Iran Produces over 1,300 Nanotechnology Products in 9 Years
The Nanotechnology Development Headquarters of the Iranian Vice-Presidency for Science and Technology announced that the number of products and equipment based on nanotechnology in Iran has six-folded in a nine-year period.
The headquarters monitors the nanoscale of products and issues licenses, which show nano-based products and equipment have increased from the fiscal 2013-14 to 2021-22.
The figures released by the headquarters indicate that until the end of the ninth fiscal month (Nov. 22-Dec. 21, 2022), nanotechnology products of 271 companies had public uses and nano-based equipment manufactured by 64 firms had industrial applications.
Iran currently ranks 4th in the world in production of nano-science. This comes as part of Iran's Nanotechnology Initiative Council’s first development plan, which has sought to advance nano-science in the country.
The second 10-year plan, which started in 2015, seeks to move nano-science from paper to the industry. In the meantime, the Nanotechnology Initiative Council is working on a third plan to trade Iranian nano-products in the global market.
Former Iranian Vice-President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari said earlier that some 270 companies are active in the nanotechnology field and it is predicted that their revenue will reach up to $310 million, currently, nanotech products are produced and marketed in more than 15 industrial fields based on domestic technologies and are being exported to 49 countries from five continents.
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