How much attention does the National Petrochemical Company pay to technology transfer in its underway projects?
We have established a research and development department known as Research and Technology Company in Arak which is equipped with many semi-industrial (pilot) units as well as research laboratories. On the other hand, according to the contract signed for purchasing technical know-how and implementing basic petrochemical engineering operations, the licensing companies have been obliged to construct a pilot unit in the country. The goal of construction and purchase of pilots could be summarized as: First, being of educational use for personnel; so that, the employees could practice the processes and gain adequate skill without any interruption in production. Second, working on pilot and changing the process, operational conditions, composition of the feed and other effective parameters that could lead to process improvements, which is considered a new innovation. If modifications on a pilot lead to innovations, we would hold the license for those innovations. Sometimes, the original lice
