Completion and operation of Sangestan in three phases
Director of Sangestan Stone Engraving Company Mahallat: The first phase is the production line for decorative tools and columns and the second phase is the slab line with all its derivatives.
According to the International Stone Exhibition of Iran, Abbas Azarnoush, referring to the construction of columns and courtyards of Prophet Zahra in Karbala, stated: The Holy Prophet has great contracts with Iraq for the reconstruction of shrines and about 600 columns and heads of the central province are to be built. Has been.
He added: "With the help of friends and intellectual support, some of the machinery has been purchased from Italy and some from China, some of which have been installed and half are still in stock and part of the equipment has not yet been delivered to us."
Director of Sangestan Stone Engraving Company in Mahallat said: So far over 40 columns have been loaded and delivered to Iraq and one cargo of columns has been loaded on October 21st, making six hundred and four columns free of charge for the implementation of which it has begun.
Aznaroush said: "It has two quarries of rock and masonry that we imported and localized the technology of work and we do not need countries such as Malaysia and China and specialize in old and experienced lithographers along with native monitoring and engineering.
He added: Iraq has tendered about 70 billion tomans for the reconstruction of the sanctuaries, which has an Iranian share of 15 billion tomans, the construction of the pillars was not costing us and the initial investment was estimated at 10 billion tomans.
About sixty percent of the machines have been imported and another forty percent are being imported, with the opening of the first phase creating an employment scheme for a hundred people and two hundred more being completed by the other two phases.
"Our mineral reserves are unclear and experts and geologists estimate and harvest is based on industry and mining licenses, licenses to mine a mine of two hundred thousand tons and our marble mine of about eighteen thousand tons. Years.
He said: "If the market is good, the mine can operate in three shifts if the market is inadequate, and now it's a 100 percent stagnation, the Sangestan stone mill that started five years ago and now has about 90 billion. It has cost, according to Europeans, Iran's largest stoneware plant, unparalleled in size in the Middle East and West Asia.
Director of Sangestan Stone Industry Mahallat added: The most modern machines including four saws, eight hundred blades, three hundred and ten blades and two modern slabs with class furnace have been used in this complex, imported from Europe to promote the work of high-tech machines We were forced to buy 60% of the devices freely during the boycott.
Aznaroush stated: The first phase is the production line for decorative tools and columns and the second phase is the slab line with all its derivatives. The third phase of the project is also completed in 2016, which is the Burton phase, Burton being the strongest and largest company, the best and most modern. It builds machinery, and with the opening of these three phases, there will be a total of four hundred direct jobs and two thousand indirect jobs.
He said: "We need to activate the commercial sector in order to achieve production planning and besides, we anticipate that with the opening of phases we will produce five thousand square meters in one shift, there is a need for strong sales sectors and the domestic market cannot be denied." , European, American and Asian and possibly African markets are intended for export.
Director of Sangestan Stone Industries Mahalat continued: We are more focused on exports We are weak in the world of stone processing and traditional processing methods and with the opening of Sangestan phases by processing new methods of platform jump for other craftsmen.
He added: "We have some legal challenges that need to be addressed by the government and parliament, social and financial challenges that go back to the banking system. Financial plans related to manufacturing operations in Iran are not planned, and banks are pursuing privatization formulas."
In Germany, service profit is 3% and 8% and one of the problems of production in Iran is the large bank profits, the costs are high and the recession is high, we need to think more productively and plan to get out of the recession, officials need to plan And provide robust solutions to the problem so that the industry can thrive again.
Director of Sangestan Stone Engraving Industries in Mahallat added: "If the industry becomes active, jobs will be created, problems must be resolved radically, tax exemption is a good law and the manufacturer must be open to import new machinery. Taxes and government salaries have put a lot of pressure on the craftsmen.
* Tasnim