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IRAN
AUTOMOTIVE GLASS

CONSUMPTION ON THE RISE

Iran has seen one of the highest jumps in consumption of automotive glass in the
first nine months of country’s financial year (21 March 2016 to 20 December
2016) on account of a 39% jump in output of automotive production in the country
in the corresponding period.
Three major float glass producers - Kaveh Glass Group, Sahand Industrial Group
and Ardakan Float Glass Corporation - produce automotive grade glass for coun-
try’s automotive industry. These three companies have invested in automotive
processing facilities to supply automotive glass to leading car and passenger vehicle
producers in the country. In addition, about half a dozen downstream glass proces-
sors are engaged in processing automotive glass for the country’s rapidly growing
automotive industry.
The number of automobiles manufactured in Iran during the first nine months
of the current Iranian calendar year (ending 20 December) registered a 39.1%
increase compared to the same period last year, according to Iranian news agencies.
A total of 949,497 vehicles of various types have been produced by the Iranian auto
makers in the nine month period. Passenger cars at 881,935 in the nine months
recorded a 40.9% increase compared to the same period in 2015. Iran is projected
to produce 1.35 million of cars by the end of the current calendar year, according to
Mohsen Salehinia, Iranian Deputy Minister of Industry, Mining and Trade.
The Iranian automotive industry has a special place in country’s manufacturing
sector. It accounts for about 6% of Iran’s GDP and 4% of its workforce, second
only to the hydrocarbon industry. The country’s largest automotive producer, Iran
Khodro is the largest automobile manufacturer in the entire Middle East region.
Iran Khodro, which first started production of LP buses in 1962, the chassis of
which were imported from Germany, and they were assembled in the current north-
ern factory of Iran Khodro.
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