Masoud Mehdizadeh Moqaddam added that 148 industrial units worth 3.15 billion rials ($75,000) were launched by domestic investors in industrial towns of the province during the same period, IRNA reported. “There are 5,700 manufacturing units in 45 industrial towns of Khorasan Razavi, making up 44% of the total number of manufacturing businesses in the province,” Financial Tribune quoted him as saying.