Zafar Iqbal
Zafar Iqbal; born 3rd January 1952; is a Pakistani businessman & Investor. Graduated top of his class as a Mechanical Engineer from the prestigious University of Engineering & Technology in 1975 .
Since his childhood, Zafar is always keen on taking up challenges. As a fresh graduate, he decided to make the move to the UAE and pursue his career as a Sales engineer. He persevered through his smart & hard work at a few of the leading industrial distributors across the GCC, and excelled at every challenge thrown at him. Coming from a business family, Zafar was ready for his next challenge and that’s when he decided to take the giant leap of starting his own company in 1989- Inter Equipment.
Over the last 30 years, he has evolved his business into one of the largest Industrial Distributors in the Gulf Region. Catering to vital Industries like Oil & Gas, Construction & Infrastructure, Aviation, Mining & Metals, Defense Contractors as well as Healthcare Institutions. Serving the Leading Multinationals, Government entities & SMEs with a large portfolio of product offering including MRO Supplies, Pipe Fittings & Valves, Power Generation, Material Handling & Construction Equipment as well as Engineering Services. Inter Equipment contributes to the toughest engineering projects around 40+ countries, satisfying Zafar’s need for taking up challenges and resolving them.
Today, Inter Equipment has evolved into an Global Industrial B2B & B2G Marketplace – SupplyApp.com. With an expansive 1 million+ Product offerings from 4000 Global manufacturers- it is truly unlike any other. The platform provides its customers, the B2C easy-to-use and reliable e-commerce experience, exclusively for Industrial B2B Product lines, from across the globe. What also sets this platform apart is it’s immense capability of being connected to existing processes used by all leading companies around the world. This is truly a game changer in the making.
Through the use of the latest in automation & technology, Inter Equipment is disrupting the way Industrial businesses buy, sell & operate their businesses. Zafar has taken up the challenge of achieving his of vision of driving these unrealized efficiencies in supply chain and ultimately making people’s lives easier, whilst creating value for the world’s vital industries.