Manufacturing & quality.
The plant runs 5 production lines: granular, coated, liquid, water-soluble and compounded. Quality control sits beside them in the analytical laboratory, and every formulation is tried first on VAN’s research farms.
5 production lines, 2 laboratories.
| Line | What it does |
|---|---|
| Granular | Physical blending of single-nutrient and specialty granules to a target ratio, with compatibility checked before the batch rather than after it. |
| Coated | Sulfur coating at commercial scale, the line behind Vital Urea, and micronutrient coating: boron and iron coated directly onto the granule, so the micronutrient cannot separate in the bag and lands wherever the granule lands. Added in 2014. |
| Liquid | The full VL liquid range, from foliar concentrates to fertigation grades. |
| Water-soluble | Fully soluble grades for fertigation and foliar feeding. |
| Compounded | Compound granulation, in which every granule carries the complete declared analysis, so nothing separates between the bag and the field. |
| Repeat lots · how the lines are scheduled, not a line | Orders above a single lot run as repeat batches to the same frozen specification. Pack formats run from 1 litre to bulk, with finished-goods storage on site. |
| Laboratory | What it does |
|---|---|
| Analytical laboratory | PNAC-accredited, LAB 336, ISO/IEC 17025:2017. Every lot is tested here before it ships. |
| Biological laboratory | Opened in 2026. Phosphorus-solubilizing bacteria in field trials; a liquid inoculant and a mycorrhizal product in development, all on locally isolated strains. |
The method column is the one that matters in an audit.
Every production lot is released against a certificate of analysis from VAN’s own laboratory. The format is consistent across the catalogue: physical status, moisture, particle size and pH, followed by the chemical assays, each carrying its specification, its result and the method used to obtain it. That is why COA data, not marketing copy, is the source for every physical property published on this site.
| Rule | What it means |
|---|---|
| No lot ships without a COA | Released against the frozen specification, every time. |
| Every assay names its method | So a third-party result can be compared like for like. |
| A specification change is documented | The partner is told before it takes effect. VAN does not substitute silently. |
Every formulation is tested on calcareous field soil, not only on the bench.
VAN’s first agricultural experimental station was established in 2009 and the company runs its own research farms, staffed by agricultural scientists, for product trials. The farm is where a failure gets found out before a client’s season depends on it.
Standards the plant works to, with their numbers: 22 PSQCA manufacturing licences against 8 Pakistan Standards, each listed by brand with its licence number on the regulatory page, and a PNAC-accredited laboratory, ISO/IEC 17025:2017, Accreditation No. LAB 336. An ISO 9001 quality management certification is in progress with System Certification Centre (SCC), expected during 2027, and is not claimed here until the certificate is issued. Plant visits are part of most partner conversations, and for a co-manufacturing decision they are usually the point at which it becomes a real one.