​Yasouj Sugar Plant was revamped and renovated after a decade of being closed and it will be inaugurated during the Ten-Day Dawn. The Plant's capacity was increased in terms of agriculture and sugar beet production.  Alireza Arghaee, the director for non-metal industries at the Industrial Development and Renovation Organization (IDRO), made the abovementioned remarks, adding that the project was fully implemented under efforts of domestic experts at the Industrial Development and Renovation Organization. The project will increase the refining capacity of sugar at the Yasouj Sugar Plant to 450 tons per day. Arghaee went on to say that the sugar production technology at the Yasouj Sugar Plant, which had been related to 50 years ago, has now been updated to the latest technology. This issue has increased the production capacity and efficiency, as well. The unit for producing sugar from sugar beet, which had been closed for 10 years due to being worn-out, has now been commissioned with the annual capacity to produce 100,000 tons of sugar beet to 15,000 tons of sugar, he noted. The director for non-metal industries at the Industrial Development and Renovation Organization referred to activities by IDRO in order to renovate and revamp the Yasouj Sugar Plant, saying that in the recovery section, sugar beet preparation, and sugar production, essential repairs and renovations have been carried out, and new bascules, grinds, and diffusion systems have been purchased. Arghaee also said that new equipment, such as membrane pressing system, circulation pump, sugar production boiler, permanent and non-permanent centrifuges, vacuum pumps, dehydrator, and bag fillers, have been purchased and installed in the sugar refining section. According to him, pipelines, water tankers, and water treatment systems at the Yasouj Sugar Plant have been revamped and renovated by domestic experts. The IDRO manager went on to say that the electricity supply section and the power station of the Plant have also been renovated through buying and installing distribution channels, electro-pumps, control and safety systems, as well as precision tools. In addition, three boiler systems of the Plant have been fully renovated and have been equipped with fully-automatic control system synchronized with the power plant section.Over 100 billion rials has been spent to renovate and revamp the Yasouj Sugar Plant by the Industrial Development and Renovation Organization, he said, adding that the automation systems in the plant have been upgraded from manual and old technology to the cutting edge technology using PLC systems. This issue has increased efficiency and has reduced wastes in the plant, he said. It is interesting to note that the Food Products and Sugar Company of Yasouj (the Yasouj Sugar Plant) was established in 1965. It was closed down and then was transferred to the Industrial Development and Renovation Organization in 2000 for getting revamped and renovated.   Some 200 individuals were working in the company and hundreds of people were working indirectly in relation with the company. But, worn-out machinery, low production capacity, and accumulated debts, had faced the company with severe problems, so that renovating the production line and increasing the production capacity were approved and were implemented.The renovation operations have come to an end and the new production line is ready to be commissioned. Farmers from Kohkilouyeh-Boyerahmad, Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari, Isfahan, and Fars become prepared to farm sugar beet and sell their yield to the Yasouj Sugar Plant in the next farming season.