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ILF Consulting Engineers (“ILF”) is listed as an exhibitor at the 23rd International Oil, Gas, Refining and Petrochemical Exhibition (“IOGRPE”), which will took place at the Tehran International Permanent Fairground on May 6-9, 2018. (Iran Oil Show 2018 Website, “Exhibition”).

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The head of projects business unit upstream of Austria's Ilf Consulting Engineers Helge Hoeft says his company wishes to establish itself a long-term foothold in the Iranian oil and gas market and has therefore established a permanent office in Tehran, Iran to act as the focal point of contact with Iranian partners and clients. (Shana, "Austria's ILF Seeks Long-term Presence in Iran," 10/30/2017).

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"ILF will participate in the “Iran Oil Show Exhibition”. We are very pleased to welcome you at our booth (Nr. 1473), Hall no. 40-A in “Tehran Int´l Permanent Fair Ground”, Tehran/Iran from 5th May to 8th May 2016."

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“A delegation of about 10 Austrian companies hoping to win post-sanctions business in Iran following its nuclear deal with world powers will visit Tehran this weekend, the Austrian Chamber of Commerce said…A spokesman for the Austrian Chamber of Commerce said its vice president would go with representatives of the 10 companies on the trip to Tehran, which has had good relations for decades with neutral Austria. The chamber did not want to name the firms but Austrian newspaper Die Presse said that rail technology firms Plasser & Theurer and AVL, high-rise engineering firm Doka, engineering consultants ILF and cable car maker Doppelmayr were among them.” (Reuters, “Austrian trade delegation to visit Iran after nuclear deal,” 12/4/13)

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ILF has reportedly been involved in the construction of a gas pipeline between Iran and Pakistan since at least 2010. That year, the Pakistani government “awarded a $55 million feasibility study contract to ILF.” (Gulf Oil and Gas, “Project Focus: Iran-Pakistan-India Gas Pipeline”) In 2012, ILF reportedly received another contract worth $250 million from Pakistan for the design of the gas pipeline in Pakistani territory, which upon completion “is to be connected to a pipeline on Iranian soil which is currently under construction.”  (The Jerusalem Post, “German-Austrian company helps develop Iran pipeline,” 3/6/12; ILF Website, “ILF Consulting Engineers comments on designing gas pipeline in Pakistan,” 4/6/12) 

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Between 2001-2011, ILF provided "Full design and consulting services as well as construction supervision of the Southern Tehran Wastewater Plant." (Company Website)

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"In December 2007, ILF was entrusted with a design and consultancy contract in cooperation with an Iranian partner office for the water treatment plant No. 2 in Ahwaz, the capital city of Khoozestan Province in Iran." (Company Website)

Doka lists an office in Tehran and a DokaIran Website.

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Doka maintians a DokaUSA website.

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“A delegation of about 10 Austrian companies hoping to win post-sanctions business in Iran following its nuclear deal with world powers will visit Tehran this weekend, the Austrian Chamber of Commerce said…A spokesman for the Austrian Chamber of Commerce said its vice president would go with representatives of the 10 companies on the trip to Tehran, which has had good relations for decades with neutral Austria. The chamber did not want to name the firms but Austrian newspaper Die Presse said that rail technology firms Plasser & Theurer and AVL, high-rise engineering firm Doka, engineering consultants ILF and cable car maker Doppelmayr were among them.” (Reuters, “Austrian trade delegation to visit Iran after nuclear deal,” 12/4/13)

According to the Tuvpr website, Tuvpr is the exclusive representative for AVL in Iran.

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“Iran’s TUVPR and Austria’s automotive consulting firm AVL have signed a deal worth 110 million euros for the production of low-consumption Euro 6 engines, ….  The agreement was signed by a consortium of four Iranian and foreign companies on the sidelines of an Iran-EU trade and investment conference which opened in Vienna on Thursday, TUVPR Managing Director Seyyed Mojtaba Mirsoheil said.” (Press TV, “Iran, Austria firms sign auto engine deal,” 7/23/2015).

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AVL has two U.S. subsidiaries,  AVL North America, Inc. and AVL Powertrain Engineering, Inc. AVL North America has received over $12 million in U.S. government contracts, and AVL Powertrain Engineering has received over $6 million in U.S. government contracts.

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“The research department of Iran's Oil Ministry has signed a deal with Austrian AVL to develop energy saving projects in the Iranian oil industry, IRNA quoted the research department's head, Amir Abbas Hosseini as saying on March 1. The main part of the research department's activities is related to the export of technical and engineering services in the oil industry's upstream sector, he added. Iran is currently providing Iraq and Sudan with educational and operational services, IRNA quoted director of the Iranian Oil Research Center Hamidreza Katouzian as saying on January 3. A number of Iraqi oil engineers have passed educational courses in Iran in cooperation with the Iranian Oil Research Center, he said. Most of the services to Iraq and Sudan are related to the upstream sector of the oil industry, he noted. Iran will also export oil industry technology to Indonesia for revival of 'dead' oil wells, he further said.” (Trend, “Iran signs deal with Austrian firm for energy saving project,” 3/1/14)

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“Multiple companies currently exploring new business ventures in Iran are also cashing in on highly lucrative contracts with the U.S. Defense Department, raising questions about whether their dealings with Iran could run afoul of U.S. law. At least 13 major international companies have said in recent weeks that they aim to reenter the Iranian marketplace over the next several months. The companies have received Pentagon contracts totaling well over $107 billion, according to a Washington Free Beacon analysis that tracked DoD contracts awarded since fiscal year 2009. Many of the companies, which include carmaker Renault and oil giants such as BP, have already sent high-level trade delegations to Tehran to meet with Iranian officials about striking new business deals…These companies include Boeing and General Electric—which have DoD contracts worth $87 and $12 billion respectively—as well as the Italian oil company Eni, Merck, Safran, Vitol, Bosch Rexroth, Sanofi Pastuer, and AVL.” (Washington Free Beacon, “Pentagon Contractors Exploring Business with Iran,” 2/25/14)

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“A delegation of about 10 Austrian companies hoping to win post-sanctions business in Iran following its nuclear deal with world powers will visit Tehran this weekend, the Austrian Chamber of Commerce said…A spokesman for the Austrian Chamber of Commerce said its vice president would go with representatives of the 10 companies on the trip to Tehran, which has had good relations for decades with neutral Austria. The chamber did not want to name the firms but Austrian newspaper Die Presse said that rail technology firms Plasser & Theurer and AVL, high-rise engineering firm Doka, engineering consultants ILF and cable car maker Doppelmayr were among them…Doppelmayr said it would have regional representatives at the talks organised by an Austrian trade representative in Tehran, and AVL said it was sending a delegate. The other companies named had no immediate comment.” (Reuters, “Austrian trade delegation to visit Iran after nuclear deal,” 12/4/13)

Plasser & Theurer maintians a "Plasser American" website and an office in Virginia. 

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“A delegation of about 10 Austrian companies hoping to win post-sanctions business in Iran following its nuclear deal with world powers will visit Tehran this weekend, the Austrian Chamber of Commerce said…A spokesman for the Austrian Chamber of Commerce said its vice president would go with representatives of the 10 companies on the trip to Tehran, which has had good relations for decades with neutral Austria. The chamber did not want to name the firms but Austrian newspaper Die Presse said that rail technology firms Plasser & Theurer and AVL, high-rise engineering firm Doka, engineering consultants ILF and cable car maker Doppelmayr were among them.” (Reuters, “Austrian trade delegation to visit Iran after nuclear deal,” 12/4/13)

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“Plasser & Theurer is to supply maintenance equipment for the Kazakhstan – Iran corridor which is nearing completion.” (Railway Gazette, ”World rail infrastructure market May 2012,” 5/11/12)

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“The Railway Transport Ministry om Turkmenistan plans to conclude a contract with Plasser and Theurer Export von Bahnbaumaschinen Gesellschaft m.b.H. (Austria) to purchase equipment for the technical provision of the Gizilgaya-Bereket-Etrek railway and related services, an official Turkmen source said on Tuesday. Supplies will be made under a national development program. In general, the work on this section is conducted based on an intergovernmental agreement signed between Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Iran on the North-South project in 2007. The projected traffic volume through this route is about 12 million tons per year. The North-South project implementation will open access for European and Asian countries to Central Asia and the Persian Gulf. A similar opportunity will appear for transit of goods from the countries in South and south-east Asia, the shores of the Indian Ocean to the countries of Northern and Eastern Europe - through Iran, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and Russia.” (Trend, “Austria to provide Turkmenistan-Iran-Kazakhstan railway project with equipment,” 4/17/12)

Photos have been published of Palfinger cranes being used by the Iranian regime for public executions.

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"After the revelation that its cranes were being used for executions in Iran, Austrian company Palfinger has communicated to United Against a Nuclear Iran (UANI) that it is no longer doing business in the country. In fact, the company hadn't been doing business in Iran for some time. In a letter sent by  Palfinger's CEO, Herbert Ortner, to UANI in response to its February appeal that the company withdraw from Iran,  Ortner made it clear that Palfinger had made attempts to cut ties with Iran since 2011. 'As a result of the UANI campaign, among other reasons, we have terminated our contract with the Iranian dealer as well as any contact with Iran two years ago,' he wrote. However, Ortner didn't rule out the possibility that Palfinger products could still turn up in Iran. 'Palfinger products are mostly being sold through a network of independent dealers worldwide,' he wrote. 'Therefore we cannot exclude that via dealers or via secondary markets in which Palfinger is not active our products are made available to Iran. Furthermore, there are also numerous older Palfinger products in Iran, something we cannot change.' Ortner also expressed his dismay at learning of the atrocities Iran was committing with his company's products: 'I would hereby like to express that we strictly condemn all behavior by the Iranian regime, which violates human rights - particularly these executions.' UANI has made a concerted effort to have crane manufacturers operating in Iran be held responsible for how the Islamic Republic uses their machines." (The Algemeiner, "Company Whose Cranes Were Used for Public Hangings Withdraws From Iran," 3/7/13)

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Palfinger partners with Iranian companies such as Pasargad Petrogas, and Palfinger apparently attended the International Maritime Exhibition held in Tehran in January 2013. (Palfinger Website, "Exhibitions 2013")

Manufacturer of musical string instruments. Products are sold in Iran through Orange Hamidi. On its website, Orange Hamidi lists Thomastik-Infeld's logo. (Orange Hamidi Website, "Homepage")

The luxury jewlery maker lists an authorized retailer in Tehran. (Swarovski Website, "Boutique Finder," input: "Iran")

Participated in the 2017 Tehran Oil Exhibition.

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Lists Super Sanati Co, in Iran as a place of business for its nuclear industries business unit, and participated in the 2012 Iran Oil Show.

"The company was reported as potentially providing hydropower equipment in Iran. In 2018 CalPERS designated the company as under review. In 2019 CalPERS changed the designation to “being monitored” because CalPERS’ initial screening has not identified the company as having involvement in the regions and/or activities targeted by the Act. CalPERS has maintained the company in “monitor” status for 2020. CalPERS continues to monitor the company for possible changes in status relevant to the Act."

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According to Google Maps, Andritz has an office for Andritz Separation in Tehran, Iran. 

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In November 2018 California (CalPERS) listed Andritz as a company under review for reportedly providing hydropower equipment in Iran. 

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Andritz Separation GmbH is due to attend the 12^th International Trade Fair for Construction Machinery & Vehicles, Mining, Building Material Machines and Natural Stone Industry (“IranConMin”), which will take place in Tehran, Iran from November 5-8, 2016. Andritz Separation GmbH is listed as one of the companies participating in the forum, which purports to give the companies an opportunity to present their products and offer their services to key players and decision-makers from all over Iran (IranConMin 2016; IranConMin 2016, “Exhibitors & Products”).  Andritz Separation also attended the IranConMin forum in 2015 (IranConMin 2015, “Exhibitor List”).

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Andritz’s 2015 report highlights the fact that “an Iranian customer ordered a fluidized bed dryer system with auxiliaries for a greenfield urea granulation project.” (Andritz website, “Annual Report 2015”).  The Andritz Group also lists an office for Andritz Hydro GmbH and for Andritz Separation GmbH in Tehran, Iran on its company website. (Andritz website, “Contact”).

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According to the STOP THE BOMB coalition, for years Andritz has had representation in Tehran and has supplied the Kharkeh project with generators, a project mainly run by Khatam al Anbiya, a consortium affiliated with the IRGC. (STOP THE BOMB, “What is Andritz doing in Iran?” 3/25/2010).

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In its 2009 and 2010 annual reports, Andritz lists a location in Tehran, Iran for Andritz Hydro. (Andritz Website, “Annual Report 2009;” Andritz Website, “Annual Report 2010”). 

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In 2008, Andritz received an order from Latif Paper to rebuild a hygienic paper machine, to be completed by the end of the year. (Andritz Website, “Andritz to modernize hygienic paper machine for Latif Paper, Iran”). 

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ANDRITZ Atro is a German energy technology company that has a location in Iran by the name of Andritz Hydro. (Ritz Atro Website, "Locations")

“Saj Steel Company has started its activity in the field of supplying special steel products since 1990, based on the needs of the country's industries and mines, from the reputable Voestalpine company. These products were selected based on the needs of different industries such as steel, mines, cement and automobiles to supply and serve the country's industries. Saj Steel Company as the official representative of Voestalpine Austria in Iran…” (Sage Steel Ltd Website)
 

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Voestalpine AG is an international steel company based in Austria, with revenues of 11 billion euros as of 2010. Voestalpine manufactures steel and steel products for the railway, automative, tool, and energy industries (Company Website).

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Voestalpine and its subsidiaries including Böhler Edelstahl, Böhler PROFIL, Uddeholm, Associated Swedish Steels AB (ASSAB), Buderus Edelstahl, and Voestalpine Böhler Welding list distributors in Iran on their respective websites. These subsidiaries manufacture a variety of metal and industrial products including high-speed, high-grade, tool and switch steels. 

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Voestalpine maintains a significant U.S. presence including a number of subsidiaries, offices, facilities, and manufacturing plants located across the U.S. (Voestalpine website, “Location”; Voestalpine Nortrak, “United States Locations”; Bohler-Uddeholm United States website, “Headquarters”; Roll Forming Corporation website, “Company Profile”; Edro, “Our Locations”) Valued at $740 million and set for an April 2014 groundbreaking, Voestalpine Texas LLC’s iron ore processing plant based outside Corpus Christi is touted as “Voestalpine’s largest foreign investment to date.” (Voestalpine website, “Voestalpine Texas LLC”)

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Reports show that an Austrian trade delegation reportedly comprised of 17 national companies began a three-day long mission in Iran on December 6. (Wiener Zeitung, “'Wir wollten ein Signal setzen,'” 12/26/13) The delegation reportedly met with Seyyed Mehdi Mir-Abutalebi, the deputy head of Trade Promotion Organization of Iran. (Tehran Times, “Iran, Austria to develop economic, trade ties,” 12/7/13) According to an Austrian media report, Voestalpine, through its rail division Voestalpine Schienen, was among the companies represented. (Die Presse, “Irans Ölminister traf OMV-Chef Roiss,” 12/5/13) 

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“VAE, a company of the voestalpine Group and the global market leader in turnout technology, has been supplying the Iranian State Railways and Metro administrations for forty years. During these four decades of ongoing business relations, the company has been supplying several thousand switches and replacement parts to Iran. The trains of the Tehran Metro run over VAE switches – and also on track made by voestalpine. Following initial deliveries of 428 switches, further orders were won. As part of the fulfillment of the current order for switches which are needed for extending the system, one group of switches was urgently needed for logistical reasons...‘For many decades, the Iranian customers have been appreciative of the high quality and the excellent technology of our switches. This forms the basis for our relationships with these customers, which are important to us and which have been built up over many years’, commented Marc Kaddoura, Managing Director of VAE GmbH.” (Voestalpine Media Information, “World Premiere: Railway Switches Delivered by Airplane,” 3/12/09)

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An Iranian company, Tajhiz Sanat Hezareh, also known as MIP Ltd., advertises itself as "the exclusive agent of Voestalpine" and supplies "heavy plates, clad plate heads, cones, welding consumables and superalloys in demanding industries like oil, gas, petrochemical, refinery, and power" (Tajhiz Sanat Hezareh).