Iran to Equip 12 Customs Offices with Home-Made X-Ray Devices
In this ceremony a contract was signed for the construction of 12 truck detectors worth 4.2 thousand billion Tomans and the construction and installation of four truck detectors between the customs office of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Tousa International Construction Investor Company for Mehran, Chazzabeh, Shalamcheh and Bazargan customs offices, a contract for the construction and installation of four truck detectors between the customs of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Fartak Gostar Tous International Technology Company was signed for Shahid Rajayee, Poldasht, Bandar Lengeh and Kileh Sardasht customs offices, and a contract for the construction and installation of four truck detectors was signed between the Customs of the Islamic Republic of Iran and Diyar Anahita Sarafraz Company for Bashmaq, Milak, Parviz Khan and Sheikh Saleh customs offices.
Also, an agreement for the construction of the country's first rail detector was signed between the customs office and Iran Electro-Optic Industries Company (SA Iran).
In a relevant development last year, researchers at an Iranian company had designed and produced X-ray scanning machines that have already been used at three border crossings in the country to prevent smuggling.
“The X-ray machine was made by this company to prevent smuggling of goods. Now this Iran-made machine has been installed at Mahirood shared border crossing with Afghanistan, Shahid Rajaei port, and Astara border crossing,” Masoud Assadi, a member of the research and development team of the Iranian knowledge-based company said in an interview with ANA.
He said that domestically manufacturing of the machine has saved the country millions of dollar by preventing its imports, adding that the price of this machine is more than five million euros.
“This group started its business by producing medical stretchers and only with two people, and later the construction of a hotel hospital, operation room LED lights, and the overhaul of the linear accelerator for cancer treatment were among the other activities done in the company in the past,” the researcher added.
Assadi stated that only three companies Elekta, Siemens and BRIND are producers of linear accelerator for cancer treatment, while importing their products into Iran faced a serious hurdle after the sanctions were imposed.
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