Rahim Akbari Tirabadi

Baadband’s Founder and Chairman

He was born in 1334, in Tirabaad Torkomanchai village related to Mianeh City/East Azarbayjan in farmer family. When he was 13, He left village to continue his studies in Mianeh. At the same time he was working in steel structure workshop in Mianeh that belonging to his elder brother and studying in high school as well.

His intrinsic interest in technical and industrial affairs and being familiar with metal and metal work made him to become more interested in these fields. At the same time, during the Match of making Force Gauges at the high schools of province, he succeeded in designing and manufacturing high quality Force Gauges with the precision of weighing a needle. With the help of his brother, who did not hesitate in his training, he managed to gain a complete and admirably short cue from the metalwork industry.

In 1353 he came to Tehran for summer holiday but his interesting to technical affairs and his experience of manufacturing steel components and also his future vision made him to stay in Tehran. After obtaining his diploma as welding-QC expert he hired in French company, on that time, French company was obliged to manufacture kerman cupper factory’s steel components.

By begining Iran Islamic revolution in order to reconstructing schools and roads and helping village people, he went to Mianeh’s villeges as a 24 hours teacher. 

When Cultural Revolution began in that time he gave up on teaching and his interesting in technical field made him to establish steel structure workshop. At the same time when “Mianeh’s steel structures Cooperative co.” established in 1989, he accepted the CEO position in the mentioned company.

He came back to Tehran in 1990 and executed 10000 tons “Hamedan power plant’s steel structure”.

He established Foolad Sanaat Co. in 1992 and implemented different kind of projects like designing and manufacturing roof cranes from 10 to 260 ton, manufacturing 30000 tons steel structure. so he played really well role in expanding steel structures and components manufacturing industry.

In 1996, despite being very busy, he continued to study Management at the Industrial Management Organization, and at this very stage Mr. Visse introduced him to Mr. Safdar Shahi, who was working in the same field, they established joint company together in order to emergence of joint areas of implementation and innovation.