BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 30. Iran Tractor Foundry Company (ITFCO) exported 6,500 tons of various types of metal casting products worth 9.5 million euros in the first nine months of the current Iranian year (March 21 through December 21, 2023), Executive Director of ITFCO Babak Zeighami told reporters, Trend reports.
According to Zeighami, the exported metal casting products were various types of motor cylinders, cylinder heads, wheel disks, and so on.
He added that, in general, the company produced 49,000 tons of various types of metal casting products for nine months. This is 10 percent more than the same period last year.
Zeighami said that 81 percent of the company's products manufactured in nine months were used in tractor production, 7 percent in the auto industry, and 12 percent were exported. Fourteen companies from European countries are customers of this company's products.
The director also mentioned that the company produced approximately 6,200 tons of metal casting products in the 9th month (November 22 through December 21, 2023) alone, which is considered a record figure in the company's monthly production.
Iran Tractor Foundry Company operates under the Iran Tractor Manufacturing Company.
ITFCO is a professional cast iron foundry in Tabriz City, Iran, with over 40 years of experience in producing iron castings for the automotive and truck industries, as well as some machining work. Our annual production capacity is more than 60,000 tons of cast iron castings in the range of 100 kg up to 300 kg.
The I.T.F. Co. pattern shop utilizes dexterous, old-handed experts as well as special computer-aided facilities such as Solid Work, Power Mill, Catia, & ect. Different types of patterns, core boxes, and fixtures for a variety of cylinder blocks, cylinder heads, crank shafts, central housings, hubs, axels, etc. are produced.
Iran Tractor Manufacturing Company was established in 1968 with its headquarters in East Azerbaijan Province. Over the past 50 years, by holding 12 subordinate companies and having the capacity to produce more than 30,000 units of tractors per year, the company has become the largest and biggest agricultural machinery producer in the entire Middle East.
There are 8 branches of Iran Tractor Manufacturing Company operating in Iran’s East Azerbaijan Province, 2 branches outside the province, and 2 branches outside Iran.
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