LAHORE
Japan’s technical support has helped local auto parts manufacturers to get trained for the export market level by improving quality and productivity of their products as per world requirements.
This was stated by Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) Chief Executive Officer Fuad Hashim Rabbani, while he addressed a ceremony on Wednesday to commemorate the completion of the first term of the SMEDA-JICA joint project being run for technical support of the auto parts manufacturing industry in Pakistan.
Fuad congratulated JICA, PAAPAM and SMEDA team to complete the first term of the four-year project with a tangible improvement in productivity and quality of the auto parts production in Pakistan.
He informed that the auto sector is one of the rapidly growing sectors in Pakistan. Its contribution towards the national economy in the form of technology transfer, employment and revenue generation is visible.
JICA’s Senior Representative Yoshihisa Onoe, in his address, assured to continue the technical support for Pakistan’s industry to compete with the world market with regards to the technical know-how and the modern manufacturing techniques.
He informed that to implement SMEDA-JICA project for technical support of the auto parts manufacturing industry of Pakistan, a team of five Japanese experts having more than 40 years experience in the auto industry has been brought to Pakistan for a long period of up to 4 years.
He acknowledged that JICA’s collaboration with SMEDA and PAAPAM had proved to be very useful for the local auto parts manufacturing industry.
PAAPAM Chairman Mashood Ali Khan appreciated SMEDA’s initiatives to get JICA’s technical cooperation for auto parts industry. He said that PAAPAM members had greatly availed of the assistance to increase their productivity and reduce rejection rates in their manufacturing processes.
