? Why Additive Manufacturing Is Mobarakeh Steel Group’s New Driver

Value Creation Through Layers Across the Steel Chain

The 1st National Additive Manufacturing Value Chain Gathering—organized by the University of Tehran and Mobarakeh Steel Group—marked the end of a purely laboratory view of metal 3D printing and the dawn of industrial investment in this strategic technology. Outlining the strategic roadmap targeting the 2035 Horizon, Saeed Zarandi, CEO of Mobarakeh Steel Group, announced that the nation's largest industrial holding views additive manufacturing and advanced materials not as an academic exercise, but as a new business venture to enter exclusive markets and reduce production line equipment repair times by up to 90%. This sharp strategy—driven by operational synergy between Mobarakeh Steel Group, the metallurgical infrastructure of Saba Steel & Rolling Company, and the MSTID Fund—targets the nation's critical industrial supply bottlenecks