Iran

Machineries and equipment industries

• Partnership and investment opportunities in machineries and equipment industries of iran for foreign investors.
• Application of modern, and new technologies on the basis of different forms of technological cooperation arrangements.
• Development of joint production arrangements with advanced, companies of the world
• Development of manufacturing and/or procurement of machineries and industrial equipments of export-oriented industries of the iran and priorities of the production.
• Quality improvement of industrial machineries and equipments
• Technology transfer, know-how and other elements of technology
• Cooperation in the field of engineering and design of machineries and equipments
• Establishing and development of joint ventures, joint production.
• After sales-service network for industrial machineries and equipment
• Under - license production

Construction materials industry

• Partnership and investment opportunities in construction materials industry for foreign investors
• Establishment and development of construction stones exploration production processing units
• Development of construction stones artistic works industries
• Development of special transportation facilities for construction stones industry
• Application of modern and advanced technologies in construction stones mines
• Quality improvement and adjustments of product specification with different markets of the world
• Establishment and development of diversified companies with backward, forward integration strategies in the construction stones industry
• Development of the special construction stones export network such as:
  • Mines development
  • Roads and infrastructure development for isolated rich reserves
  • Quality control centers
  • Processing units
  • Inbound- out bound logistics required for the mines, and processing units
  • Special export terminals
  • International transportation
  • After sales services network in the foreign markets
  • Establishing showroom, permanente fairs for construction stones in the foreign markets.

Pharmaceutical, hygienic and cosmetic industries advantages:

• Diversification of pharmaceutical, hygienic and cosmetic products locally made in iran
• 99% of big local market hygienic needs are satisfied in the country
• Different product groups:
• Complete range of medical and health services by iranian experts
• Diversified range of medical, equipment and consumable products
• Diversified range of different drugs
• Availability of some of the industry's raw materials
• Export of iranian pharmaceutical products have been started and about 20 items of these products have been registered in asia and african countries
• Low labor cost
• Low energy cost
• Good infrastructures
• Possibility of diversified business with foreign partners for offering health

Packages included:

• Procurement of medical equipments, drugs, etc.
• Construction, and engineering design services in hospitals
• Full range medical services

Textile, clothing and leather industries

Competitive advantages:

• Long history in the industry regarding leather products, clothing , hand-made carpet, handicraft clothing.
• Amounts of investment in the industry ( about 7 billions of dollars)
• Low cost energy
• Low cost labor force
• Availability of raw materials in the country
  • Cotton
  • Fibers
  • Ilk
• Availability of some of the machineries and equipments required by the industry which are locally made
• Big local markets (about 65 millions)
• Access to neighboring markets ( about 300 millions)
• Skilled management
• Different university courses related to textile engineering
• Experienced experts and engineers
• High rate of industrial capacities installed in recent years
• Electric, electronic and house appliances

Advantages:

• Diversity of industry's product range locally made
• Refrigerators, freezers(1/5 millions of sets annually)
• Gas stoves and cookers (300000, of sets annually)
• Juicers (300000 of sets annual)
• Water heaters (1600000 of sets annually)
• Rice cookers (500000 offsets annually)
• Washing machines (800000 of sets annually)
• Vacuum cleaners (800000 of the sets annually)
• Gas and kerosene heaters (1900000 of sets annually)
• Water coolers and fans (1600000 of sets annually0
• Pressing irons (800000 units per annum)
• Sewing machine ( 100000 units per annum )
• Low cost energy
• Sow cost labor force
• As the cost structure of the industry,
• Ckd, skd procurement, locally manufacturing is
• Very attractive due to total annual nominal production capacity
• Skilled management good industrial infrastructure required by the industry:
  • Transportation
  • Telecommunication
  • Water
  • Gas electric power
• Big local population, population structure as the one of the youngest in the world
• Big neighboring markets and new emerging middle classes in the cis countries partnership and investment opportunities in the house appliances industries of iran for for foreign investors:
• Application of modern, new technologies and technology upgrading of the industry due to :
  • Establishing of joint ventures, joint production , joint engineering with advanced international companies and under - license production
  • Development of manufacturing and procurement of ckd and skd for the industry and cooperation with iranian firms for upgrading local content
  • New designs, new products of the industry