Principle of Management

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Descon Engineering Limited Lahore 18 km Ferozepur Road, Lahore, 53000 Pakistan Tel: (92 42) 35990034, 5805134 | UAN: (92 42) 111-DES-CON | Fax: (92 42) 35811005, 5811135 Email: descon@descon.com.pk

History Established in 1981, Olayan Descon is a joint venture between Olayan Saudi Holding Company and Descon Engineering Limited. Olayan Saudi Holding Company is a Saudi owned multinational group, which ranks as one of the largest privately held companies in the Kingdom. There are over 50 companies in the group doing business in the Middle East, Europe, Australia and US. Olayan has business partnerships with market leaders like Bechtel, Coca Cola, Xerox, Baxter, Atlas Copco, Cummins, Kimberly-Clark, and Kraft General Foods. The business scope of the group entails profound involvement in Engineering, Manufacturing, Contracting, Trading, Distribution, Finance and Real Estate. DESCON ENGINEERING started its operations from Pakistan in 1977, as a small company providing plant maintenance services. Today it ranks among the well- known engineering and constructing companies in Pakistan and the Gulf region, while General Contracting remains the mainstay of the company's business.

Introduction
Descon Engineering Limited was set up in December 1977 to offer its services to industrial plants for a large range of services including, engineering, construction & maintenance of high value plants e.g. Oil Refineries, Gas Processing Plants, Fertilizer plants, Petrochemical Plants, Cements Plants, Power Plants to name a few. Over the years, the company has diversified rapidly into other areas e.g. manufacturing of Plant and Equipment and Construction of Large Infrastructure Projects e.g. Dams, Barrages, Motorway etc. Descon is also providing turnkey solutions to its clients in these industrial sectors. The company has also diversified into GCC countries and today it is recognized as the first Pakistani Multinational Company operating under a professional management in Pakistan, UAE, Qatar & KSA with a large multinational workforce of around 25,000 persons comprising of around 30 nationalities. Today, as we are heading towards industrialization and modernization, the need for skilled work force has become pivotal and Descon Training Institute (DTI) is playing an important role in the industry by producing trained and skilled work force. Statistical figures by the end of July 2008 show that DTI has passed out 5158 students fully trained in their respective trades. Bulks of these students are employed by Descon for its projects inside & outside Pakistan.

Over the last three decades Descon has evolved into a multi-faceted Engineering and Manufacturing concern and has further spawned a group of ventures with a diverse activities portfolio: Project Management, EPC, Engineering, Manufacturing, Construction, Maintenance, Software Development, Mining, Chemicals and Trading. While the group companies operate independently under a corporate structure, Descon Engineering remains the flagship company and provides the associated identity to its affiliates. The company is unique in its resource base with in-house capabilities for Design Engineering, Manufacturing, Construction and Maintenance Services. These are applicable to a wide variety of projects related to Industrial plants, Energy and Infrastructure development for which services are provided selectively or on turnkey / EPC basis. Project management expertise vested through sophisticated IT based systems is one of the key elements in achieving successful culmination of projects. The companys operations span Pakistan, The UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Oman, Egypt and Afghanistan. Joint venture partners and technology alliances include JGC Corporation - Japan, Enerflex Presson Canada, and Eckrohr Kessel Germany. The roster of clients and end-users is replete with auspicious names such as Sabic, Aramco, Adnoc, Borouge, Gasco, Qatar Petroleum and WAPDA, NHA,OGDCL at home. All establishments are system oriented with ISO and OHSAS certifications and ASME stamps. HSE achievements are reflected in the statistics with over 350 million man-hours of work executed. Considerable investment is made in human resources focusing on development of this vital asset. Descon is project-oriented and client-driven. Quality and HSE are taken as "value-adders" and the company culture encourages teamwork and innovation. With all these attributes and resources, the company is well placed to compete and succeed in the local as well as international contracting arena while being recognized as a quality service provider and manufacturer of capital equipment. The synergy between various business areas fuels strategic growth by providing cost effective solutions.

Purpose
To bring prosperity and well being to our stake holders and society at large by adding value through engineering, technology and management

Vision
To become a world class engineering, manufacturing and construction company operating internationally

Our Mission
"To provide our valued customers with cost effective and reliable solutions in project implementation and be recognized as the leading manufacturer of high quality equipment for plants."

Personality Profile of Leaders at Descon Engineering

Ghulam Kafeel Majal Head Human Resource Development, Descon Engineering Limited

Ghulam Kafeel Majal, graduated in Chemical engineering from Punjab University in 1976. Started professional career as instrument & control system engineer. Has been associated with Descon Engineering since 1980 & grew with the company. Worked on various assignments including projects in Pakistan & UAE. Rotated on various positions as head of Business Development, Plant services, Industrial Automation. Involved in strategy formulation & its implementation for achievement of desired results. Placed as Head of Human Resource Development & administration since 2002 & has been deeply involved in organization design, growth strategy planning, & implementation of companys core values in all aspects of the business. Received trainings in Pakistan, UAE, Singapore & USA throughout the career on various topics including control systems, marketing, production management, Quality assurance, Human Resource Development to name a few. He is married with 3 children. Hobbies include reading & sports watching.

4 Complete Structure of Descon

Span of Control

Formalization Chain of Command

5 Business Portfolio

MAJOR MULTINATIONAL CLIENTS

Client Country BHP BILLITON CLOUGH ENGINEERING LTD. OMV DOMINION BRIDGE SULZER (DBS) KLOCKNER-STADLER-HURTER (KSH) SKODAEXPORT F. L. SMIDTH ALSTHOM EXPORT BTT Australia Australia Australia Canada Canada CZECH. REPUBLIC DENMARK Flance France

KREBS STEIN INDUSTRIE TECHNIP - COFLEXIP TOTAL TRACTEBEL AEG BALCKE DURR DEUTSCHE BABCOCK KLOCKNER - INA SIEMENS NEM BV SHELL ANSALDO CTIP ENELPOWER ENI KTI NOVA SNAMPROGETTI TECNIMONT CHIYODA CORPORATION FUJI ELECTRIC CO. LTD. IHI JGC CORPORATION MARUBENI CORPORATION

France France France France Germany Germany Germany Germany Germany Holland Holland Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Italy Japan Japan Japan japan Japan

MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES (MHI)

Japan

MITSUI ENGINEERING & SHIPBUILDING (MES) Japan NICHIMEN CORPORATION NKK HYUNDAI LG ENGINEERING INDUSTRIAL EXPORT IMPORT BAYINDIR BECHTEL FOSTER WHEELER ICI LASMO OIL SNAMPROGETTI CALTEX CBI CHEMTEX CPC FLUOR CORPORATION HOWE-BAKER ENGINEERS OCCIDENTAL PARSONS UNION TEXAS Japan Japan Korea Korea Romania Turkey U.K U.K U.K U.K U.K U.S.A U.S.A U.S.A U.S.A U.S.A U.S.A U.S.A U.S.A U.S.A

MAJOR MIDDLE EAST CLIENTS

Client Country BANAGAS ARADET Bahrain Iraq

OMAN REFINERY COMPANY Oman QATAR KENTZ (w.I.I) QATARGAS AL-RAZI GPIC HADEED IBN AL-BAYTAR IBN HAYYAN IBN ZAHR KEMYA NIGC PETROKEMYA PETROMIN REFINERY SABIC SAFCO SAMREF SASREF SAUDI ARAMCO SAUDI METHANOL SHARQ YANPET Qatar Qatar Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia

ADGAS ADNOC BOROUGE EASTERN BECHTEL FERTIL GASCO NPCC TOTAL TRACTEBEL UMM-AL-NAR REFINERY

UAE UAE UAE UAE UAE UAE UAE UAE UAE

MAJOR CLIENTS IN PAKISTAN

Public Sector Private Sector OIL AND GAS COMPANY LTD. (OGDCL) PAKISTAN STATE OIL (PSO) PAKISTAN PETROLEUM LTD. (PPL) PAKISTAN OIL FIELDS LTD. (POF) NATIONAL FERTILIZER CORP. (NFC) PAK-ARAB FERTILIZER NATIONAL REFINERY LTD. (NRL) ATTOCK REFINERY LTD. (ARL) PAK-ARAB REFINERY CO. (PARCO) PAKISTAN REFINERY LTD. (PRL) PAKISTAN STEEL MILL FAUJI FOUNDATION (FFC, FJFC) ICI PAKISTAN PTA ENGRO CHEMICAL CRESCENT INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL ENGRO PAKTANK AES LALPIR / AES PAKGEN ROUSCH POWER PLANT HUBCO UCH POWER LTD. LUCKY CEMENT

KARACHI ELECTRIC SUPPLY COMPANY (KESC) SIND IRRIGATION DEPTT. WATER AND POWER DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (WAPDA) PAKISTAN HOUSING AUTHORITY NATIONAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY STATE CEMENT CORP., PAKISTAN CIVIL WORKS ORGANISATION (CWO) IRRIGATION & POWER DEPARTMENT (I&P)

FAUJI CEMENT ASKARI CEMENT LEVER BROTHERS RAFHAN CONSUMER PRODUCTS PACKAGES NESTLE MILKPAK D.G KHAN CEMENT MAPLE LEAF CEMENT CHAKWAL CEMENT

Descons Culture & Environment

Descons human resource has a diversity of skills, background, viewpoints and experiences from around the world. We have over thirty five different nationalities working in our bench strength. We hire only the best, based on merit, skills, abilities and desire to excel regardless of race, color, religion, gender, national origin and any ethnic background. We encourage our employees to maintain their work life balance. We give them the opportunities to spend quality time with their families by maintaining a stress free working schedule. We strongly believe that giving maximum ease to our employees shapes up our corporate culture.