Packaging industry faces skilled manpower shortage: Trade body chief

From the report

Bangladesh’s packaging and accessories sector needs 20,000-50,000 skilled workers but cannot source them locally, forcing businesses to recruit from Sri Lanka, India and China, said Mohammad Shahriar, president of Bangladesh Packaging and Accessories Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BPAMEA).

“We need 20,000 to 50,000 educated personnel in our sector, but we cannot find them. We have to hire people from Sri Lanka, India and China,” he said.

He was speaking at the closing ceremony of a three-day international training programme named “Sustainable and Quality Packaging for Local and Global Markets,” held at Banani Club in the capital on Monday, organised by BPAMEA in collaboration with the Asian Packaging Federation (APF).