Iran inaugurates first carbon fiber production line.
Iran on Saturday inaugurated its first production line of carbon fibers, a light and strategic product used in different parts of the aviation industry.
The carbon fiber production line was officially inaugurated at the Aerospace Industries Organization of the Iranian Defense Ministry on Saturday in a ceremony attended the country's Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi.
Addressing the ceremony, Vahidi said, "Today we are witnessing the result of another strategic project in the Defense Ministry in the field of advanced materials."
He stressed that Iran is now among the ten countries of the world that possess the technology to produce the strategic product.
The Iranian minister added that all the development phases, including basic studies, basic design, production procedures, manufacture and installation of equipments and machineries, launch and production of the final product have been carried out domestically and Iranian experts.
Earlier this week, Vahidi lauded the high capabilities of Iran's defense industry, and said the Iranian defense industry is moving on a growing trend of development which has made it unique in region.
Addressing a ceremony held here in Tehran on Tuesday to mark inauguration of three new defense industry products, Vahidi said that Iran's defense industry has witnessed three development waves.
"At the beginning of its third development wave, Iran's indigenous, self-reliant and diverse defense industry has become unique in the region and has the capability to enter rivalry at global levels," the Iranian minister said at the time.