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Apotex

Industry: 
Pharmaceuticals
States: 
FL
Country: 
Canada
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Apotex is Canada's largest pharmaceutical company, with "5,800 employees, 85 million prescriptions, and over $1 billion in annual sales" (Company Website). 

Apotex sells its products in Iran through a regional distributor, the pharmaceutical import company Neda-e-Mahya Co. (Company Website).

 

Roctest

Industry: 
Engineering, Industrial Services
Symbol: 
RTT
States: 
CA
SC
Country: 
Canada
Contact Information: 
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Roctest is an industrial instrument company that describes itself as "a world lead[ing] manufacturer of high precision measuring and monitoring instrumentation for the civil engineering market and applications in the energy, healthcare and process control industries (Company Website). 

Roctest also notes its "products are sold in more than 75 countries by direct sales and through an international distributor network" (Company Website). This distributor network includes Iran, where Roctest sells its products through the civil engineering equipment supplier Abzar-e-Khak (Company Website). 

Abzar-e-Khak performs services for five Iranian government ministries, including the Ministry of Energy, in addition to private Iranian oil companies (Abzar-e-Khak Website). 

Martec

Industry: 
Engineering and Construction
Symbol: 
MATK
Country: 
Canada
Contact Information: 
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"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)

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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)

Lovat

Industry: 
Engineering and Construction
Symbol: 
CAT
Country: 
Canada
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Status:
Withdrawn
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Lovat, a manufacturer of tunnel boring machines (TBMs) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Caterpillar acquired in April 2008. (AP, “Caterpillar acquires tunnel boring company,” 4/2/08) Iran has been constructed tunnels to obscure and shield its nuclear program. (The New York Times, “Iran Shielding Its Nuclear Efforts in Maze of Tunnels,” 1/6/10)

Lovat’s business in Iran:

  • On its full worldwide contacts list, Lovat lists Mr. Amir Kheradmand of the Tehran-based “Tunnel Boresh Machine” as its main Iran contact. (Company Website
  • Lovat’s website lists a completed drainage project in Tehran in its “Project section.” The project used a Lovat tunnel-boring machine. (Company Website)
  • The December 2009 article World Tunnelling magazine lists two recently completed Lovat tunneling projects for surface water collection in Khayyam and Bahmanyar. Lovat used the same tunnel-boring machine for both projects. (World Tunnelling, “Iranian TBMs continue steady march,” 12/23/09)

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Bombardier

Industry: 
Transport Infrastructure, Industrial Conglomerate
Symbol: 
BBD.B
States: 
AZ
CA
CO
CT
DC
FL
GA
IL
KS
MA
MI
MN
NE
NV
UT
WA
WV
Country: 
Canada
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Bombardier is a “global transportation company,” which “leads the world’s rail equipment manufacturing and servicing industry.” (Company Website)

  • “The Tehran Urban and Suburban Railway Company, (TUSRC), through the Chinese company CITIC, awarded Bombardier Transportation a contract for the in-house design, installation support and commissioning of a CITYFLO 350 solution for Lines 1 and 2.” (Company Press Release, 10/2/09)
  • “BCP [Bombardier CPC Propulsion System Co. Ltd.] is dedicated to the production, marketing, and maintenance of propulsion equipment for rail vehicles. In November 2003, BCP was awarded a Propulsion and Control System contract from CITIC for 105 metro cars for Extension Line of Tehran Metro Line 1 in Iran.” (Company Press Release, 10/15/07)

Zarlink Semiconductor Inc.

Industry: 
Technology
Symbol: 
ZARLF
Country: 
Canada
Contact Information: 
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Listed by U.S. Government as doing business in Iran. (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, List of Companies Doing Business With State Sponsors Of Terror, Removed from the internet in July of 2007)

Response: 

No response at this time.

Response Biomedical Corp

Industry: 
Medical
Symbol: 
RBM
Country: 
Canada
Sources: 

Listed by U.S. Government as doing business in Iran. (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, List of Companies Doing Business With State Sponsors Of Terror, Removed from the internet in July of 2007)

Response: 

No response at this time.

Precision Drilling Trust

Industry: 
Energy
Symbol: 
PDS
States: 
AR
CO
OK
TX
Country: 
Canada
Contact Information: 
Sources: 

Listed by U.S. Government as doing business in Iran. (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, List of Companies Doing Business With State Sponsors Of Terror, Removed from the internet in July of 2007)

While Precision Drilling Trust is listed on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission online document as having business in Iran, the listing states the company sold its Iranian operations in 2005. (The Globe and Mail, Clarification, July 13, 2007)

Response: 

No response at this time.

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Lundin Mining Corp

Industry: 
Industrial Metals
Symbol: 
LUM
Country: 
Canada
Contact Information: 
Sources: 

"Lundin, one of the most adventurous players in the Canadian mining game, was founded by Swedish oil and mining entrepreneur Adolf Lundin, who died in 2006 and passed on the chairmanship to his son Lukas. The company was known for its risk-taking, and has had projects in Iran, Sudan, Syria and South Africa during the apartheid era." (The Globe and Mail, "Shareholders fight HudBay plan to acquire Lundin," 11/22/08)

Listed by U.S. Government as doing business in Iran. (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, List of Companies Doing Business With State Sponsors Of Terror, Removed from the internet in July of 2007)

Response: 

No response at this time.

Aeterna Zentaris

Industry: 
Pharmaceuticals
Symbol: 
AEZS
States: 
NJ
Country: 
Canada
Contact Information: 
Sources: 

Listed by U.S. Government as doing business in Iran. (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, List of Companies Doing Business With State Sponsors Of Terror, Removed from Internet in July 2007)

Response: 

No response at this time.