Lahore Chemical & Pharmaceutical Works, which came to be popularly known as LCPW was established in 1952. During the early years, the company entered into the technical collaboration with Howards of Ilford, Ilford near London and Stafford Allen & Sons of England to manufacture their specialties. But later on, the company entered into a series of technical collaboration with many other Multinationals. These alliances gave the company access to innovative technologies and research from around the world.

In 1952 when the LCPW was established, it was housed in a building, which was being used for carrying out research in the botanical field. This building was on an five acre plot of land, which was later acquired by then Punjab University.