INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
TEHRAN- Head of Iran Small Industries and Industrial Parks Organization (ISIPO) Ali Rasoulian said that 2,300 production units have been put
into operation across the country since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21, 2022), IRNA reported.Rasoulian
underlined the need for completing the value chain of industrial products in the country, saying that the Ministry of Industry, Mining, and
Trade should pave the way for investment in this sector.The official further emphasized the necessity of technological development in the
has been implementing new programs to support productive units across the country.Providing infrastructure and incentives to small and
medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are among the major programs that the ministry has been following in relation to industrial parks.Rasoulian
had earlier said that over 2,023 projects related to providing infrastructure for industrial parks, including water, electricity, and gas
supply, with 60 trillion rials (more than $132.7 million) of credit were underway in different parts of the country.According to Rasoulian,
on March 20, 2022).The official noted that with the reviving of the mentioned units, job opportunities were created for over 39,000
said.The official noted that 1,433 small workshop units were also established in the mentioned year most of which were productive and
knowledge-based units with high technology.The necessary licenses were also obtained for establishing 26 new industrial parks and zones
across the country in the previous year, he added.He stressed that reviving idle production units is the main approach that the government
is currently following in the industry sector.The government is seriously pursuing its programs to resolve production units' problems in
collaboration with the private sector; Very good planning has been done in this regard, Rasoulian said.EF/MA
