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In the inaugural ceremony held at Mobadel Khodro Pak Company in the Mahmoudabad Industrial Town of Qom, Salehinia said national auto industry in the sanctions and pandemic era has taken proper steps in line with deepening indigenization of products that production of auto parts is important and washcoat is an example for these efforts.

Head of IDRO referred to the plans of the auto-makers for production of 1.2m vehicles and expressed hope with the new government, the climate would be provided for improving the quality and quantity in the auto industry as the locomotive of the national industries, and the country would witness more development and satisfaction of consumers.

Meanwhile addressing the ceremony, the CEO of Iran Automotive Industrial Group (IAPCO) Mr. Saeed Reza Panah said that in accordance with the social responsibilities regarding the protection of environment and reducing pollution, the production of washcoat has been carried out as one of the main projects of Mobadel Khodro Pak Company.

He added that in the first year, production of 4m euros of washcoat equaling to 110b tomans of saving forex will be materialized due to indigenization of this part, and the figure will definitely grow with the increase in the production.

During his one-day travel to Qom Province, Mr. Salehinia also visited several companies like Zarnama SISU Polymer, Ayandeh Negar, Barazesh Sanaat and Arian Innovative Tool Manufacturers.

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Making the remark when visiting the complementary stages of launching the first train of phase 14 gas refinery, Mohsen Salehinia said that for the implementation of this huge national project, special and advanced goods such as rotating equipment and packages have been supplied for the first time by the domestic companies.

He stated that the value of this group of goods required for phase 14 of South Pars, which were manufactured by the domestic suppliers for the first time, is more than $170 million in the onshore sector and added that this group has not been so far manufactured domestically for the other phases of South Pars.

Last month, the head of Pars Oil and Gas company (POGC), which is in charge of developing South Pars gas field, had said that the first train of the phase 14 refinery is going to be completed and handed over to the commissioning contractor by early July.

Referring to the round-the-clock efforts by the refinery’s contractors in different work fronts, Mohammad Meshkinfam said: “As scheduled, the first train of South Pars Refinery Phase 14 will be handed over to the commissioning group in early July this year, and then the commissioning activities will continue to prepare the different units of this train for operation.”

He stated that weekly meetings are being held by the POGC’s headquarters for the mentioned phase to follow up on the project’s progress and address the problems of the contractors.

“Fortunately, with the follow-ups done, the ancillary units of Phase 14 of South Pars are now ready for commissioning, and in the process section, the reception facilities will be ready to receive gas by late May.”

Referring to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the commissioning of the mentioned refinery, Meshkinfam said: “According to the previous announcements, this train was scheduled to be handed over to the commissioning contractor by late June, however, due to the new wave of the pandemic in Europe and the closure of equipment manufacturing companies the handover was postponed to mid-July.”

He added that with the measures taken by the POGC’s HSE department, daily health control tests are being conducted to monitor the health of employees.

Meshkinfam had earlier announced that all the operations of the first phase of the South Pars gas field development project will be completed in the first half of the current Iranian calendar year 1400 (started on March 21).

POGC is in charge of developing South Pars gas field which is divided into 24 standard phases in the first development stage. Most of the phases are fully operational at the moment.

Phase 14 development is aimed at producing 56.6 million cubic meters per day of rich gas, 75,000 barrels/day of gas condensate and 400 tons/day of sulfur, and 1 million tons/year of liquefied petroleum gas and one million tons/year of ethane to be fed to petrochemical plants.

Back in October 2020, the operator of the South Pars Phase 14 development project said the project’s onshore refinery is scheduled to be fully operational by the first half of the current Iranian calendar year (September 2021).

The huge South Pars field, which Iran shares with Qatar in the Persian Gulf, covers an area of 9,700 square kilometers, 3,700 square kilometers of which are in Iran’s territorial waters. The remaining 6,000 square kilometers, called North Dome, are situated in Qatar’s territorial waters.

The field is estimated to contain a significant amount of natural gas, accounting for about eight percent of the world’s reserves, and approximately 18 billion barrels of condensate.

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Talking to IRNA on Wednesday, Maziar Beyglou said that the biggest problem that domestic auto parts manufacturers are currently facing is securing foreign currency.

Since the start of the year, no foreign currency has been provided for the auto parts manufacturers and they have been seriously facing problems for the shipments of their required raw materials, he complained.

Through great endeavors on the path of self-reliance in the auto parts manufacturing and omitting CKD (completely knocked-down) process in the domestic auto industry, at present, this industry has the lowest reliance on foreign currency in its history, he added.

“The last requirement of the auto parts manufacturers is expected to be supplied by Central Bank of Iran (CBI), and if the CBI cannot provide it, they should give us the permit so that we can secure foreign currency directly from exporters (who should offer their earned foreign currency in a system named NIMA to provide the required foreign currency for the importers of necessary commodities),” he further noted.

In January, Beyglou announced that Iran had achieved 80 percent self-sufficiency in the manufacturing of auto parts.

He expressed hope that self-reliance in this sector will reach 90 percent through domestic production of required raw materials.

Domestic parts manufacturers are able to play a key role in creating a boom in the country’s manufacturing and employment sectors, in addition to playing their leading role as the auto industry’s intermediaries, Beyglou said.

Mentioning the Industry Ministry’s strategies for promoting domestic production, he said: “Following the current policies, we will see the production of a number of new vehicles from domestic automakers in the coming years.”

In May 2019, Industry, Mining, and Trade Minister Reza Rahmani issued a directive on “strengthening domestic manufacturing of imported auto parts.”

Addressing two of his deputies, Farshad Moqimi, deputy for industrial affairs, and Mohammad-Baqer Ali, the chairman of the board of Iran’s Industrial Development and Renovation Organization (IDRO), the minister emphasized using the highest potential of human resources for strengthening the domestic manufacturing of auto parts which are currently imported.

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TEHRAN – Head of Industrial Development and Renovation Organization of Iran (IDRO) during his meeting with Aligoodarz representative to Majlis said one of the prerequisites to materialize the Supreme Leader’s slogan of “production leap” is to focus attention on efficient investment and efficient using the resources.

During the meeting, Mr. Mohammad Baqer Aali said that IDRO carries out its provincial investments focused on developing deprived areas in line with the approved programs of the related ministry and with assessing upgraded economic weighing and defining joint method for cooperation between native private sector investors as well as their interactions with government bodies.

Mr. Aali said that this method of cooperation is in line with supportive measures and enabling IDRO as a developmental organization for easing condition for the private sector and assuring investors of protecting certain investment especially in fields of modern industries and technologies.

Representative of town of Aligoodarz to Majlis Mr. Mohammad Khodabakhshi, for his part, emphasized eradicating deprivation by paying attention to the potentials and capacities of Lorestan Province and called for study on how IDRO can participate in invest in projects as well as weighing investment in field of auto parts in this area.

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He added that according to the agreement between the governor of Kermanshah and IDRO, both production plants will come on stream by the investments of IDRO worth 2200b rials plus $16m.

Aali added that modern technology has been used in these two production units. He noted that by launching the bio-ethanol fuel plant of Kermanshah, 66m liters of ethanol fuel  can be produced annually which is considered as clean product and it replaces harmful petrochemical ingredients in gasoline and will reduce damages to the environment.

He reiterated that the technology in both plants is in compliance with the modern technology in the world.

He also announced completion and launch of the green phase of bio-implant plant in Kermanshah which will be completed by the yearend with investment worth $16m.

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“Now, our mid-term goal is to raise the quantity and quality of our current vehicles, so that we could be able to maintain the exports to the neighboring countries,” he said.
According to the data released by Industry, Mining and Trade Ministry, Iranian carmakers manufactured 42,623 vehicles during the first Iranian calendar month of Farvardin (March 21-April 20, 2019).

The ministry’s data showed that car manufacturing in Iran fell 47.2 percent in the first month of this year from 80,794 cars manufactured in the same month of the previous year.
Iran’s imports of passenger cars also fell 67 percent during Farvardin of this year compared to the same month of the previous year.

Earlier in May, Iranian Industry, Mining and Trade Minister Reza Rahmani said the policy of domestic manufacturing of auto parts should be seriously followed up.
The minister also stressed that in this due the capable manufacturers should be seriously supported, IRNA reported.

Given that 1.25 million vehicles are anticipated to be manufactured in the country during the current Iranian calendar year (ends on March 19, 2020), the part manufacturers will need 150 trillion rials of working capital (about $3.571 billion) for the purchase of raw materials and other required items.

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He noted that since glass fiber is of the major materials used in composite industries which are used in producing types of fiberglass and waterproof insulators.

He reiterated that the main goal behind launching the project is to save forex and outflow of forex and reducing dependence on imports and boon in production.

Mr. Aali added that the process for constructing the plant has been accelerated by the ministry in collaboration with governor general office of the province and by financing the budget, the project can come on stream in 2 years.

He noted that the plant can produce 30 million tons of glass fiber annually.

The project is pursued on a plot of land around 11,000 hectares.

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As per the agreement, an industrial workgroup between Iran and the Czech Republic will be established in IDRO headquarters and Czech Industry Ministry to expand industrial cooperation between the private and public sectors of both countries.

The agreement stipulates the two sides to provide the grounds for cooperation in different industrial sectors, including the like auto industry, rail transport, new technologies and energy industries.

Setting up joint-venture companies to expand industrial investments and renovation as well as ship-manufacturing is also stressed in the MoU.

During the meeting, the IDRO chief called for providing the necessary grounds for Iranian and Czech small and medium-sized enterprises to engage in the economic interactions between the two countries.

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Concurrent with the National Day of Australia, an industrial cooperation agreement was signed between Iran and Australia in the presence of representatives from Australian companies, ambassador of Australia to Tehran and director general of Foreign Ministry for Asia-Pacific Affairs in Tehran on Jan. 26.

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