Iranian Firm Produces Stationery with Food Coloring, Wheat-Based Material
“Our company makes 350 products. Since we are dealing with young children, we deemed it necessary to use materials that do not harm their health. Among the products of our company, we can mention gel rulers, food dishes, glasses and thermoses,” Fatemeh Saqafi, a representative of a knowledge-based company, told ANA.
“We have exported our stationery products to the neighboring countries and the Persian Gulf littoral states, including Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, the UAE, Armenia, Tajikistan and Malaysia.”
Noting that the colors of the pencils designed in the company are edible colors, she said, “We also used Indonesian wood and plants in the tips of our pencils. The body of pens produced in our company is made of compressed plastic. Tests show that pens write 600 meters without interruption.”
Saqafi also referred to the production of play dough in the company based on water and wheat flour, saying that parents can return the dough to its original state and prevent it from spoiling by putting it in a wet cloth.
In a relevant development early this year, a group of Iranian researchers had also used a substance based on MRF fluids, with application in military industry, to produce toys and entertainment tools.
“One of the plans of the research group is production of materials based on magnetorheological fluid or MRF which is a fluid that takes special arrangements in the presence of magnetic fields and can have different applications,” said Masoud Azimian, one of the researchers.
He explained that an application of these materials is polishing the surface of military lenses, adding that now these fluids are used in production of toys and entertainment kits.
“We produced slime paste from MRF fluids in the presence of magnetic fields. This paste will take different shapes inside the MRF fluid and under the magnetic field,” Azimian said, noting that these fluids are manufactured based on iron nanoparticles.
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