IMI-100 was
held in Tehran on Sunday to rank the 100 top national companies in terms of production and exports.
The CEO of
the National Petrochemical Company (NPC), Behzad Mohammadi, along with senior government
and industrial officials attended the seminar.
Addressing the
conference, the managing director of the country’s Industrial Management
Institute, Abolfazl Kiani, said some 100 companies account for 94.6 percent of
Iran’s total non-oil exports and these companies also account for 11 percent of
the country’s total Gross Domestic Production (GDP).
In this
conference, based on an assessment of the companies’ growth trend over the last
four years, the top 10 companies were awarded as the "pioneers".
The best
companies in terms of overall performance, rapid growth, exports, and industry
groups were also honored.
Persian Gulf
Petrochemical Industries Company (PGPIC), Isfahan Oil Refining Company, Bandar
Abbas Oil Refining Company, Bank Mellat Holding and Mobarakeh Steel Holding are
Iran’s top five companies, said Kiani.
The PGPIC is
also the first company among 500 Iranian firms in terms of profitability. It is
also Iran’s largest exporter by selling $2.68 billion worth of items on international
markets.
Besides
PGPIC, Zagros, Laleh, Pars, Fanavaran, Maroon, Amir Kabir, Jam, Mobin, Arya
Sasol, Shazand, Commercial Petrochemical, Arvand, Khark, Shiraz, Tondgouyn and Jam
Polypropylene, were among other firms lauded in the conference.