SIDC To Resolve Issues Of Sports Industry

Sumaira FH Published August 24, 2016 | 03:05 PM

SIALKOT,(UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News -24th Augst,2016) : Project Director Suports Industries Development centre (SIDC), Muhammad Sarwar Hanif on Wednesday said the SIDC was busy to providing technical guidline and other needs of local business community, engaged whith sports goods industry. He said that SIDC, a project of Small and Medium Enterprise Development Authority (SMEDA), was set up at the cost of Rs 436 million, with the active support of the Federal government. Highlighting the objectives of SIDC, he said that all machines for manufacturing of bladders, basket ball, volley ball and thermo laminated ball were installed and were busy to providing services to the local industry successfully.

He said that Sialkot city was known internationally as producer of standard quality products in sports, surgical instruments, leather garments, gloves, accessories, sportswear, musical instruments and about 400,000 people were engaged with export activities. Sports goods sector was the main export sector of the city by providing 70 percent of total world demand of hand stitched inflatable ball,he added.