LAHORE - The world renowned Japanese management expert Mr Toshi Ak i Nakamura has said that the industrial community of Pakistan ha a great potential for growth and development. He was addressing the concluding session of a five-day training program on Lean Manufacturing organized by the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority (SMEDA), in collaboration with National Productivity (NPO) and Asian Productivity Organization, Japan (APO) at a local hotel. The session was attended by 32 senior executives of the top class industrial groups including Nestle, hush Puppies, Millat Industrial Products Limited, Ittehad Chemicals, Pakistan Tobacco Company, Nishat Mills, Motorola Pakistan, Crescent Textile Mills, Packages, ICI paints and Services Industries. Mr. Fayyaz Riaz, Deputy General Manager, Industry Support Cell, SMEDA addressed the concluding ceremony on behalf of the management of SMEDA. Mr Toshi, wile expressing his views on his visit to Pakistan, said that Pakistan is a country of very friendly nation. He added that the industrial community of Pakistan had a great potential for growth and development. However, he urged the local business community to keep abreast with the modern technology and the new production techniques being practiced in the developed industrial world. In this regard, he appreciated the role being performed by SMEDA in Pakistan. He said that the local industrialists should send their floor managers abroad at their own.