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Presence of some Eleven

Thousand Companies

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Said the Head of Pardis Technology Park;

The Head of Pardis Technology Park said, “If the nation, creating a model of Technology Incubator and 1350 legal specialists are already taking advantage of
we can establish the innovation area of knowledge-based commerce design memebrs of Tehran Innovation Center are the service of Pardis Technology Park.
Pardis, it will definitely pave the way for the model, designing a startup trend and already active in the Park.” “Besides, we have been successful to
establishment of the special economic zone establishing technology parks.” He referred to the 80 startups already active establish technomart in 20 provinces.”
of as well.” Later in his remarks, Mr. Safarinnia in different branches of Pardis Technology Referring to the fact that 40 accelerators,
According to the public Relations Dept. of asserted that, “Some 230 knowledge- Park, who have created job for more than working under the supervision of Pardis
Pardis Technology Park, Mehdi Safarinia, based companies inside and about 2 450 people, Mr. Safarinia said, “In addition, Technology Park, have covered the activities
the Head of the Park, said in a friendly thousand knowledge-based companies some 330 independent startups are of 400 startups, Safarinia mentioned that,
meeting held with the presence of the under the supervision of Pardis Technology working at 40 accelerators under the “During the last three years, the average
startups and knowledge-based companies Park are already at work.” supervision of Pardis Technology Park.” amount of 13 thousand and 6 hundred
as well as the Speaker of the Islamic He further added, “We are following up this Having mentioned that some 20% of the technological products have been produced
Parliament, “In order to establish the issue so that we can establish the active startups in Pardis Technology Park are and manufactured by these companies.”
innovation area of Pardis, we are currently innovation area of Pardis near Tehran, and the Iranian Specialists and Entrepreneurs In respect of the planning adopted for the
purchasing lands and we are carrying out the special economic zone at Pardis who have returned to Iran, Safarinia added, establishment of Pardis Innovation Area and
the administrative affairs, and it will result Technology Park with the supports of the “These specialists would live in America, the Special Economic Zone near Tehran, the
within two months.” government and the Parliament.” Canada, England, Germany, Sweden, Head of Pardis Technology Park mentioned
He added, “Our prediction is that some 11 According to Safarinia, some 80% of the total Switzerland, Spain, Belgium and Malaysia.” that, “If we can expand the area of Pardis
thousand companies are due to get sales of Pardis Technology Park had been According to Safarinia, 4% of the Technology Park to 1000 hectares, we
established in the innovation area and they equal to 60 thousand billion Rials in 2017. companies settled here at Pardis predict that some 11 thousand companies
will hit the record of 155 billion Rials sales The Head of Pardis Technology Park Technology Park were established by will be established here, which would create
for their products.” referred to the members of Tehran foreign investments from Italy, Sweden, jobs for some 50 thousand people.”
According to Safariinia, We can easily turn this Innovation Network and noted that, “Right France, South Korea and Belgium. The Head of Pardis Technology Park said in
area into a special economic zone if only we now, some 40 brokers at the Center for He also mentioned that, “We are willing to the end of his remarks, “Pardis Technology
can attract the supports of the Parliament.” Business Development of Pardis Technology expand Pardis Innovation Area to some 100 Park has a great potential for the
He also enumerated that, “Pardis Park, 96 companies in the owned hectares area, but since the budget of the Park establishment of Innovation Area and a
Technology Park has defined its properties section of the Park, 47 has not increased for 2019, we will definitely Special Economic Zone; however, this
responsibilities on four principal bases companies at the rented properties section encounter several financial problems.” requires serious supports on the side of the
including creating a scientific campaign in of the Park, 52 companies at the Elites According to him, Some 28 thousand government and Parliament.”

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