In the absence of government support, we will be forced to import paper/ the special attention of the Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance to domestic paper production
According to IRNA reporter, the press conference of the fifth edition of the international specialized exhibition of paper, cardboard, cardboard and cellulose products with Hozor Ali Qoli Azami The CEO of the Cardboard and Sheet Industry Managers Association of the country and a member of the policy council of this exhibition. Gholamreza Shoja The CEO of Lithographan Cooperative Company and the high advisor of the policy council of this exhibition Reza Omidi The CEO of Aindeh Andishan Radina Company and the chairman of the fifth edition of this exhibition was held.
Announcing that the fifth edition of the International Specialized Paper Exhibition will be held on August 2-5 at the Tehran International Exhibition Center, Omidi said: This edition has a better quality and quantity than the previous four editions. In this period, 120 companies in different sectors are ready to participate, 100% of the participants are related to the theme of the exhibition.
The chairman of the 5th international specialized exhibition of paper, cardboard, cardboard and cellulose products said about the countries that participated in this exhibition: companies from China, Russia, India and the UAE participated in this exhibition. We are also consulting for the presence of business delegations from India, Iraq and several other countries. According to him, trade unions and paper and cardboard union supported the holding of this exhibition.
It should be checked for what purpose visitors come to the exhibition
Referring to the measures that will improve the quality of this period of the exhibition compared to previous periods, Omidi said: This year, in addition to quantitatively increasing the number of visitors to the exhibition, we are also trying to improve the quality of its holding in order to raise it to the international level. slow As a result, a team is active to create partnership between participants and visitors to conduct the necessary investigations and determine the purpose of the visitors coming to the exhibition.
According to him, in order to improve the quality of visiting the exhibition, the audience can gather information about it and its facilities before the exhibition.
Omidi: The approach of the exhibition is to develop exports, attract investors and introduce technology
The chairman of the fifth edition of the International Specialized Paper Exhibition continued: In this edition of the exhibition, several companies will unveil their new products in the exhibition. The approach of the exhibition is to develop exports, attract investors and introduce technology.
Omid expressed his hope for the presence of the ministers in this period of the paper exhibition and said: I hope that the Minister of Industry, Mining and Trade and the Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance will be present in the exhibition in order to be informed about the problems of government paper production and plan to solve them. .
He informed: The cellulose conference will be held in the decade of Fajr and in February. In this conference, the producer can have a relationship with the consumer, also veterans and entrepreneurs will be honored in this conference. In addition, the fourth national conference of knowledge and innovation in the wood and paper industry will be held on August 4 in the Persian Gulf hall.
Paper production is only economically justified in North Khuzestan
In the continuation of the press conference, Shoja stated the history of paper production in Iran: Iran was the first in the Middle East in paper production in 1349. Pars factory had the highest quality production technology in those years. In Khuzestan, we have more than 3 million bagasses (bagasse is the residue obtained after extracting sugar from sugarcane and sorghum) khodor (wild plant). On that day, they correctly identified where they should go to establish a paper factory. Also, in 1376, a paper factory was established in Mazandaran with regard to the wood of the trees.
According to the high advisor of the Policy Council of this exhibition, Iran cannot compete with world technology these days. Mazandaran paper factory can produce about 600 square meters of paper per day, while the production of less than 1200 square meters per day is not economically justified. It should be noted that the only place where paper production in Iran has an economic justification is the north of Khuzestan, this part has three rivers that flood every year.
Shoja: As a result, the produced paper has 80% of the standards and we hope to maintain the same level. It is not possible to produce better paper with the machines we have, in order to reach the 100% standard, we have to import modern machines.
He continued: Bagasse has 13 other products besides paper pulp. Meanwhile, more than 2 million tons of bagasse are burned every year, so that it can grow in the next year. If the factory we established in Mazandaran uses paper pulp based on bagasse instead of wood, a large part of the problems will be solved.
Referring to the support of the Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance for the production of domestic paper, the high advisor of the Policy Council of this exhibition said: A large investment has been made to establish the Mazandaran factory and this factory cannot be closed, but must be supported. Meanwhile, with the change of each minister, the support packages for paper producers changed. These days, support packages are falling apart. They even charged a 9% tax on materials needed for paper production. If support is provided, domestic paper production has economic justification, and if not, we have to import.
We need 400,000 tons of writing paper per year
Referring to the old technology of the Mazandaran paper mill, Shoja explained: The technology of the Mazandaran paper mill is 25 years old and has problems. In recent years, they eliminated many problems, these days the problems have reached less than 4 problems. As a result, the produced paper has 80% of the standards and we hope to maintain this level. It is not possible to produce better paper with the machines we have, to reach the 100% standard, we have to import modern machines. And for this, the domestic investor should be supported.
The high adviser of the policy council of this exhibition added: We need 400 thousand tons of writing paper per year, Mazandaran paper factory can produce 85 to 90 thousand tons of paper in the best case. Pars Paper Company can supply 5 thousand tons of writing and printing paper. Shushtar factory produces 100 gram paper and has not yet been able to produce lighter paper. On the other hand, stone paper is not suitable for textbooks and general use. It also has plastic that harms the environment.
Emphasizing the lack of cooperation of the municipality with the organizers of the paper exhibition, Shoja said: The municipality is one of the biggest supporters of holding exhibitions in the whole world. In all countries, urban advertising is informed by the municipality. But our municipality still didn’t understand this and they want a huge fee for advertising that no organizer can pay.
Our country does not need to import packaging paper
Azami pointed out that some people invested in the packaging paper production industry and said: In 1955, Iran’s Chop Industries Company was active, producing good packaging paper from the wood of forest trees. Mazandaran paper factory started working in 1976, Pars Paper in Haftepe was able to produce quality packaging paper. Our country does not need to import packaging paper, because we produce about 90% of packaging paper. Before, it was always necessary to spend money to buy paper, with 132 production units in the country, they met the need for packaging paper, and I don’t like a single dollar to go out of my country to buy raw materials.
A member of the policy council of the exhibition, referring to the ban on harvesting from the forest for a period of 10 years, said: As a result of this decision, the officials were forced to import paper pulp. Also, for recycling, the carton that is produced was collected after consumption.