TEHRAN – As announced by the head of Iran Small Industries and Industrial Parks Organization (ISIPO), 858 idle industrial units have been revived in the country during the first eight months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-November 21).

The mentioned units returning to the production cycle created jobs for 16,222 persons, Ali Rasoulian stated.

Referring to the planning for the revival of 1,987 stagnant production units in the present year, the official said: “With the return of 858 industrial units to the production cycle since the beginning of this year, the plan for the revival of idle small and medium industries inside and outside the industrial parks and zones of the country have been materialized by 43 percent”.

He further said that 693 units out of the total number of revived units were inside the industrial parks and zones and 165 other units were outside the mentioned areas.

As previously announced by the ISIPO head, 2,067 idle industrial units were revived in the country’s industrial parks and zones during the previous Iranian calendar year 1400 (ended on March 20).

According to the official, with the reviving of the mentioned units job opportunities were created for over 39,000 people.

“ISIPO had put it on the agenda to revive 2,000 stagnant units inside and outside industrial parks and zones in the previous year and by the end of the year 2,067 idle units returned to the production cycle, which provided employment for more than 39,000 people,” Rasoulian said.

The official noted that 1,433 small workshop units were also established in the mentioned year most of which were the production 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.

In late February, the official said that 900 consultants from the private sector and knowledge-based companies were selected in the form of industry clinics across the country to recognize the weaknesses of industrial units with the aim of reactivating stagnant units or units that are operating below capacity.

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.

He mentioned providing infrastructure and supporting small businesses and enterprises as two major programs of the Ministry of Industry, Mining and Trade in relation to industrial parks and said that 2,023 projects related to providing infrastructure for industrial parks, including water, electricity, and gas supply, with 60 trillion rials (about $207 million) of credit is underway in different parts of the country.

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