Mehdi Jalali has been introduced as the new head of the Research and Technology Company of the Mahshahr Petrochemical Center. This ceremony took place on September 21, 2026, in Mahshahr and was attended by the planning manager of the Research and Technology Company, city officials, and representatives of petrochemical companies in the special economic zone.
Acknowledgment of Davood Safari's Services
At the beginning of the ceremony, Hossein Shahroki, the planning manager of the Research and Technology Company, acknowledged and thanked Davood Safari for his services during his tenure. Shahroki also referred to Mehdi Jalali's appointment, considering him a local talent with scientific and technical backgrounds, and emphasized the need to utilize his scientific and professional capacities for the development of the center's activities.
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New Approaches of the Research and Technology Center
The planning manager of the Research and Technology Company deemed it essential to strengthen the role of this organization in addressing the specialized needs of the region. Establishing specialized groups according to the region's needs and developing continuous interactions with petrochemical companies will be among the most important approaches of the Research and Technology Company in Mahshahr.
Shahroki also emphasized maximizing the use of local talents and considered utilizing the existing specialized capacities in the region as a basis for providing more effective services to petrochemical complexes.
Mehdi Jalali, the new head of the Research and Technology Company of the Mahshahr Petrochemical Center, welcomed the attendees and expressed gratitude to the board of the company for their trust and for assigning this responsibility to him. He emphasized the importance of teamwork and utilizing the capacities of employees, stating that with the cooperation and support of the staff, the path of development and growth of the company will be pursued more rapidly.
Jalali also announced plans to hold a scientific event in the special economic zone of petrochemicals and identified the development of scientific and specialized activities and strengthening connections with regional industries as key focuses of the Mahshahr Research and Technology Center's programs.
Jalali is recognized as an active scientific and research figure in the petrochemical and oil industry. He holds a PhD in Chemistry, a postdoctoral degree in Electrochemistry, and is an alumnus of the DBA program at the University of Tehran, with over 20 years of industrial and research experience in the region's petrochemicals.
He has received the title of top researcher in the Iranian oil industry with the first rank and has executed over 30 industrial research projects, among his professional and scientific credentials. He has authored two books and published over 20 scientific articles in ISI-indexed journals.
At the end of the ceremony, while acknowledging the previous head of the Research and Technology Company of the Mahshahr Petrochemical Center, Mehdi Jalali was introduced as the new head of this center. The development of research activities, strengthening connections with regional industries, and utilizing the capacities of local talents were discussed during this ceremony.
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