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Komatsu Ltd., headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a global heavy industry manufacturer that produces and sells construction equipment, mining equipment, and industrial machinery. Komatsu is the second largest manufacturer of construction equipment in the world, behind Caterpillar. Komatsu has a U.S. affiliate, Komatsu American Corp. 

Iran-based Mehvar Machine Co., one of Komatsu's authorized distributors, participated in Iran's 14th international oil show in 2009 (Iran's 14th Oil Show, Exhibitors List). Mehvar Machine Co. sells Komatsu machinery and spare parts, and offers customer training, service, and repairs (Mehvar Machine Co. Website). According to this website, Komatsu products that Mehvar sells include hydraulic excavators, wheel loaders, motor graders, crawler dozers, bulldozers, dump trucks, lift trucks, containers, and Komatsu accessories.

Komatsu's other authorized distributor in Iran, Behrad Tehran, mentions the use of its products in sensitive sectors, proclaiming on its website that "Our Process division offers engineering machinery and turn-key projects in almost all fields of industry, mainly oil & gas, petrochemical, polymer & plastics, chemical, pharmaceutical, food & beverages, pulp & paper, cement, and industries related to processing" (Behrad Tehran Website). 

Komatu's Middle East subsidiary, Komatsu Middle East FZE, has an office in Tehran (Komatsu Company Info). 

In 2004, Komatsu made an agreement with Hepcoy, an Iranian industrial and mining company, to have Komatsu bulldozers produced in Iran. According to Japanese Ambassador to Tehran Takekezu Kawamura, Japanese companies had "invested more than $2 billion in Iranian oil and gas sectors" by 2004 ("Komatsu Bulldozers to be Produced in Iran"). 

The machinery that Komatsu makes available to Iran has a wide application in the oil and mining industries, both of which are key to the Iranian economy ("Iran's Economy," The Iranian Trade Association Inc, 2010). 

In the past decade, Komatsu has received $39.39 million dollars in U.S. federal contracts, 90 percent of which came from the Defense Department (USAspending.gov). 

Soilmec is a large Italy-based international construction company that specializes in below-ground construction. It operates 12 subsidiary companies and has 45 distributors (Company Website). 

Soilmec has a full branch in Tehran which handles "sales, customer care, technological assistance, spare parts, and maintenance." 

Soilmec manufactures a wide range of tunneling equipment. The New York Times has reported that Iran is using an underground tunnel network to hide missiles and nuclear facilities.

Hitachi Zosen is a Japanese manufacturing and engineering corporation with product divisions including environmental systems and industrial plants, precision machinery, machinery and process equipment, steel structures and construction machinery, marine and disaster prevention systems. (Company website)

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Hitachi Zosen produces shield tunneling machines in its steel structures and construction machinery division: "We have delivered a number of shield tunneling machines to the United States, China, Korea, Republic of China, Singapore and Thailand including 4 machines for undersea tunnel across the Bosporus straits in Istanbul, Turkey" (Company website).

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A Hitachi Zosen subsidiary lists Iran as a main exporting country for spare parts. (Hitachi-Zosen Plant Techno-Service Corp)

“NFM Technologies SA, a mechanical engineering company, designs, develops, manufactures, and supplies mechanical equipment and systems.”

“The company’s products are used in various applications in defense/aeronautics, nuclear, oil/gas, underground work, heavy industry, and major structures markets in the United States and internationally."

“It operates manufacturing plants in Shenyang and Guangzhou, China; and Le Creusot, Bagnols-sur-Cèze, and Lyon, France. As of May 28, 2007, NFM Technologies SA is a subsidiary of Shenyang Heavy Machinery Group Co., Ltd." (“NFM Technologies SA – Private Company Information,” Bloomberg Business Week, 2010).
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“Ranked amongst the most important tunnel-boring machine manufacturers on the world market, NFM Technologies provides its customers with tunneling machines of 4 to more than 15 metres in diameter, suited to all types of geology, acknowledged for their reliability and robustness” (Company website).

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“In September 2007 state-corporation NHI, Northern Heavy Industry Group, purchased a 70% share of French TBM and nuclear equipment manufacturer NFM. Niko Kleuters, previously with NFM's prior owner, WIRTH of Germany, left WIRTH to retain the remaining 30% share in NFM” (“China adds CIFA to its European acquisitions,” TunnelTalk, September 2008).

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NFM’s website features a technologies representative in Iran. (Company website)

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An article on Iranian tunneling projects lists NFM’s involvement in the Shiraz and Tabriz subway projects, not completed as of 2009 (“Iranian TBMs continue steady march,” World Tunnelling, December 23, 2009). 
   
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NFM project in Iran, Shiraz Metro Project (Iran Project website)

Kumagai Gumi Co., Ltd is a Japanese construction company involved in infrastructure and tunnel construction. (Company website)

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Kumagai machines were involved in the completed Koohrang and Cheshmeh Langan tunneling projects. (“Iranian TBMs continue steady march,” World Tunnelling, December 23, 2009)

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Kumagai has a history in Iran. Kumagai incorporated an Iranian subsidiary in the 1977, and around that time was contracted to build a water supply tunnel in Isfahan, Iran. (KUMAGAI GUMI COMPANY, LTD. Company History)

“Aker Wirth GmbH develops, manufactures, and sells drilling equipment and machinery in Germany and internationally. It offers tunnel and foundation boring machines for infrastructure projects; core components and solutions for the oil and natural gas industry; and pumping systems for mining and processing industries. The company’s products include draw works, mud pumps, and rotary tables and swivels; full-face tunnel boring, partial excavation, and slurry transport and processing equipment; onshore and offshore foundation, wind energy, and drill string and cutter equipment; and spare parts. It also offers second hand machinery, as well as provides service contacts. The company was formerly known as WIRTH Maschinen- und Bohrgeräte-Fabrik GmbH and changed its name to Aker Wirth GmbH on June 30, 2009. The company was founded in 1895 and is based in Erkelenz, Germany. As of September 4, 2007, Aker Wirth GmbH is a subsidiary of Aker Solutions ASA” (“Aker Wirth GmbH – Private Company Information,” Bloomberg Business Week, 2010.)

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In the business of TBMs, “Aker Wirth manufactures and supplies tunnel boring machines for mechanized tunnel driving for all geological conditions and all environmental requirements. Aker Wirth machines are in use in tunnel boring projects all over the world and for the excavation of a wide variety of tunnels” ("Aker Wirth - Tunnel Boring Machines, Raise Boring and Full-Face Shaft Boring Machines," Mining Technology, Net Resources International, 2010).

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Wirth has an Iran office, WPS Group Ltd. (Iranian Wirth Subsidiary

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An Iranian website features Wirth tunneling projects in Iran, including the Tabriz Metro Project.  (Iran Project website)
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Wirth has been involved in completed tunneling projects in Alborz and Ghomrud (“Iranian TBMs continue steady march,” World Tunnelling, December 23, 2009).

“The Manitowoc Company, Inc. is a multi-industry, capital goods manufacturer with over 100 manufacturing and service facilities in 27 countries. It is recognized as one of the world's largest providers of lifting equipment for the global construction industry, including lattice-boom cranes, tower cranes, mobile telescopic cranes, and boom trucks. Manitowoc also is one of the world's leading innovators and manufacturers of commercial foodservice equipment serving the ice, beverage, refrigeration, food prep, and cooking needs of restaurants, convenience stores, hotels, institutions, and healthcare facilities” ("The Manitowoc Company to Participate in J.P. Morgan Diversified Industries Conference," The Wall Street Journal, June 1 2010).

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The company also describes itself as "a leading provider of shipbuilding, ship repair, and conversion services for government, military, and commercial customers throughout the U.S. maritime industry" (Company website).

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Convotherm, a foodservice manufacturer and subsidiary of Manitowac, lists a contact person for sales in Iran on its website. (Subsidiary website)

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Scotsman Ice, a leading global ice manufacturer, is a subsidiary of Enodis, a foodmaking equipment company and subsidiary of the Manitowoc Company.  On the company’s website, Scotsman lists three distributors in Tehran. (Subsidiary website)

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Bio Enzyme Persia, an authorized distributor of medical and laboratory equipment in Tehran, features the Scotsman logo on its website. (Iranian Dealer website)

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In a 2002 press release, Manitowoc stated its plan to create a customer focused sales area in the Middle East, including Iran in the list of countries: “The Middle East (Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, as well as Turkey for tower cranes), which will be managed, by David Semple for the tower crane line and by Hamid Summers for both mobile and crawler cranes, from Dubai” ("Manitowoc Crane Group announces new organization structure for the Europe, Middle East and Africa region," Manitowoc Press Release, February 28 2002).

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Manitowoc Crane Group followed up its announced sales plan for the Middle East market with a regional distributors' conference in 2005.

"Manitowoc Crane Group staged its first Middle East regional distributors’ conference in November 2005, at the Oasis Beach Hotel, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The event was an opportunity for Manitowoc Crane Group to meet with its local Grove dealers and discuss the fast-growing Middle East market.

"The conference included representatives from Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, UAE, Kuwait, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Iran, Oman, Qatar, and Iraq with companies such as Kanoo Machinery, Equipment Company, Orascom Trading, ETCO, Tolitech, Arabian Crane Services, Mannai Trading, and Boranex all sending delegates" ("Middle East Meeting for Grove Dealers," Manitowoc Crane Group News Release, January 6, 2006).

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One of the companies represented at the conference, Toli Tech, is an Iranian construction company with an office in Tehran (Iranian Company Information).

DQS is "an independent and competent management partner for companies of every size and all business sectors" (Company Website). They provide certification, inspection and assessment for a wide variety of management systems and processes, for purposes of "risk management, information security, and business excellence" (Company Website). DQS is a part of the DQS-UL Group, after a merger with the American company Underwriters Laboratories.

DQS has an office in Tehran, called "DQS Middle East" (Company Website). The Iranian website of this venture is currently under construction. 

More serious are DQS's ties to Amin Industrial Complex, an Iranian company and "leading manufacturer of cooler and air conditioner in Iran" (Amin Website). Amin Industrial Complex was singled out in the UN's report on "Individuals and Entities Involved in Nuclear or Ballistic Missile Activities," where Amin Industrial Complex was described as having "sought temperature controllers which may be used in nuclear research and operational/production facilities." Furthermore, the company "is owned or controlled by, or acts on behalf of, the [Iranian] Defense Industries Organization" (UN Report). 

Amin Industrial Complex prominently displays a scanned quality certification certificate from DQS (Amin Website), revealing that DQS has guaranteed the efficient operation of a company that is involved in procuring technology for the Iranian nuclear program. Amin Industrial Complex is openly listed on DQS's Customer Database (Company Website). 

Terex is a Connecticut-based global manufacturer of industrial equipment, specifically for the construction, mining, utilities, forestry, and transportation industries  (Company Website). 

Despite not listing Iran on its dealer locator, Terex sells cranes through the Iran-based Behrad Tehran Company, under its Terex Demag brand. The Behrad Tehran Company lists the mechanical specifications of over 30 Terex crane models, all of which are accompanied by photographs and made fully available for purchase (Behrad Tehran Company Website). 

Additionally, Terex's "Terex Atlas" brand is licensed for "Product Sales" in Iran (Company Website). 

In 2009, the SEC questioned Terex's activites in Iran based on information from their 10-k form, noting the following:

"We note from disclosure in your Form 10-K that you currently operate in the Middle East, understood to include Iran, and that you intend to increase your operations in those regions. We note also that it appears from your website that nationals of Iran, Sudan and Syria can register as your suppliers, and that you sell products and provide service and support for your Terex Atlas brand in Iran. We are aware of a March 2006 news report that your joint venture, Inner Mongolia North Hauler Co. Ltd., sold products into Iran. We also are aware of a March 2007 news report that Terex Equipment Middle East LLC, the sales and marketing office for your Aerial Work Platforms segment, serves the market demand for your equipment in Iran and Syria, among other countries." (UPLOAD for TEREX CORP, 6/25/2009)

In a correspondance with the SEC, Terex responded to their inquiries thusly:

"From time to time, various Terex foreign subsidiaries sell foreign-manufactured equipment for use in such industries in Iran, Sudan or Syria where permitted under U.S. and local law.  Terex foreign subsidiary sales into Iran  over each of the past three years are approximately as follows: Iran: $19.9 million in 2006, $11.8 million in 2007, and $11.1 million in 2008" (CORRESP for TEREX CORP, 7/17/2009)

In 2004, O&K Mining, at that point owned by Terex, was listed as a supplier for Abad Rahan Pars Co. during its development of the South Pars Gas Field. O&K was sold in 2010, but was owned by Terex at the time of the project (Abad Rahan Pars Co. Resources).

Terex has previously come under Congressional investigation for providing Scud missile launchers to Saddam Hussein's government in Iraq after eyewitness allegations were featured in the New York Times. 

Terex's Corporate Citizenship policy states that "the ethical behavior of Terex and its employees takes precedence over profits, sales, or other standards of success" (Company Website). 

"With a proven track record of successfully rehabilitated roads completed to date, Martec’s AR2000 delivered millions of square meters of the regenerated pavements on four continents, in such diverse countries as Canada, China, Costa Rica, India, Iran, Italy, Japan, Mexico and the United States." (Company Website)

Petropars, the Iranian company and wholly owned subsidiary of NICO (an affiliate of the NIOC), lists the domestic and foreign companies that are developing the different phases of the South Pars Gas Field Project.  One of the Iranian companies, Abad Rahan Pars Co., developing the south pars phases 6,7, & 8, lists their resources, and the companies providing these resources.  Martec is one of these dealers. (Abad Rahan Pars Co. Resources)

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In 2008, Lloyd's Register America, Inc. acquired Martec.  (Martec Press Release)