According to the National Petrochemical Company (NPC), the director of planning and development of Karoon Petrochemical Plant said the company’s success was hinged upon adopting state-of-the-art standards in its operations since 2016.

Mohammad Hamidi said, “The units operating under the department of planning and development of Karoon Petrochemical Company, while applying international standards and localization of them in the company, have planned and implemented processes in the organization in such a way that ensures growth and promotion of the company.”

He said the company, over the past three years, had been identifying its weaknesses in all the operational sectors by relying on domestic forces and experts and taking measures to remove the production obstacles and bottlenecks.

Karoon Petrochemical Plant is one of the biggest producers of toluene diisocyanate (TDI) and methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) in the world and supplies Iran and the Middle East with the items, Hamidi stressed.

Since 2016, the company has also been able to obtain several international standards and certificates including ISO9001 (quality management) certification, ISO-TS29001 (quality management in oil, gas and petrochemical industries), ISO14001 (Environmental Management), ISO45001 (Occupational Health and Safety Management), OHSAS18001 (Occupational Health and Safety Administration), ISO17025 (Testing and Calibration Lab), ISO10001, ISO10002, ISO10003, ISO10004 (Customer Relationship Management), ISO26000 (Social Responsibility), ISO50001 (Energy Management), ISO20000 (IT Services Management), ISO27001 (Information Security Management).