Ruhollah Dehghani, Vice President of Science, Technology and Knowledge-Based Economy, on the sidelines of his visit to knowledge-based and creative companies located in the 8th Stationery and Engineering Equipment Exhibition of the country, emphasized the value-creating and market-making capacities of this field and said: the stationery field is one of those market-making fields and It has a high capacity for value creation. As long as the education, learning and education of the country's children is going on, the market and industry of the writing software field will also move strongly, but it is important to be able to provide a significant share of this market to the knowledge-based and creative companies of our country.

Referring to the importance of facilitating and supporting companies to enter international markets, the vice president of science, technology and knowledge-based economy said: We are all trying to make it possible for knowledge-based and creative products with Iranian name and brand to enter the market of other countries through export corridors. And to give full support to creative knowledge-based and capable knowledge-based companies in the field of soft technology products and creative industries, which have the ability to produce modern, high-quality and competitive products in the market.

The head of the National Elites Foundation stated: Books, notebooks, pens, backpacks, etc., are essential parts that help the children of this land to learn, grow, and thrive in any era, and on this basis, the market for these products is always dynamic and growing.

Vice President of Science, Technology and Knowledge-Based Economy, stating that the growth of knowledge-based and creative companies with the production of quality products based on market needs is increasing, and continued: In our country, according to the current conditions, there are special opportunities for the development of the stationery industry and market. And domestic companies can benefit the most from this market by relying on territorial, cultural, historical and technological capacities.

Referring to the cultural and identity-building role of creative industries such as stationery, he said: Until recent years, stationery was only a carrier of the cultural messages of the countries of origin, but fortunately, in recent years, with the help of the activists of the country's stationery industry, good achievements have been achieved, and a significant part of the market needs are produced and supplied by these companies.

Dehghani continued by saying that today a major part of the value chain system of the stationery industry has evolved inside the country: Fortunately, the supply chain of design, production, packaging and distribution is being done by these companies. Many of these companies are creative and some knowledge-based companies that offer products based on the most up-to-date technologies and the highest standards of the domestic and international markets, which have the necessary attractions for the audience.

He stated that the domestic stationery industry has managed to occupy a significant part of the domestic market, and said: soon, with the movement of capable companies towards the development of products and production based on market needs, the remaining part of the market will also It is at the discretion of domestic companies.

It should be noted that the 8th international exhibition of stationery (Iranpenex 2023) and the second specialized exhibition of Irantoyex (irantoyex 2023) will be held from June 20 to 24, 2023 from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm in Tehran's Shahr Aftab exhibition.

Vice Presidency of Science, Technology and Knowledge-Based Economy