Pakistan needs its own power tool industry

[Azadkashmir]

For a country of 200 million mainly labourers etc Pakistan having the ability to produce tools such as cordless drills, angle grinders, jigsaws, band saw, mitre saw, is a big market and will help to increase productivity e.g instead of sawing wood manually which is painstakingly slow and labour intensive, one can use power tool to cut wood quicker faster cost effectively.
once established pakistan can export to neighbor countries.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

For a country of 200 million mainly labourers etc Pakistan having the ability to produce tools such as cordless drills, angle grinders, jigsaws, band saw, mitre saw, is a big market and will help to increase productivity e.g instead of sawing wood manually which is painstakingly slow and labour intensive, one can use power tool to cut wood quicker faster cost effectively.
once established pakistan can export to neighbor countries.

Make sure you skip electric and go straight to batteries.
Cordless stuff has really taken off and they even have circular saws.

Wow!

 

[Azadkashmir]

Make sure you skip electric and go straight to batteries.
Cordless stuff has really taken off and they even have circular saws.

Wow!

bratharr listen to me i have those tools i also have 18650 lithium batteries taken from old laptop batteries which i can turn into power pack to power the tools.

For a country of 200 million mainly labourers etc Pakistan having the ability to produce tools such as cordless drills, angle grinders, jigsaws, band saw, mitre saw, is a big market and will help to increase productivity e.g instead of sawing wood manually which is painstakingly slow and labour intensive, one can use power tool to cut wood quicker faster cost effectively.
once established pakistan can export to neighbor countries.

if they move to this i swear rapes and fights will go down statistically. in pakistan working the hot sun turns you into beast.

 

[Bilal9]

Make sure you skip electric and go straight to batteries.
Cordless stuff has really taken off and they even have circular saws.

Wow!

I am fully versed on the hand-held and battery operated power tools. That Milwaukee circular saw is also made in China and is of medium quality in Chinese market. Milwaukee is doing a 300% markup sourcing these in China and you and I are paying for it like idiots. No value addition being done by Milwaukee.

Try harbor freight brand tools. Those have less of a markup and aren't junk anymore. Read reviews first.

Bangladesh situation is being supplied by China, and you can get battery operated hand tools, but these are relatively expensive compared to 240V tools (Bangladesh and Pakistan both use that voltage). I reckon Pakistan situation is not THAT different from Bangladesh.

Given the demand, Pakistan investors can start sourcing ABS plastic housing locally and source DC motors, gearing, switches and hardware from suppliers in China and then start assembling these handheld tools in Pakistan (Battery-operated too if there is demand). At this point, these Chinese components should be cheap as chips. At some point, DC motors (main cost component) can also be made locally in Pakistan.

Pakistan Govt. needs to provide tariff support for low tariff on imported components however.

Angle grinders and handheld drills (stand drills too) are in widespread use in small roadside shops in Pakistan. Larger machine tools are also made locally in Gujranwala (Punjab) I believe.

 

[CrazyZ]

I have relatives that make small spot wielding equipment in for Lahore for a few generations. The designs have not changed since the 1950's (AC analog arc wielders) even though spot wielding tech as advanced a lot (to electronically controlled DC wielders). They tell me local tool industries were ruined by PPP leftish nationalization drives of the 70's. Those that remain are small family outfits that lack funds and capacity to design anything new.....so continue on with their legacy designs.

Best way to resolve this is to emulate the east Asia model and encourage government backed "for profit" corporations like Toyota or Samsung. These types of enterprises will be more willing to invest in research and capacity expansion......something small family run workshops in Pakistan can never replicate.