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“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).

Danone's Iranian subsidiaries, Danone Sahar, Damavand, and Mashad Milk Power Industries.  (Company Website - Iran)

In a correspondance with the SEC in 2009, GNC disclosed details of their business in Iran. 

"The Company advises the Staff that there are no GNC stores in Iran and that GNC has no past, current or anticipated contacts with Iran other than with Kharazmi Pharmaceutical Co. (“KPC”). On October 17, 2008, GNC obtained the required OFAC license (OFAC license no. IA-10892) to export certain GNC products to Iran, and entered into a distribution agreement with KPC with a term that matches the one year term of the OFAC license. GNC does not have direct operational contact with KPC under the distribution agreement; rather, GNC works through Canmed Enterprises Corp (“Canmed”), KPC’s affiliate." (CORRESP for GENERAL NUTRITION CENTERS INC, 10/14/2009)

"Since 2005, Tyson has had an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary in Europe that develops and sells chicken breeding stock in what the company called limited sales to Iran.  'No part of Tyson Foods in the U.S. has been party to these sales,' said spokesman Gary Mickelson, adding that sales on average have been less than 2 million annually." 

From 2000-2009, the company was the recipient of $2 billion US federal funds.  Their business in Iran is currently active.  (The New York Times, "Profiting from Iran, and the US," 3/6 2010)

An AP review of corporate SEC filings found dozens of companies that have done business in Iran in recent years or said their products or services may have made it there through other channels. Some are household names: PepsiCo, Tyson Foods, Canon, BP Amoco, Exxon Mobil, GE Healthcare, the Wells Fargo financial services company, Visa, MasterCard and the Cadbury Schweppes candy and beverage maker. (Associated Press, From bull semen to bras, Iran still buys American, Associated Press, Sharon Theimer, July 9, 2008)

"In 2000,Tata Tea took over Tetley Tea The Tetley brand name would give Tata Tea access to markets in Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, and the CIS countries, said the companys vice chairman, R.K. Krishna Kumar, whose mandate for the acquisition was simple: to eliminate the competition, Unilever." (India Today, "Top 10 global takeovers," 12/29/08)

In 2000,Tata Tea took over Tetley Tea The Tetley brand name would give Tata Tea access to markets in Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, and the CIS countries, said the companys vice chairman, R.K. Krishna Kumar, whose mandate for the acquisition was simple: to eliminate the competition, Unilever. (India Today, Top 10 global takeovers, Nandini Vaish, December 29, 2008)

• An AP review of corporate SEC filings found dozens of companies that have done business in Iran in recent years or said their products or services may have made it there through other channels. Some are household names: PepsiCo, Tyson Foods, Canon, BP Amoco, Exxon Mobil, GE Healthcare, the Wells Fargo financial services company, Visa, MasterCard and the Cadbury Schweppes candy and beverage maker. (Associated Press, "From bull semen to bras, Iran still buys American," 7/9/08)

• "The only visual clues that these lunching ladies aren't dining at some smart New York City eatery but in the heart of Washington's Axis of Evil are the expensive Hermès scarves covering their blond-tipped hair in deference to the mullahs. And the drink of choice? This being revolutionary Iran, where alcohol is banned, the women are making do with Coca-Cola.

  Coca-Cola? Isn't corporate America prohibited by Washington's sanctions from doing business in Iran? Yes, for the most part, says U.S. Treasury spokeswoman Molly Millerwise. But Treasury has bent the rules for foodstuffs, a loophole through which American drinks giants Coca-Cola (Charts) and PepsiCo (Charts) have been able to pour thousands of gallons of concentrate into Iran via Irish subsidiaries.

  And that has allowed these brands, so much a symbol of America - and so much an affront to Iran's conservative clerics - to open another front in their global cola war. After just a few years back in Iran, Coke and Pepsi have grabbed about half the national soft drink sales in what is one of the Middle East's biggest drinks market...

  Coke and Pepsi shrug off the hardliner rhetoric and insist they are aren't breaking any laws - American or Iranian - by licensing products in Iran through their concentrate subsidiaries in Ireland.

  Says Pepsi spokesman Dick Detwiler: 'PepsiCo has no equity investment in Sasan or any other enterprise in Iran and has no relationship with the government of Iran. We sell in strict accordance with all applicable U.S. laws and restrictions.'

  Coke spokesman Charles Sutlive echoes Pepsi's line, adding that Coke, which also licenses Fanta, Sprite and Dasani water through Khoshgovar, has 'no tangible assets in Iran'...

  But the fiercest battle is being fought in the marketplace, where Zamzam is defending its estimated 50 percent share of Iran's $1 billion in annual drinks sales, and Coke seems to have a clear edge over Pepsi.

  Shopkeeper Shahgholi owns a store in downtown Tehran around the corner from the former U.S. embassy, today a museum displaying 'U.S. atrocities' that draws few visitors. 'Nine of out ten bottles I sell are Coke,' he says. Sasan's Abadi says Pepsi and Coke share about 40 percent of the market, but Khoshgovar commercial manager Fahime Askari puts Coke's market share way ahead of Pepsi's. Reliable sales figures are hard to come by.

  Coke may be the real thing in Iran, but you won't hear that familiar slogan here. Washington's rules forbid U.S. companies to provide their licensees marketing support in Iran. It wouldn't be welcomed anyway by the mullahs, who regard America-themed advertising as spiritual pollution. 'Because of the relationship between Iran and America,' Abadi says, 'we are not allowed to advertise in public places.'" (Fortune, "Iran's cola war," 2/6/07)

• "Both Pepsi and Coca-Cola have factories in Iran." (Agence France Presse, Iran TV urges boycott of Zionist products," 7/19/06)

• "Both companies send the syrup to independent companies in Sudan and Iran, which then produce the drinks in their own factories, selling them in bottles and cans identical to Coca-Cola and Pepsi containers found elsewhere. A Coca-Cola spokesman, Dana Bolden, said the primary motive for operating in Sudan and Iran was 'to ensure quality control and protect our trademarks with the independent bottler.'" (The International Herald Tribune, "Coveted U.S. products find way past sanctions," 5/27/08)

• “There's also an undercurrent of anti-Americanism that has shaped Germany's Iran policy. Ruprecht Polenz, the top Christian Democrat on the Bundestag's Foreign Affairs Committee, has defended German trade with Iran by evoking the presence of Coca Cola and Pepsi in Iran.” (The New Republic, "Business as Usual: How Europe Will Undermine Obama's Iran Policy," 8/17/08)

"Nestle lists two factories - for cereal and mineral water - in Iran. The company's annual reports show it has done business in Iran as far back as 2000. It also sells food to the Department of Defense and Veterans Affairs. Nestle spokesman Ferhat Soygenis said 'by providing basic foods such as infant cereals and bottled water to the local Iranian population, we aim to meet the needs of that society's most vulnerable members.'"  From 2000-2009, the company was a recipient of $1.2 billion US federal funds.  Their investments in Iran are currently active.  (The New York Times, "Profiting from Iran, and the US," 3/6/2010)

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"Nestle distributes coffee, Coffee-Mate, Nescafe and, more recently, mineral water in Iran." (BBC, January 18, 2009)

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"Nestle has been the target of protests by Islamists since the Gaza onslaught began, some Iranian websites said. It is among a small number of foreign companies which have factories in Iran, which notably also includes French automaker Renault. Others, such as South Korean group Samsung, market their products in the Islamic republic. Some, particularly in the oil and gas sector, have operated in the country for some time, such as France's Total and Anglo-Dutch Shell." (Agence France Presse, "Iran to punish firms trading with Israel," 1/12/09)

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"Nestle products are widely available in Iran." (Associated Press, Iran bans companies with suspect Israel ties)"

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"Nestle also has a factory in Iran." (Agence France Presse, "Iran TV urges boycott of 'Zionist' products," 7/19/06)

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"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)

• "The only visual clues that these lunching ladies aren't dining at some smart New York City eatery but in the heart of Washington's Axis of Evil are the expensive Hermès scarves covering their blond-tipped hair in deference to the mullahs. And the drink of choice? This being revolutionary Iran, where alcohol is banned, the women are making do with Coca-Cola.

  Coca-Cola? Isn't corporate America prohibited by Washington's sanctions from doing business in Iran? Yes, for the most part, says U.S. Treasury spokeswoman Molly Millerwise. But Treasury has bent the rules for foodstuffs, a loophole through which American drinks giants Coca-Cola (Charts) and PepsiCo (Charts) have been able to pour thousands of gallons of concentrate into Iran via Irish subsidiaries.

  And that has allowed these brands, so much a symbol of America - and so much an affront to Iran's conservative clerics - to open another front in their global cola war. After just a few years back in Iran, Coke and Pepsi have grabbed about half the national soft drink sales in what is one of the Middle East's biggest drinks market...

  Coke and Pepsi shrug off the hardliner rhetoric and insist they are aren't breaking any laws - American or Iranian - by licensing products in Iran through their concentrate subsidiaries in Ireland.

  Says Pepsi spokesman Dick Detwiler: 'PepsiCo has no equity investment in Sasan or any other enterprise in Iran and has no relationship with the government of Iran. We sell in strict accordance with all applicable U.S. laws and restrictions.'

  Coke spokesman Charles Sutlive echoes Pepsi's line, adding that Coke, which also licenses Fanta, Sprite and Dasani water through Khoshgovar, has 'no tangible assets in Iran'...

  But the fiercest battle is being fought in the marketplace, where Zamzam is defending its estimated 50 percent share of Iran's $1 billion in annual drinks sales, and Coke seems to have a clear edge over Pepsi.

  Shopkeeper Shahgholi owns a store in downtown Tehran around the corner from the former U.S. embassy, today a museum displaying 'U.S. atrocities' that draws few visitors. 'Nine of out ten bottles I sell are Coke,' he says. Sasan's Abadi says Pepsi and Coke share about 40 percent of the market, but Khoshgovar commercial manager Fahime Askari puts Coke's market share way ahead of Pepsi's. Reliable sales figures are hard to come by.

  Coke may be the real thing in Iran, but you won't hear that familiar slogan here. Washington's rules forbid U.S. companies to provide their licensees marketing support in Iran. It wouldn't be welcomed anyway by the mullahs, who regard America-themed advertising as spiritual pollution. 'Because of the relationship between Iran and America,' Abadi says, 'we are not allowed to advertise in public places.'" (Fortune, "Iran's cola war," 2/6/07)

• "Both Pepsi and Coca-Cola have factories in Iran." (Agence France Presse, Iran TV urges boycott of Zionist products," 7/19/06)

• "Both companies send the syrup to independent companies in Sudan and Iran, which then produce the drinks in their own factories, selling them in bottles and cans identical to Coca-Cola and Pepsi containers found elsewhere. A Coca-Cola spokesman, Dana Bolden, said the primary motive for operating in Sudan and Iran was 'to ensure quality control and protect our trademarks with the independent bottler.'" (The International Herald Tribune, "Coveted U.S. products find way past sanctions," 5/27/08)

• “There's also an undercurrent of anti-Americanism that has shaped Germany's Iran policy. Ruprecht Polenz, the top Christian Democrat on the Bundestag's Foreign Affairs Committee, has defended German trade with Iran by evoking the presence of Coca Cola and Pepsi in Iran.” (The New Republic, "Business as Usual: How Europe Will Undermine Obama's Iran Policy," 8/17/08)

An AP review of corporate SEC filings found dozens of companies that have done business in Iran in recent years or said their products or services may have made it there through other channels. Some are household names: PepsiCo, Tyson Foods, Canon, BP Amoco, Exxon Mobil, GE Healthcare, the Wells Fargo financial services company, Visa, MasterCard and the Cadbury Schweppes candy and beverage maker. (Associated Press, "From bull semen to bras, Iran still buys American," 7/9/08)