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Anhydro is "a global company specialising in the design, development and delivery of innovative liquid concentration and powder processing solutions as well as dewatering plants and equipment" (Company Website). Its equipment and technology have many applications, including in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries. 

Intercool Iran is a chemical company that acts as a distributor for Anhydro's products in that country (Company Website). Business Monitor states that "Intercool Iran is an agent/distributor for Anhydro, a global supplier of liquid concentration and powder processing solutions" (Business Monitor, subscription needed).  

Anhydro advertises on their website that they support the United Nations Global Compact. In a posted letter from Anhydro CEO Jens Logstrup to Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, the company states, "We are committed to making the Global Compact and its principles part of the strategy, culture and day-to-day operations of our company and to engaging in collaborative projects which advance the broader development goals of the United Nations" (Company Website). 

"Laboratory supplies company Millipore Corp. has paid the US government $1,000 to settle allegations that two of its subsidiaries made illegal exports to Iran. Millipore paid the fine on behalf of the company and its subsidiaries to settle alleged violations of Iranian transactions regulations. The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Asset Controls alleged the companies exported scientific samples to Iran without a proper license. The company voluntarily disclosed the matter to the government" (Boston.com, "Millipore Pays $1000 for Illegal Exports to Iran," 1/12/2008).

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In a 2007 letter of correspondence with the SEC, Millipore stated that,  "two companies, NovAseptic AB and Serologicals, sold products into Iran totaling $5,684.80 in 2005, in each case prior to being acquired by Millipore. Millipore acquired NovAseptic AB on August 9, 2005 and acquired Serologicals on July 14, 2006. Neither NovAseptic AB nor Serologicals sold any products or services into Iran after being acquired by Millipore" (Correspondence for Millipore Corporation, 3/1/2007). 

Grimley Smith Associates is a British engineering firm that "offers services that encompass virtually every aspect of process engineering" (Company Website). 

Grimley Smith's website describes contract work it performed on three crude oil facilities in Iran for the National Iranian Oil Company. This work constituted "70,000 man-hours of design work" which rendered the facilities "capable of meeting the processing capacity of 400,000 barrels a day for the next 25 years" (Company Website). 

Grimley Smith's website lists its key values as "integrity, openness, competence, trust, quality, enjoyment, loyalty, accountability, and responsibility" (Company Website). 

Remet is accused of selling Cobalt aluminate to Iranian engineering firm Mavadkaran, which manufactures equipment for Iran’s energy sector.

Although the company’s former sales manager, Jarrad Beddow, claims that there was no law prohibiting the export of the cobalt when it occurred in 2009, it is well know that cobalt aluminate can be used to produce the lethal radioactive isotope cobalt 60. Experts says this material is most likely to be used in a “dirty bomb.” And, Since 2005, there have been reports that Tehran may be attempting to procure dirty bomb materials.

(Global Security Newswire, "U.K Firm Investigated Over Sale of Dirty Bomb Material to Iran," 5/17/2010)

"A non-U.S. nonconsolidated affiliate sold $0.1 million of polyethylene (used in packaging applications) into Iran in 2008. " (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, CORRESP for DOW CHEMICAL CO DE, 4/7/2009)

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Dow lists in the 2008 Sustainability report, their current number of employees in Iran. (Company Website)

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On their website, Dow has a list of certificates given to countries in compliance with Dow regulations for possession of their water pipe systems.  Iran is listed among these countries.  The Certificates are listed:

• BHRC Certificate: Sanitary hot and cold water applications, and heating and cooling systems
• Building Code - Chapter 16: PE-RT and PE-RT/A1 for sanitary hot and cold water applications, and heating and cooling systems 

"In Iran, Merck has a representative office engaged in the marketing of engaged in the marketing of laboratory and specialty chemicals. Until the two divisions Merck Serono and Consumer Health Care as well as the business sector Chemicals have specific information on this site the offices are your point of contact for Merck products."

Listed are the Merck's chemicals distributors in Iran.  (Company Website)

Firm/country: LyondelBasell/The Netherlands;

Firm activity: Supplying technology for new HDPE petrochemical plant in Kermanshah, increasing capacity by 300,000 metric tons per year;

Status: Expected completion 2009 to 2010;

Commercial activity: Not reported;

Firm comment: Confirmed activities. Noted that profits from the two projects are small compared to its European operations.

(GAO report 2010 - "Firms Reported in Open Sources as Having Commercial Activity in Iran’s Oil, Gas, and Petrochemical Sectors")

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"Lyondell Basell Company had previously participated in Amirkabir and Jam petrochemical complexes’ development plans. National Petrochemical Company’s Project Manager Jalil Ebrahimpour said for his part that the abovementioned petrochemical complexes are parts of the Dena ethylene pipeline, each with the annual projected HDPE output of 300,000." (Tehran Times, World praises Iran’s petrochemical achievements: LyondellBasell exec, 6/10/2009) 

Firm/country: Haldor Topsoe/Denmark

Firm activity: Licensor of a hydrotreater for refinery in Esfahan;

Status: Completed in 2009;

Commercial activity: Not reported;

Firm comment: Confirmed activity. Noted expected completion of activity is 2013 to 2014.

(GAO Report 2010 - "Firms Reported in Open Sources as Having Commercial Activity in Iran’s Oil, Gas, and Petrochemical Sectors")

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"Haldor Topsoe has signed contracts with the Iranian companies Marjan Petrochemical and Kimiaye Pars for supply of technology for two large methanol plants – both with involvement from National Petrochemical Company.  The plant is expected to go on-stream in 2013." (Company Website - Press Release, /13/2009)

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"Petrochemical Research & Technology Company (NPC-RT) of Iran and Haldor Topsoe A/S of Denmark have been, under a collaboration agreement signed two years ago, engaged in a joint effort to demonstrate new technologies for the petrochemical industry. It is with a great pleasure to announce that this collaboration has now resulted in a contract with Zagros Petrochemical Company to license technology, provide engineering and supply catalyst for a dimethyl ether (DME) plant.  The plant which is to be constructed at Bandar Assaluyeh, Iran with a capacity of 800,000 MTPY of DME, is based on technology and catalyst developed by Haldor Topsoe A/S for dehydration of methanol and made available in Iran by joint scientific and technical collaboration with NPC-RT." (Company Website - Press Release, 2004)

• LG has a company website for Iran in Farsi.

• "The lawmakers underlined a finding by the Congressional Research Service that 20 non-US firms may be in violation of the Iran Sanctions Act.

  They include Totalfina Elf of France; Italy's ENI; Bow Valley of Canada; the Netherlands' Royal Dutch Shell; Norsk Hydro of Norway; Russia's Lukoil; GVA Consultants of Sweden; Sheer Energy of Canada; LG of South Korea; Norway's Statoil; and Inpex of Japan." (AFP, “US lawmakers urge Obama to use Iran sanctions powers,” 10/21/09)

• "GIANTS WITH A FOOT IN TEHRAN: Total, Shell, Statoil, BNP Paribas, Commerzbank, MTN, UPS, Linde, Technip, Nokia, Ericsson, Peugeot, Renault, OMV, Societe Generale, ENI, Mitsubishi, Sumitomo, Siemens, LG, Samsung, Bosch, Valeo, Nestle, Unilever, BAT, Japan Tobacco." (The London Times, "American pressure threatens UK firms," 5/27/06)

• "According to "Tehran Times", Iranian authorized dealers of the audio-visual, air conditioning systems and cellular phones affiliated to the Goldiran Co. got together in the Islamic Republic of Iran's Broadcasting (IRIB) Hall of Conferences in Tehran. The party was thrown in honor of S.S. Kim, chief executive officer and Vice President of the LG Electronics.

  Kim who is also the chief executive officer of Korean LG Electronics Company and among the 20 top economic managers in the world has received many awards in different managerial fields." (InfoProd, “Iran: Senior Managers of LG Electronics Hold Meeting in Tehran,” 11/18/04)

• "Iran signed a $1.6 billion contract with South Korea's LG Construction Co. Ltd. to further develop its huge South Pars offshore gas field in the Gulf.

  With the signing on Sunday, LG took a 42 percent stake in the project. The remaining 58 percent is held by the state-owned energy firms connected to the National Iranian Oil Company." (Associated Press, “Iran, LG of South Korea sign $1.6 billion gas deal,” 9/16/02)

• “Huntsman Corp., the world’s biggest maker of epoxy adhesives, said its foreign subsidiaries will discontinue sales in Iran due to concern over the government’s handling of protests of last year’s presidential election.
  
  ‘The small amount of business done there does not justify the reputational risk currently associated with doing business with entities located in Iran due to growing international concern over the policies of the current regime,’ Huntsman said in a statement.
  
  Huntsman, based in The Woodlands, Texas, said sales to entities located in Iran represented only a ‘minor fraction of one percent’ of its worldwide sales. The company said sales to third parties in Iran ‘have been done in full compliance with U.S. law.’
  
  Huntsman came under pressure last year from United Against Nuclear Iran to end all business in Iran, according to a spokeswoman for the New York-based advocacy group, Kimmie Lipscomb.
  
  ‘This shows that the American people are concerned with a company’s decision to do business in Iran,’ Lipscomb said in an interview.
  
  ‘We learned that one of Huntsman’s subsidiaries was conducting business in Iran, selling polyurethane, which can be used in the development of solid rocket fuel,’ she said. ‘We sent them a letter in November and they said they did not believe the polyurethane was being used for rocket fuel. We objected to them doing any business in Iran.’
  
  Huntsman spokesman Russ Stolle said the company had been in contact with United Against Nuclear Iran. He declined to say whether the decision to halt business in Iran was spurred by the group’s pressure. (Bloomberg News, “Huntsman Stops Sales in Iran on Concern for Government Actions,” 1/27/10)