Iran ConFair 2025 Opens

The 25th International Building Industry Exhibition (Iran ConFair 2025) opened in Tehran on Monday, bringing together companies from Iran and abroad to showcase the latest products, technologies and services in the construction sector. The four-day exhibition opened on Monday in a ceremony attended by Minister of Roads and Urban Development Farzaneh Sadeq Malvajerd and President of the Iran Chamber of Cooperatives Bahman Abdollahi. Companies and visitors from a number of countries, including Singapore, Italy, Germany, Turkey, and China, are taking part in the four-day event, which offers significant opportunities to expand the country’s economic and trade cooperation.

This edition of the exhibition, the largest international event in the building industry in Iran, has filled all available capacity with 47,000 square meters of exhibition space, showcasing heavy construction machinery and equipment. For the first time this year, dedicated halls have also been allocated to startups and newly established companies. Organized by the Iran Chamber of Cooperatives, the exhibition provides a unique opportunity to showcase domestic capabilities, develop export markets, and exchange technical expertise in the construction sector. In line with its mission to boost non-oil exports, support domestic production, and strengthen the standing of the construction industry, the chamber has prioritized holding the International Building Industry Exhibition with its full capacity and resources. Given the building industry’s central role in economic growth, job creation, and sustainable development, this event—one of the largest and most specialized in the sector across the region—is regarded as a valuable opportunity for industry stakeholders to present their latest achievements, products, technologies, and services.

Speaking at the opening ceremony, the Iranian road minister said the building industry, through its supply chain and the industries it employs, has the potential to influence a wide range of economic, social, and industrial indicators. Pointing to the sector’s challenges, Sadegh Malvajerd emphasized “the importance of a national registry and unified standards in the production and use of construction materials, noting that, “The government can act as a regulator in monitoring compliance.” Also addressing the ceremony, Abdollahi said the building industry has the broadest backward and forward linkages in the country and is therefore considered a driver of the national economy. He stated that the industry is not lacking in global technologies and holds vast export potential. Abdollahi highlighted building materials and construction products as the foremost export capacity, noting that, “Iran ranks as the world’s fourth-largest exporter of tiles and ceramics.” He added that in the steel structures sector, there is capacity for more than one million tons of exports annually, which could generate US$2.5 billion in foreign currency revenues.

Abdollahi also stressed that in technical and engineering services, there is an annual export potential of more than US$40 billion, of which US$15 billion is in the construction sector. However, he pointed out that statistics from 2022 and 2023 show exports of only US$2 billion in this field. He underlined that the building industry can stimulate more than 130 other industries, and although housing sector growth has been negligible in the past one or two years, both supply and demand capacities remain high. He expressed confidence that Iran can achieve the target of producing one million housing units annually. - Iran Daily