According to the vice president for science and technology affairs, the town of Mahalat has a favorable capacity in terms of industrial units, agriculture and creative human resources, which leads to the development of industries, agriculture and knowledge-based economy by creating a proper business environment for entrance of creative ideas.

According to the public relations and information center of the Vice-Presidency for science and technology affairs, Sorena Sattari, the vice president for science and technology affairs, stated on visit of industrial and agricultural units of Mahalat: this town has a rich culture in entrepreneurship and a potential capacity in industries, which can be used for knowledge-based economies by promoting business ecosystems.

He continued: the town of Mahalat with 54 thousand population has various industries in different fields, which is considered as a valuable asset for this town.

The vice president for science and technology affairs emphasized the necessity of changing the culture of entrepreneurship and industries toward the use of creativity of young human resources and innovative ideas, adding: in the proper ecosystem exists for the activities and formation of business, creative ideas of the young and educated human resources of the province can lay the foundation for a great revolution in creating added value and occupation.

The president of the knowledge-based economy and culture building technologies development headquarter considered the presence of investors of the private sector as one of the most basic axes of development of knowledge-based economy, which requires the culture building of business environment. In this regard, he marked: development of the ecosystem of entrepreneurship of knowledge-based economy requires the investment of the private sector. In this regard, venture capitals are recognized as the most basic axes of development of this field.

He continued: venture capitals are accepted in stock exchange area, and a number of these funds provide services to knowledge-based companies. Meanwhile, a considerable number of these funds are being added to the ecosystem of entrepreneurship and support of innovative ideas.

Sattari visited the Sangestan Factory to learn about its achievements in the field of decorative stones.

Visit of an Equipped Production Unit

Another part of this travel was allocated to visiting the Sooyab Noavaran Co., producer of automotive spare pieces. This company has a history of producing car spare pieces and has 170 human resources. The majority of products of this company include electric sensors, generators, and DC electro-motors and industrial AC used in automotive industry.

Lab equipment in this field in the company is one of the capabilities in laboratory research provided for other relevant industries.

Visiting the achievements of flower and plants research center of Mahalat in production and correction of plant and flower genes was another part of the travel of the vice president for science and technology affairs to Mahalat, accompanied by Esmaeil Ghaderifar, head of strategic technologies development headquarter, and Peyman Salehi, deputy of innovation and commercialization.