraulic fluids, gear oils, turbine oils, compressor oils, and industrial greases; automotive specialty fluids such as radiator coolants, brake fluids, and automatic transmission fluids; petroleum fuels including high-octane gasoline, premium motor gasoline, and high-speed diesel distributed through its licensed oil marketing company retail network; one-stop automotive maintenance and diagnostic solutions operated under the HTL Express banner, featuring fast-lube services, tire care, battery replacements, AC servicing, and car washing; and industrial blow-molded plastic bottles, caps, and polymer containers. The company caters to retail motorists, commercial transport operators, automotive dealerships, and diverse industrial clients across Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Sindh. In recent developments, Hi-Tech Lubricants has expanded its downstream oil marketing infrastructure by acquiring strategic land in Daulatpur, Sindh, for the development of a bulk oil storage depot to accelerate the rollout of its retail fuel network into southern Pakistan; executed a corporate restructuring initiative to carve out its polymer packaging operations into a separate, wholly-owned subsidiary to optimize operational efficiencies; arranged a rated, secured short-term Sukuk issuance of up to PKR 1 billion to finance working capital requirements and supply chain expansions; and broadened the nationwide footprint of its HTL Express service center network through an asset-light franchise expansion model.