Flour milling is considered as one of the oldest industries inIran and many mills operating throughout the country produce various types of  flour  required to manufacture different foodstuffs namely biscuits,cookies and other pastries and other industrial items (starch, glucose, etc.)
In order to utilize the advantage provided through the establishment of associations envisaged in  Article 131 of the Iranian labor law, flour millers in various provinces established 18 provincial associations. The Federation of Iranian Flour Milling Industry Associations, the industry's supreme professional body, has been organized.
Moreover, a self-sufficiency and research center to support activities within the industry was established on 1978 and is affiliated with the ministry of industries and mines. An extensive research and development program has been conducted so far investigating various aspects of milling and baking industries such as appropriate use of raw materials (e. g. wheat), production technology development, and equipment design.
Similarly, seminars and expert committees have been organized periodically by the center. numerous publications authored by center investigators continue to report research results and are available upon request.
A company, named (flour milling, baking and related industries) Research and engineering services, inc. has also been established to provide the required technical and commercial support for this Iranian industry. flour millers in different parts of the country are share holders.
The wide scope of the activities of this company includes the pertinent range of engineering and commercial services (importing  and exporting ) of related flour milling machinery, spare Parts, milled products, different types of flour, and various raw materials like wheat etc. milling products different types of flour, etc.