Jewellery training centre

Published June 10, 2008

KARACHI, June 9: Pakistan Gems and Jewellery Development Company (PGJDC) has established country’s first training and manufacturing centre in Saddar town Karachi.

The centre will facilitate the gems and jewellery industry in technology up-gradation, skills development, gems processing and jewellery manufacturing through training on required equipments

It is first of the four planned centres to be established by the PGJDC.

The others are being set up in Lahore, Gilgit and Quetta.

CAD/CAM a state-of-the-art jewellery manufacturing technology has been introduced in Pakistan for the first time by the company.

One each of such machines has been installed at centres in Karachi and Lahore.—PPI

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