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March 2003 / No. 22


Interactive


Ahmad Qalebanni, Managing Director of Saipa

All Set for Producing 1000 Prides a Day

We have tried to enter into some sort of joint effort in connection to the production of some high-technology capital-intensive auto parts"

 
Mohammad Javad Haghighi,
Managing Director of IRALCO

Aluminum Industry in Iran

"IRALCO has concluded an agreement with a consortium. The agreement stipulates that Iranian experts be present all through the project steps to achieve state-of-the-art technology and modern know-how."


Charles Sweeney, Business Development Director Petrochemicals, Foster Wheeler Energy Limited

Management Consultancy

"PMC is a relatively new concept for Iran, and how much Iranian projects might benefit from this approach is not recognized. The value of using a PMC contractor has been demonstrated on many world-scale petrochemical, refinery and oil and gas projects around the world."

 
Mike Buzzacott, Group Vice President,
BP Chemicals

Competitive Advantage

"To earn acceptable financial returns, investment projects are increasingly required to meet or even surpass existing leading global standards. The criteria are multi- dimensional, covering all aspects of the investment from operational excellence to marketing and financing."


Abdollah Ezazi, Planning Deputy of the National Iranian Steel Company (NISCO)

Steel’s Bright Future

"In export three factors are determinant: quality, price, reliability."

 
Nasser Taghizadeh, Managing Director of
Gol-E-Gohar Iron Ore Company

Speed of Development

"As economic profitability is an important policy for Gol-E-Gohar, another serious consideration of the company is movement in the direction of privatization."


Claude Mandil, Chairman, IFP

Deeply Involved

"We have a lot of cooperation going on with Iranian partners. We are supplying processors and catalysts linked to those processors mainly for olefins and poly-olefins and also GTL systems. Our products are focused on what is needed most in this country."

 
Foeke Kolff, President, ABB Lummus Global BV

Improving Production Process

"As product prices are dictated by the market, the most important competitive element to arrive at lower production costs are feedstock costs and technology. This target will be served by improvement in the current production process technologies and by exploring new, innovative technologies."

 

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