Iranian Knowledge-Based Companies to Participate in Arablab Expo in Dubai

The Iranian knowledge-based firms are supported by the Organization for Development of International Cooperation in Science and Technology.

The Arablab expo will bring together industry leaders, researchers, and innovators to showcase the latest technologies, products, and solutions in scientific research, testing, and development.

It serves as a platform to connect a wide range of global industries, setting the standard for lab excellence and attracting a global audience of exhibitors and visitors from around the world.

The exhibition will cover a wide range of fields, including general and industrial laboratory equipment, environment, petroleum and petrochemical industries, materials and metallurgy, agriculture, organic and inorganic chemistry, water and wastewater analysis, food quality control, medical diagnostics, pharmaceutical research and development, biotechnology, and scientific imaging.

Some 600 medical equipment companies are active in the country, producing around 99 percent of the medicine supplied to the domestic market.

Abdolreza Yaqoubzadeh, the head of the Union of Medical Equipment Manufacturers and Exporters of Iran announced in January that medical equipment worth around $20 million is exported to more than 60 countries annually.

More than 70 percent of medical equipment and 100 percent of normal hospital beds are domestically made, he added.

Also, over 95 percent of specific ICU and CCU beds and more than 85 percent of operating room medical equipment, such as anesthesia machines and other equipment, are manufactured with cutting-edge technology in the country, the official noted.

Yaqoubzadeh said that the country’s need for medical equipment production is three to four billion dollars per year, some one billion dollars of which is imported.

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