In the heart of Faisalabad, where Pakistan’s industrial backbone continues to evolve, a quiet but powerful innovation movement has been taking shape. Volt-Lab & Innovate-itt, founded by Mohsin Farid, is one of those rare stories where vision, ethics, and advanced technology come together to build something truly impactful for both Pakistan and the global market.
The journey began in 2019, not with a factory or a large team, but with a single freelancer offering complete electronic design solutions to startups across the world. Unlike many service providers who specialized in only mechanical or electrical design, Innovate-itt positioned itself as a one-stop hardware innovation partner, capable of taking an idea from concept to physical product. This approach quickly differentiated the brand in an extremely competitive global market.
By 2021, the company stepped into the rapidly growing world of IoT (Internet of Things). Then, in 2024, it expanded further into AIoT, blending artificial intelligence with connected devices. Every product followed a disciplined development process starting with a prototype, moving to MVP, then pilot production, and finally mass manufacturing. This structured workflow allowed the company to maintain quality while scaling its operations.
Over the years, Innovate-itt has worked on a wide range of advanced products for international clients. From smart consumer wearables powered by curved batteries and portable power banks, to IoT vehicle tax identifier devices developed for a startup in Zimbabwe, the company has demonstrated strong engineering depth. Its AIoT journey includes notable projects such as an AI-based trash sorting device for a South Korean company and an AI-integrated scientific calculator with a built-in camera developed for a Belgian startup that provides solutions through ChatGPT-powered logic.
In 2023, Mohsin Farid took a bold step toward local manufacturing by launching Volt-Lab, a product-focused brand aimed at building electronics designed and manufactured in Pakistan. One of Volt-Lab’s flagship achievements is a WiFi Router UPS, a locally built solution responding directly to Pakistan’s power reliability challenges. This marked a major transition for the company from being primarily a service provider to becoming a true product-based manufacturing brand.
The journey, however, was far from easy. One of the earliest struggles was the lack of awareness about local product designing within the market. Importing electronic components for prototypes remained a constant challenge due to volatile customs duties and regulatory complications. Even exporting prototypes was difficult, as customs authorities often restricted the shipment of electronic items. Courier charges fluctuated drastically, sometimes increasing six times overnight. The import of 3D printers required approvals from nearly ten government bodies, including defense-related agencies. Although locally manufactured 3D printers were available, their limited precision restricted advanced development work.
Despite these roadblocks, Mohsin Farid remained confident in one thing: Pakistan has world-class engineering talent, often matching or surpassing global standards when given the right opportunities.
After nearly one and a half years of persistent effort, Innovate-itt achieved its first major breakthrough by securing a USD 15,000 international project. The key factor behind this milestone was the company’s ability to offer complete hardware solutions under one roof, at a time when most competitors were providing only partial services. From that point onward, the company’s growth accelerated rapidly.
During its first three years, the business recorded an impressive 100% growth rate. Yet, this growth was not without financial sacrifice. The company initially took no advances, offered unlimited free revisions, and maintained a strict customer satisfaction and refund policy even issuing refunds after work completion in some cases. While this caused short-term losses due to client defaults, it helped establish a powerful reputation built on trust, transparency, and ethics.
The founder attributes the company’s success largely to its strong moral values, careful commitment practices, focus on staff training, and an unwavering promise of on-time delivery with high quality. Instead of exploiting short-term profits, the company continued to invest in workforce skills and long-term client relationships an approach still rare in Pakistan’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Today, Innovate-itt operates with an automated order-booking system, advanced production management tools, and a manufacturing capacity of up to 500 units per month. The internal team includes 12 production employees, while marketing is outsourced and customer handling is managed in-house. Mohsin Farid continues to serve as the Founder and CEO, guiding the organization with a hands-on leadership style.
One of the company’s most prestigious corporate successes has been its work with Telenor Pakistan, for whom Innovate-itt developed a centralized facility and cooling management dashboard controlled through a single, unified system. This project significantly strengthened the brand’s position within Pakistan’s corporate and industrial sector.
From a financial perspective, the company’s services division has remained the most profitable so far, but the strategic focus has now shifted toward making Volt-Lab’s products the primary revenue drivers. The management is actively working on strengthening financial systems, improving sales and marketing channels, reinvesting in R&D, and streamlining internal operations for sustainability and scale.
Looking ahead, the vision of Volt-Lab & Innovate-itt is firmly global. Over the next one to three years, the company plans to launch new B2B and B2S products, expand into the Middle East, participate in international technology exhibitions, and establish a sub-office abroad to serve as a regional order booking and export hub. The long-term mission is simple yet powerful: to make Pakistani electronics products competitive on the global stage.
For aspiring entrepreneurs, Mohsin Farid offers straightforward advice shaped by real experience: start small, focus on solving one meaningful problem at a time, and grow with discipline. While government policies and regulatory hurdles remain challenging, he believes that success always lies in finding smart alternatives rather than excuses.
The story of Volt-Lab & Innovate-itt is not just about hardware and machines it is about building trust through ethics, nurturing local talent, and daring to believe that world-class technology can be designed and manufactured in Pakistan. It stands as a compelling example of how vision, when combined with persistence and principled leadership, can reshape industries and inspire a new generation of innovators.
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