Plastics Technology Centre (PTC) was established by Government of Pakistan at Korangi Industrial Area, Karachi in 1988. The Centre aims to develop technical know-how and competence in people involved in the manufacture of plastic products and for better utilization of manpower, material and machinery.
The Centre started its operations in October 1988. Since then number of academic & short courses, training programs, seminars and industrial clinics have been conducted for the local plastics industry. It also provides testing, advisory and technical services to the plastic processors and end-users. The initial activities were supported by UNIDO later on it was supported by Government of Japan.
At present PTC is the only testing, teaching and industrial services providing institution on Plastics in the country.

"Up-gradation of Plastics Technology Centre"

Project with a capital cost of Rs.478.44 million, including local currency component of Rs.34.30 million, with the grant-in-aid assistance of the Government of Japan was completed in June 2006.This expansion project is having state-of-the-art plastic processing and testing facilities.
Up-gradation project provided various kinds of equipment together with a workshop building to accommodate it, aims directly at improving the quality of various training courses and industrial services matched to market needs specially at up-grading the testing functions of the Center to cope with increasingly diversified products. The project's target is to ensure that unemployed persons acquire enough basic skills to get employed and that engineers at small & medium enterprises develop their competences further so that they can contribute to the development of their companies.
At present PTC is the only testing, teaching and industrial services providing institution on Plastics in the country.

Inauguration Ceremony

October 19, 1988
February 27, 2007 ...more