Bengaluru, Dec 13 (PTI) The Karnataka government is taking steps to accelerate the growth of the state's plastic sector by establishing dedicated plastic parks in Mangaluru and in Vijayapura district, equipped with state-of-the-art facilities for polymer and plastics enterprises, Large and Medium Industries Minister M B Patil said on Saturday.

Addressing the gathering at the launch of PLASTINDIA 2026, he said that the Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering and Technology (CIPET) will establish a new campus within the Mangaluru Plastic Park to train skilled manpower and promote research in polymer science.

The event was organised in the run-up to the 12th International Plastics Exhibition and Conference (PLASTINDIA 2026) scheduled to be held in New Delhi from February 5 to 10.

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