Investment in MAPNA

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In today’s world, close competition for higher levels of development is elemental to social and economic planning. Economic development is achieved through defining projects for energy, transportation and other sectors, where the issue of investments and financial resources come to surface as crucial playing factors.

With the expanding scope of MAPNA Group’s activities and the need to attract investments for the projects, the organizational structure was reshuffled to house a new division, Investment Projects Division (IPD) as a pivotal element in advancing strategic activities of the Group.

Thanks to ample opportunities and access to domestic and international markets, the Group has had the opportunity for direct investment and bringing in other domestic and international investors in power plant, oil and gas, railroad transportation projects. MAPNA Group is the first and largest single investor of private power plant projects in the country, with investments worth of € 2.5bn in two power plants with a total capacity of 8,000 MW.

Such capacities have made MAPNA a major player in Iran’s power and energy stock market. To its inventory of achievements MAPNA has added commissioning, building, and operation of the country’s first private power plant (South Isfahan Power Plant). Tous (Ferdowsi), Assaluyeh, Aliabad (Katoul), Fars, Paresar, and Gonaveh power plants have been developed under similar schemes and they contribute to national grid.

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INVESTMENT IN MAPNA

The fast-growing need to develop infrastructure and the shortage of governmental resources has brought the private sector to the help of the government in investment. MAPNA Group has been a pioneer company in the field of power plant industry, thanks to new rules on privatization that allow the private sector to invest in the industry. The company has achieved this status thanks to its competitive advantages in design and manufacture of major power plant facilities. Widening the scope of its activity, MAPNA has also initiated investment in the oil and gas, and also railway transportation.

In MAPNA Group, the basic tenet of investment is to attract huge investments from foreign and domestic agents in order to power plant, oil and gas, and railway projects under BOT (Build, Operate, Transfer), BOO (Build, Operate, Own), and other schemes. The Investment Projects Division is in charge of investment activities in MAPNA.

The Investment Projects Division aims to form a conglomerate of project-oriented companies, and manage and guide them through a strategic approach, drawing upon cutting-edge technology, capability, and motivation. The division carries out regular investment feasibility studies regarding prospective projects, whether inside Iran or abroad. Today, the department has focused its full attention on large projects in power plant, oil and gas, renewable energies, and railroad sectors.

In line with its grand strategy, MAPNA Group incorporates its own manufacturing products and services into projects, thus providing for the company a ground in the chain of value to present customers with its own and services with lower costs and expenses.

INVESTMENT IN MAPNA

Special Purpose Vehicle

Special Purpose Vehicle companies are established in line with requirements and type of participation in each investment project. In these projects, MAPNA collaborates with investors, energy customers, financial institutes and banks, contractors, and operating bodies. The diagram below shows a number of SPV companies.