The tenth international Iranplast exhibition, as a key international event in the field of polymer products, kicked off on April 13, bringing together some one thousand Iranian and foreign companies and almost 25,000 visitors. These are the figures of the fair according to the National Petrochemical Company (NPC) organiazer. Also present were Iran’s oil minister Bijan Zangeneh, minister of industry, mines and trade Mohammadreza Nematzadeh, first vice president Eshaq Jahangiri, and Marzieh Shahdaei, the CEO of NPC. The event opened on Tehran’s Permanent Grounds for International Exhibitions and run until April 17.

According to the news office of the tenth international Iranplast exhibition, Mohammad Maghareh, the chairman of the event, touched upon a rise in the number of foreign participants at the exhibit.

“Given the lifting of sanctions against Iran and the post-sanctions atmosphere, there has been growing demand from well-known European firms to take part in the exhibition, so much so that 500 first-rate foreign companies from 25 countries, including 13 from Europe and 12 from Asia, Oceania and Africa, will be participating in the exhibition. The figure has been unprecedented in the history of holding the Iranplast exhibition and indicates the importance of the event”, said Maghareh.

On the fringes of the exhibition, the Düsseldorf company tasked with holding international exhibitions is holding the K 2016 conference in which the world’s best specialized rubber and plastic industries expo is introduced.

Maghareh also touched upon the latest changes and developments related to the tenth international Iranplast exhibition.

“The whole space area in the exhibition has been allotted to Iranian and foreign companies. The presence of this many foreign firms in the tenth international Iranplast exhibition is not comparable to any other development, trade and economic exhibitions held in Iran. The Iranplast exhibit is the only exhibition in Iran which has been able to move closer to international standards and increase the level of its global participation by up to 30%”, he said.

“The most important policy pursued by holding the tenth international Iranplast Exhibition is to lay the groundwork to transfer technology and draw investment to Iran’s complementary petrochemical industries, so that those working in this industry will be able to seize the opportunity to renovate, optimize and manage energy consumption in their aging production lines. That will help increase productivity in the invaluable complementary petrochemical industry”, Maghareh noted.