Denmark’s Topsoe Eyes Resuming Business in Iran
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A senior official with Haldor Topsoe, a Danish industrial catalysts producer, expressed willingness for resuming investment in Iran's market now that anti-Tehran sanctions are lifted off.
“I have no doubt in my mind that Iran is on the doorstep to a period of great progress,” said Per K. Bakkerud, executive vice president of Topsoe’s Chemical Business Unit, Chemical Engineering reported on Saturday.
“The business culture, the high level of education and of course the abundant natural resources is more or less a guarantee for blooming business in the petrochemical and refining industry. And we are eager to resume the great working relationship with Iran and the companies here that we have enjoyed for many years. I’m glad that we can now look towards future successes.”
He added that the company plans to launch a permanent office in the Iranian capital in the near future.
Bakkerud further said Topsoe’s Tehran office will be led by Jens Ole Madsen, who has broad management and sales experience from many years with Topsoe and other engineering and clean-tech companies.
Haldor Topsoe is a world leader in catalysis and surface science. Its technologies and catalysts are used all over the world contributing to a cleaner environment.
The company's decision comes against the backdrop of a new wave of interest in ties with Iran after Tehran and the Group 5+1 (Russia, China, the US, Britain, France and Germany) on July 14, 2015 finalized a comprehensive deal on Tehran's nuclear program and implemented it on January 16.