Date: 22 February 2024 , 02:27
News ID: 11296

The important role of science and technology parks in supporting knowledge-based companies

The investment manager of Mobarakeh Steel Technology and Innovation Support and Development Company said: Science and technology parks play an important role in supporting knowledge-based companies because they provide a platform for technological activities.

Saeed Hasanpour, investment manager of Mobarakeh Steel Technology and Innovation Support and Development Company, stating that science and technology parks play an important role in supporting knowledge-based companies due to the creation of a platform for technological activities by university students and graduates, said: Mobarakeh Steel Company is the largest steel company in West Asia and North Africa, which considers its future dependent on turning to technology and innovation, tries to empower these companies with investment and other methods and finally use their products in the steel industry.

Pointing out that investing in the knowledge-based economy can bring the country to a place where the steel economy replaces the oil economy, he continued: Conferences such as Fuladishu can be one of the first steps to achieve this great goal.

The investment manager of Mobarakeh Steel Technology and Innovation Support and Development Company stated that Isfahan Mobarakeh Steel is the largest steel producer and the only producer of steel sheet products in the Middle East and North Africa with 1.5% of the national GDP, adding: Currently, it has nearly 2,500 suppliers and is the largest consumer of the country's road fleet with 2,000 industrial units.

He pointed out that Mobarakeh Steel Company stabilized itself in the first step of production and was established with a capacity of 2.5 tons of steel production and is currently operating at 100 percent of its capacity with 5 million tons of sheet production.

Hosseinpour stated that Mobarakeh steel consumes nearly 10 million cubic meters of gas per day, adding: using the capacity of technological and innovative companies to reduce dependence on foreign resources and equipment, took a big step to provide domestic production items, which this complex has taken. And in this regard, he launched the localization unit.

Referring to the establishment of Mobarakeh Steel Technology and Innovation Support and Development Company for risky investment in knowledge-based companies, he said: Currently, 36 projects amounting to 800 billion Tomans have been signed and we have research grants in 15 universities.

The investment manager of Mobarakeh Steel Technology and Innovation Support and Development Company stated that Tabriz has a very good potential due to the presence of manufacturing industries, and added: We have no problem in providing capital and supporting knowledge-based companies, provided that the companies have the ability to use this capital.