Hyster

Construction
NYSE: HY
USA
Hyster

Hyster is an American materials handling company, which offers "a comprehensive range of warehousing equipment, industrial lift trucks, container handlers and reach stackers as well as quality parts" (Company Website). In addition to three manufacturing plants in the US, Hyster also has manufacturing operations in Mexico, Brazil, China, Japan, Australia, Ireland, The Netherlands, and Italy, with a dealer presence in 130 countries (Company Website). 

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Alperton Ltd, a British engineering company, has bid to become Hyster's agent in Iran. Alperton already has extensive business interests in Iran ("British Hyster Agent Pushes Into Iranian Market").

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Alperton states it sells Hyster forklift trucks in Iran (BICC). In addition to their application in the construction industry, Iran has previously used forklift trucks to publicly execute political prisoners ("Khomeini fatwa led to killing of 30,000 in Iran").