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The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA) in collaboration with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has improved the production system in 50 auto factories.
SMEDA Chief Executive Officer Sher Ayub revealed this while commenting on second term of SMEDA-JICA joint project being run for technical support of the auto parts manufacturing industry in Pakistan.
The project, he said, was being conducted in coordination with the Pakistan Association of Automotive Parts and Accessories Manufacturers (PAAPAM). 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, he said, and pointed out that the sector had significant room to further improve quality, bring innovation and flexibility of manufacturing system which is being addressed with the support of JICA.
He said Japan's technical support had helped the local auto parts manufacturers to get prepared for export market by improving quality and productivity of their products as per world's requirements.
Earlier, at a ceremony held at PAAPAM Office today, Mukesh Kumar, SMEDA's Provincial Chief Sindh gave a briefing on the activities to be conducted under second term of SMEDA-JICA joint project for technical support of auto sector.
JICA senior representative in Pakistan, Yoshihisa Onoe, Hiroshi KANEKI - Chief of JICA Technical Team, Hiroshi SASAKI-Deputy Chief of JICA Team, Ikuta, Ishitaki, Sato (JICA Experts) and Muhammad Ashraf Sheikh, Senior Vice Chairman PAAPAM also spoke on this occasion.
Speaking on the occasion, Yoshihisa Onoe assured to continue technical support for Pakistan's industry to enable it to compete in the world market in terms of technical know-how and modern manufacturing techniques.
He said that JICA's collaboration with SMEDA and PAAPAM had proved to be very useful for the local auto parts' manufacturing industry in Pakistan. He expressed his satisfaction over increased productivity to an optimal level and significant decline in the rejection rate during the manufacturing processes.
He said that SMEs, engaged in auto parts manufacturing, had a great potential to compete the international market and assured to extend complete technical support to impart best practices being exercised in auto sector of the developed world.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2018

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