Federal Minister for Science and Technology Sena-tor Shibli Faraz said on Saturday that plastic indus-try in Pakistan was expanding at annual growth of 15 percent during last few years.
Addressing the ceremony after inaugurating the Project of Upgradation of Polymer and Plastic Laboratory here at PCSIR, he added that the project directly related to the objectives of sector especially in terms of Pakistan Vision 2025 chalked out by Planning Commission of Pakistan which included the upgradation of infrastructure, as well as R&D facilities in Polymer and Plastics Technology.
Moreover, this would put Polymer and Plastics Laboratory in a comparatively better position to assist the private sector in terms of various scientific services that it required to sustain and augment its productivity in field of Polymer Science, he added.
The Federal Minister said the project would enhance available facilities at Polymers and Plastics Labora-tory, PCSIR Lahore. It would also provide advisory and information services for the sake of improve-ment in quality of polymer-based products and would also lead to provision of testing and evalua-tion facilities for Polymer and Plastics Industry in Pakistan.
Senator Shibli Faraz congratulated the administra-tion and Chairman PCSIR and encouraged them to continue striving for excellence.
The Federal Minister for Science and Technology also inaugurated Technology Transfer and Capacity Building Centre and Technology Innovation Sup-port Centre.
