Knowledge-Based Company in Iran Produces Nano Materials with Application in Making Tires
“A number of our nanotechnology products include nano zinc oxide, nano copper oxide, nano calcium carbonate and the family of graphene materials and some of them are used in research and laboratory, and others are used in rubber and tire manufacturing industries and hydrogen sulfide gas absorbent catalyst. Also, these nano materials are used in paint, polymer and textile industries as antibacterial additives,” Reza Roghanizadegan, the founder and a member of the company’s board of directors, told ANA.
He described nano zinc oxide as the most prominent product of his company, saying, “This widely-used product, in addition to application in industry and laboratories, can also be used in other fields, including the animal and poultry feed, chemical fertilizers, and cosmetic and health products.”
Iran currently ranks 4th in the world in the 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 this year 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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