According to the plant's public
relations department, the plant's production rose by 8.9% year-on-year.
Shiraz Petrochemical Company was
founded with an initial investment of about 400 million US dollars in 1959, in a
300-hectare area out of which 72 hectares is dedicated to infrastructures. The
initial aim was to provide the fertilizer needs for the country. It now
produces 1,850,000 tons/year of vast variety of chemicals and petrochemicals
and is counted on as major petrochemical producer in the country.