Founded in
1898
THE PIONEERS OF DISTRIBUTION IN PAKISTAN
S. M. llyas & Sons – Sheikh Muhammad Ilyas (Private) Limited. is a well known, well established and time honoured business house established in 1898.
Having been associated with leading multinational companies since more than a century, they are the ones behind distribution and easy availability of many well known household products and brands.
Business Partners
Other Projects
Muhammadi Sugar Mills. [Sugar Manufacturing Unit]
SMI Developers [Construction & Sale]
ICON Software Studios
SMI Retail Pay
Vitamin Infusion Therapy
AA Pulp and Puree – Pulp Manufacturing
Testimonials
"About the future and has definite plans how to take the business forward. All my best best wishes for the future”
– Golam Moinuddin
Deputy Managing Director, British Amercian Tobacco, Bangledesh. (7 th December 2001)“May it be the beginning of a beautiful friendship and a fast growing, successful business relationship”
– Roland Decorvet
Managing Director, Nestle Pakistan Limited (17 th July 2006).“Pleased to see a well run distribution operation and with best wishes to grow with Nestle”
– Syed Yawar Ali
Chairman Nestle Pakistan Limited“A real pleasure to see how history and tradition have been leveraged to embrace innovation. SMI to SMR to SMI shows proactive change. All the best for your future endeavours”
– Syed Ali Naseer
Director, Pakistan Tobacco Company“Thank you for making me feel so welcome to your business. I was very impressed with your professionalism and dedication to our business. Please keep up the good work and look forward to seeing the continued growth of our brands and reduction in Pall Mall out of stocks”
– Christopher Goody
Asia Pacific Regional Group Brand Manager, British American Tobacco Company (25 th March 2009)“I am very pleased to see SMI get a greater slice of the pie! It is testament to the relationship we have enjoyed over the years. I urge you to take advantage of your momentum in the market and I look forward to returning one day to see our share increase in both volume and value terms. Best of luck!”
– Rehan Baig
Marketing Director, Pakistan Tobacco Company.“Thank you for the incredible hospitality during my first visit to Lahore, Pakistan. I feel that ISIC development in Pakistan is in capable and safe hands. I so look forward to returning in the near future”
– Matthew East
Global Chairman International Student Identity Card (ISIC Association). (3 rd November 2010)“It is a great honour to be here. What a legacy! I am confident it will grow with PTC in the next 100 years and more. The unit look professional and I see lot of potential. Wish you all the best.”
– Shehzad Munim
Area Head of Marketing South Asia, British American Tobacco. (3 rd March 2011)“Very great privilege to be in this business premises. The History & Heritage is amazing. I also believe the drive to take opportunity to grow will definitely deliver the results”
– Demola Omitayo
Head of Sales Nigeria, British American Tobacco. (4 th September 2013)It has been an absolute pleasure to visit SMI and see old friends
E.N. Bruton
Deputy Chairman British American Tobacco Company, London (15 th March 1961)It has been an absolute pleasure to visit SMI and see old friends
E.N. Bruton
Deputy Chairman British American Tobacco Company, London (15 th March 1961)It has been a privilege to meet this distinguished family
Micheal Culler
Unilever Ltd, London (7 th August 1964)A great pleasure to have met you at last! – Thank you for your great hospitality and making such splendid arrangements
P. Sheehy
Global Chairman, British American Tobacco Company (3 rd October 1974 and 15 th September 1980)It is a great pleasure to see the new offices of SMI which are of a standard we expect from one our main distributors. It has also been very gratifying to be briefed on a very successful start they have made. I wish them continued success in the future & even further progress during an association which I hope will continue in the future as long as it has been with the predecessors fore fathers
Nizam Shah
Chairman Pakistan Tobacco Company (20 th October 1984)I have known this concern for the last 25 years – initially when I was with Lever Brothers and subsequently with ICI. They are an extremely polite lot , almost overwhelming in their kindness and generosity. I wish them best of luck in future and hope they will rise to greater heights of achievement
Chairman ICI
23 rd December 1984I have visited many distributors throughout the country. I am impressed with your operation and am happy that Woodwards have decided to operate through SMI. I look forward to a long lasting relationship between our companies. We wish you a successful future
Brian Janjua
GM Pakistan Woodwards (9 th August 1986)It is a great pleasure to visit Sheikh sahib and his sons and see them prosper. It is very heartening to know that SMI are joining into Industry. I would like to wish them the very best of luck in their new venture
Munawar Hamid
Chairman ICI (5 th April 1989)After six years of working together, I am happy to say that Woodwards are proud to have joined hands with you. New product launches in the recent years demonstrates your commitment to the business. I sincerely hope that we will see many more new product launches in the future together
Brian Janjua
MD Woodwards Pakistan (2 nd November 1991)It is my first visit to a distributor in Lahore and certainly very informative. I’m impressed with your organization and indeed the level of commitment. I am sure PTC sees you as a productive partner in their business….. in the present scenario of emerging challenges your support, I’m sure, will be readily forthcoming. Let me wish you well and invite you to be my guest when in Sri Lanka
Fazal Ghaffoor
Sril Lanka Tobacco Company (CTC) (1 st December 1991)It’s good to see a close relationship between the manufacturing company and the distributing company. Close relationships such as this are going to be the way of the future. Thank you for your hospitality during our brief, surprise visit
Richard Williams
Unilever International Audit – London. (20 th August 1992)I would thank you for the opportunity to discuss your distribution operations. I was quite impressed with the long history of your company and the good standing your company has in the region. I wish your company continued success and a successful relationship with Brooke Bond
Steve Fernicoln
Unilever International (Brooke Bond), New York. (20 th August 1992)It was a great pleasure to visit SMI. I am really impressed with the distribution systems that they have & the approach they adopt for promotion of business of their accounts. I wish we have more distributors like them
Sajjad H Gilani
Rafhan Foods. (30 th January 1993)Yours is a firm with a tradition of meritorious performance in various products. I am pleased and impressed with my visit with you and I am confident that Brooke Bond will continue to benefit from our long association which should result in future growth and prosperity of your illustrious organization
Kassim Dada
Chairma Managing Director, Brooke Bond Pakistan Limited. (14 th April 1993)A pleasure to visit and a keen & supportive business partner. We hope to develop and prosper jointly over the coming years
Salman Burney
Director Marketing, SmithKline Beecham (21 st March 1996)I am delighted to have received your letter informing me of the completion of the first centenary of SMI. On behalf of the Board of ICI Pakistan and personally myself, please accept our heartiest congratulations on this very credible achievement of which you should be very proud of. We very much value our past and present association with SMI and sincerely hope that a mutually beneficial association in the future as well. I am sure that you and the family must be very gratifies at this achievement which not many business houses have to their credit in the Sub Continent. It is indeed a very obvious achievement of your personal hard work and commitment to the “House
S M Ilyas & Sons
Thanking you very much for informing me and wishing you and S M Ilyas & Sons all the very best in the future. Warm personal regards”, Munawar Hamid OBE – CEO, ICI Pakistan Limited. (10 th July 1998)We at Reckitt Benckiser are very happy and proud to be associated with you as business partners. The Investment, practices and alignment on our joint vision will ensure that both businesses prosper and grow profitably and dramatically. I wish you all the success in the future and look forward to seeing a healthy, long term relationship with Reckitt Benckiser
Reckitt Benckiser
Managing Director, Reckitt Benckiser Pakistan (27 th July 2001)It’s a pleasure to be working with Raza and his team. Raza’s family has been in distribution business for over 100 years and over the years they have honed their skills in S&D which others can only aim for. We also appreciate Raza’s good practices. Please keep up the good work
Reckitt Benckiser
Director Sales, Reckitt Benckiser (27 th July 2001)Its given me immense pleasure to visit a distribution house who is associated with ILT/PTC for the last 100 years. I am honored to get the opportunity to visit this kind of places. The discussion I had is very encouraging and Mr. Raza is very confident about the future and has definite plans how to take the business forward. All my best best wishes for the future
Golam Moinuddin
Deputy Managing Director, British Amercian Tobacco, Bangledesh. (7 th December 2001)May it be the beginning of “a beautiful friendship” and a fast growing, successful business relationship
Roland Decorvet
Managing Director, Nestle Pakistan Limited (17 th July 2006)Pleased to see a well run distribution operation and with best wishes to grow with Nestle
Syed Yawar Ali
Chairman Nestle Pakistan LimitedA real pleasure to see how history and tradition have been leveraged to embrace innovation. SMI to SMR to SMI shows proactive change. All the best for your future endeavours
Syed Ali Naseer
Director, Pakistan Tobacco CompanyThank you for making me feel so welcome to your business. I was very impressed with your professionalism and dedication to our business. Please keep up the good work and look forward to seeing the continued growth of our brands and reduction in Pall Mall out of stocks
Christopher Goody
Asia Pacific Regional Group Brand Manager, British American Tobacco Company (25 th March 2009)I am very pleased to see SMI get a greater slice of the pie! It is testament to the relationship we have enjoyed over the years. I urge you to take advantage of your momentum in the market and I look forward to returning one day to see our share increase in both volume and value terms. Best of luck!
Rehan Baig
Marketing Director, Pakistan Tobacco CompanyThank you for the incredible hospitality during my first visit to Lahore, Pakistan. I feel that ISIC development in Pakistan is in capable and safe hands. I so look forward to returning in the near future
Matthew East
Global Chairman International Student Identity Card (ISIC Association). (3 rd November 2010)“It is a great honour to be here. What a legacy! I am confident it will grow with PTC in the next 100 years and more. The unit look professional and I see lot of potential. Wish you all the best
Shehzad Munim
Area Head of Marketing South Asia, British American Tobacco. (3 rd March 2011)Very great privilege to be in this business premises. The History & Heritage is amazing. I also believe the drive to take opportunity to grow will definitely deliver the results
