IRNA reported that the 8th international exhibition on building & construction industry kicked off on Thursday at Tehran Permanent International Fairgrounds.

Mohammad Abbasi Iran’s Minster of Cooperatives attended the opening ceremony of the fair.

This year’s exhibition participated by 847 companies active in the building & construction industry, showing a 20% rise compared to the 7th edition held last year.

As per report 207 companies from Germany, Italy, UK, Switzerland, Turkey, Japan, South Korea, China, Belgium, the UAE, Canada, the Netherlands, Sweden, Finland, Slovenia, Greece, and Portugal are taking part in the four-day event which will run to August 10th 2008.