Plastics Industry: The Backbone of Pakistan Economy
The plastic is used in almost all industries in one form or the other which makes plastic industry an integral part of all industries. Food, pharmaceutical and automotive are using plastic material whether as packaging or as a part of their products. Take the example of automotive, automobiles are not complete without plastic auto parts.
With its improved quality and productivity through innovative techniques, Pakistan is not only meeting the demand of local automotive industry but exporting significant plastic auto parts to the world and F&N International has been serving the industry for decades. Packaging for food and pharmaceutical products has also improved over the years. It is appreciable that plastic industry has been following the international standards to produce safe and healthy packaging for the essential items.
Over years, Pakistani plastic industry has established a good reputation in the world with its sophisticated technology and state of the art plants. Pakistan has registered growth of 5 percent in plastic exports during 2015-19. Major importers of Pakistani plastic are United States of America, Afghanistan, Canada, Turkey,
UAE, India, Italy, Tanzania, Belgium, Germany, Bangladesh, Qatar, UK and China. Companies:
Prominent companies which are buying Pakistani plastic products are Coca Cola, Pepsi, Unilever, Cadbury Pakistan, Becton Dickinson Pakistan, Haier, Nestle Pakistan, Tetrapack, Procter & Gamble, Colgate Palmolive, Toyota, Suzuki, Honda, Hinopak, Yamaha, Nissan, Clariant Chemical Pakistan Ltd., ICI Pakistan Ltd., Serio Plas Pakistan, Gillete, Arcelik Turkish Group and Dutch diary giant Royal Friesland. The Plastic industry of Pakistan has approximately 11000 small, medium and large sized processing units all over Pakistan. Major concentration of plastic processors are around Karachi, Lahore, Gujranwala, Peshawar, Faisalabad, Hyderabad, Rawalpindi, Gadoon and Hattar. 60 percent processors are located in Punjab, while 30 percent are in Sindh, 7 percent in KPK and 3 percent in Baluchistan.
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