HYDERABAD, April 3: The officer in charge, Pakistan Council of Scientific and Industrial Research laboratories, Hyderabad, Dr Riazuddin Abro, has informed that the council has set up its laboratories in Jamshoro on Super Highway opposite Gulshan-i- Shahbaz.

In a statement issued here on Thursday, he said that the laboratory was established to provide testing, analysing and other technical facilities to the industrial units of the region.

He said that initially, testing and analysis facilities would be provided to food, agriculture, textile, bangle, cement, ghee, soap, detergent, pharmaceutical, beverages and sugar industries and added that water could also be tested in the laboratory.

Mr Abro said that methods for preservation of food and crops had also been developed by the PCSIR.

He further said that maintenance of scientific equipment and technical help for installation of industrial machinery would also be made available and information about environmental studies by means of sun radiation data would also be provided.

He informed that the PSCIR laboratories had fabricated some energy saving devices like cookers, water heaters, dryers for food, vegetable, fish etc.

Mr Abro invited the industrialists to come forward with their problems and let the Hyderabad laboratory of the PCSIR serve them.

He said that Hyderabad was very famous as an industrial centre of cement, food, textile, soap, detergent and bangle industries.

He said that the industries needed various services and consultation to enhance their production according to modern requirements to improve quality of exports to make them competitive at national and international level.