Lamasat International was registered in 2002 as a manufacturing company of pipes and polypropylene bags. Since then the company has grown with investments to date of over US$ 60 million with a perse range of products and services, with annual turnover having crossed the US$ 40 million mark in 2012. The company employs close to 900 staff. The company was officially opened by the late President Levy Patrick Mwanawasa, SC (MHSRIP) in 2003. The company continues to enjoy support from the Government of the Republic of Zambia and in 2009 signed an Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement IPPA where the company has committed to invest a further US$ 21 million over the next few years.