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| Company type | State owned enterprise |
|---|---|
| HIT | |
| Industry | Defence |
| Founded | 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 |
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]
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]
- ^ a b c Heavy Industries Taxila (HIT) GlobalSecurity.org website, Retrieved 28 September 2021
- ^ Samuel Cranny-Evans (31 July 2020). "Pakistan Army inducts first batch of Al-Khalid-I MBTs (main battle tanks)". Janes.com website. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
- ^ Associate Press of Pakistan. "Defence Production Minister visits Heavy Industries Taxila". Associate Press of Pakistan website. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
- ^ Jon Grevatt (3 September 2019). "Pakistan to corporatise Heavy Industries Taxila". Janes.com (defence weekly magazine - UK). Retrieved 29 September 2021.