The item is used in making insulin syringe cylinders and three-piece
syringes.
According to the Public Relations and International Affairs office
of Shazand Petrochemical Plant, in the year designated by the Supreme Leader as
the "Year of Production Leap", a group of Shazand Petrochemical
experts and inventors succeeded in developing the production process of the
item for the first time in the world.
On average, Iran consumes about 2 million insulin syringes per
day. In the past, the raw material for the production of this type of syringe
was made of HYOSUNG J801 polypropylene grade from South Korea, and about 5,000
tons of this grade was imported to the country annually. However, the imports
were hindered due to the unilateral US sanctions on Iran.
Researchers and specialists of Shazand Petrochemical Company,
in order to fulfill their social responsibilities and solve this great problem
that had direct effects on community health and saving the lives of our
compatriots, formed a research team in Shazand Polypropylene Unit to consider the
feasibility studies. Production of this type of grade began in the industrial
unit and after performing reverse engineering process by Shazand petrochemical
experts and identifying foreign grade sample additives, laboratory production
of its sample began in 2018 under the name of ARP801 in this company.