TEHRAN – The 19th International Exhibition of Plastic, Rubber, Machinery, and Equipment (IRAN PLAST 2025) opened on Monday with the participation of senior Oil Ministry officials, petrochemical executives and industry representatives at Tehran’s Permanent International Fairgrounds.

The four-day event, running until September 10, was inaugurated in the presence of Hassan Abbaszadeh, managing director of the National Petrochemical Company (NPC), along with other top energy officials and business leaders.

According to organizers, more than 700 domestic firms and 67 foreign companies are taking part in this year’s event. Of the international participants, 49 companies are directly from China and India, while 18 others are represented by partners from China, India, South Korea, Taiwan, Germany, Austria, Italy and Turkey.

In addition, around 200 delegates from 18 countries – including Russia, China, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Libya, South Africa, Iraq, Afghanistan, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Georgia, Armenia, Pakistan, Ghana, Oman, Tunisia and Tajikistan – are scheduled to tour the exhibition and hold business-to-business meetings with Iranian counterparts.

Exhibition halls are divided by category: halls 5 through 9 and 27 host raw materials suppliers; halls 38, 38A and 38B are dedicated to machinery and equipment; while halls 18, 31, 35, 40, 41 and 44 showcase finished and semi-finished petrochemical products.

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