PAC supplier in Karachi with stock already on the ground.
Polyaluminium chloride from Shaanxi Ande Technology, held buffer-stocked in our Clifton warehouse. A 5 MT plant order leaves the same business week with the factory COA in hand. PKR-invoiced from Karachi, so the procurement officer doesn't carry FX exposure on a working chemistry. Sole Pakistan agent of Shaanxi Ande since the lane was established.
Five reasons a Karachi-zone plant should stop direct-importing.
Most Pakistani plants procuring PAC either buy from a local blender of variable assay, or wire to a Chinese trader on 8 to 12 week lead times. The Karachi-stock middle path collapses both downsides.
What's on the Clifton shelf right now.
Four PAC grades are held buffer-stocked in Karachi. Liquid grades ship in 30-litre drum, 1,000-litre IBC, or bulk tanker. Solid grades ship in 25-kg bag or 1 MT bulk bag.
| Grade | Al₂O₃ | Dose | Karachi-stock dispatch | TDS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industrial liquid | ≥ 10% | 60 to 250 ppm | 5 MT same week | PAC |
| Industrial solid | ≥ 29% | 30 to 80 ppm | 2 MT same week, 10 MT in 2 weeks | PAC |
| Drinking liquid | ≥ 12% | 10 to 60 ppm | 2 MT same week | PAC |
| Drinking solid | ≥ 32% | 5 to 30 ppm | 1 MT same week, 5 MT in 2 weeks | PAC |
Stock holding rotates monthly. For 50+ MT orders we coordinate a factory-direct shipment from Shaanxi Ande on 4-week production plus 21 to 35 days CIF Karachi. Bonded warehousing available at Port Qasim for 100+ MT annual offtake.
A pharmaceutical plant in Korangi Industrial Area.
The plant was buying drinking-grade PAC from a domestic Karachi blender with assay drift between 6 and 11% Al₂O₃ — not acceptable for a regulated facility's water programme. We switched their feedwater clarifier to Shaanxi Ande drinking liquid at 12% Al₂O₃ on a fixed COA, with 2 MT held on rolling Clifton stock. The QA team finally had a defensible chain of custody for the regulator's annual audit, and the RO front-end stopped seeing aluminium carryover from over-dose corrections.
A Faisalabad textile mill via Karachi stock.
The mill is 1,200 km north of Karachi but the dispatch arithmetic still works: a 10 MT PAC order on the Karachi-stock lane lands at the dye-house in 5 days (truck transit included), against a 9-week direct-China import. The mill was running a Buckman flocculant on 4-week European lead times. Switched to Shaanxi Ande industrial liquid at 180 ppm against the dye-loaded effluent. COD dropped from 1,800 to 540 mg/L post-clarifier, cost-in-use ran 18% below the Buckman incumbent.
A municipal water-works site in Hyderabad.
The site was on a domestic PAC at inconsistent supply, with monthly stock-outs forcing dose interruptions and turbidity spikes in the distribution network. We staged a 6 MT rolling stock at Clifton on drinking-grade 12% liquid, set up monthly call-off against a 12-month contract, and bundled in quarterly KPI review. Settled-water turbidity stabilised under 5 NTU, dose interruptions stopped, and the procurement officer stopped getting weekend phone calls from the plant superintendent.
MOQ, dispatch, payment, and INCO from Karachi.
Three engagement shapes. Pricing is custom by grade, volume, and packaging; the quote returns within 2 business days with the COA sample.
Pricing bands are not published. Each quote is sized to grade, volume, INCO, and packaging. The cost-in-use comparator at /calculators/cost-in-use/ compares delivered cost against your incumbent on per-MT-of-active basis.
PAC is a freight-sensitive commodity: 10% of the shipped mass is active alumina, the rest is water or excipient. Direct-from-China import without a Karachi-side agent puts the buyer on full ocean freight on the inactive fraction, FX exposure between PO and CIF arrival, plus customs lead time. A Karachi stockholding lane collapses those frictions.
Our sole-agent contract with Shaanxi Ande is paired with the Innovative Water Technology blending line in Karachi for cases where local touch-up is justified. The economics: import in bulk in solid form on the factory's shipping mode, dilute or re-blend in Karachi for plants that want liquid in IBC. The full corridor model is documented on the sourcing page.
Most Karachi PAC accounts run alongside one of these.
Polyaluminium chloride rarely runs solo. The two most common pairings on the AAS book in Karachi are CPAM for sludge dewatering and a non-oxidizing biocide for the equalisation basin.
Karachi-stock procurement, what to expect.
Where is your PAC stockholding in Karachi?
Our Clifton office at C-86, Block-2 holds the working buffer, with bulk stock at our Port Qasim partner warehouse. Liquid PAC in IBC and solid PAC in 1 MT bags. Most Karachi-zone plant orders ship within 3 to 5 working days from PO.
How quickly can you deliver a 5 MT PAC order in Karachi?
Same business week on stock-spec industrial liquid (10% Al₂O₃) or solid (29% Al₂O₃). The truck leaves Clifton or Port Qasim depending on packaging, with the matching COA emailed at dispatch. For 50 MT orders, lead time is roughly 4 weeks ex-Shaanxi Ande factory plus 21 to 35 days sea freight CIF Karachi.
Can you supply PAC in PKR-invoiced form?
Yes. Ex-Karachi-stock orders are invoiced in PKR, which offloads FX exposure to us. Factory-direct bulk imports are quoted in USD but we offer PKR-equivalent invoicing on multi-year contracts. Payment terms run 30-day TT for repeat accounts and LC at sight for first orders.
Is your PAC stock the same Shaanxi Ande material as factory-direct?
Yes. Every drum and bag in Karachi traces back to a Shaanxi Ande factory batch with its own COA. We're the sole Pakistan agent, so there's no separate domestic blend masquerading as Chinese material. Innovative Water Technology in Karachi handles re-packing and local-blend duties on request, with the source lot identified on the new COA.
Do you serve plants outside Karachi from this stock?
Yes. Karachi stock dispatches to Faisalabad, Lahore, Multan, and Hyderabad on standard inland freight (1 to 3 days truck transit). The advantage of Karachi-stock vs direct import is the same regardless of destination: weeks vs months on lead time, COA already in hand, PKR invoice.
What's the MOQ on Karachi-stock PAC?
200 kg for stock-spec liquid grades and 1 metric tonne for solid or granular forms. Trial drums of 25 to 50 kg are available on request for new accounts running pilot jar tests. Program-scale tiers run 5 MT same-week through 50 MT on 4-week factory-direct.
Do you provide technical support after the sale?
Yes. Karachi-based applications engineer on the line during working hours, WhatsApp on +92 300 823 9990 for emergencies 24/7. Commissioning visit and quarterly KPI review are bundled into recurring supply contracts within 250 km of Karachi.
Three minutes of intake, COA-anchored quote within 2 business days.
Send grade, volume, packaging, and delivery zone. Rayhan replies with the written offer, the matching factory COA sample, and an indicative band. Sample dispatch is 2 to 3 working days from Karachi.
Austin Anderson Solutions · C-86, Block-2, Clifton, Karachi 75600
+92 (21) 35874214-5 · rayhan@austinandersonsolutions.com
WhatsApp 24/7: +92 300 823 9990