Engineering

The AF Group is an engineering consultancy firm, with over $708 million in net sales in 2009. The AF Group advertises its services for "industrial processes, infrastructure projects and the development of products and IT systems." It has approximately 4,000 employees and its business base is in Europe (Company Website). 

In 2007, the AF Group acquired Swiss energy consulting company Colenco, establishing a strong foothold in the energy industry. Colenco maintains a strong presence in Iran, establishing a representative office in 2004 to construct a power plant in Iran. This project is detailed on the company's website, where Colenco also notes that it "anticipates a long term commitment to the development challenges of Iran."

In 2020, the U.S. state of Mississippi listed DK-Tech on its state lists of Companies Doing Business with the Iranian Petroleum/Natural Gas, Nuclear and Military Sectors, rendering it ineligible for investment and/or state contracting.

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Lists Gostaresh Niko Shimeh Co. Ltd as a distributor on its company website.

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"DK-Lok (105740), a fitting and valve manufacturer, said on Sept. 6 that it has signed a contract worth 827.9 million won (US$749,470) with Iran’s Gostaresh Niko Shimeh to supply tube fitting and instrumentation tubing. The supplied equipment will be used for developing a gas field. " (September 2016)

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Lists Gostaresh Niko Shimeh Co. Ltd as a distributor on its company website.

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DK Tech Corporation is an instruments manufacturer serving the petrochemical, offshore drilling, power generation, and shipbuilding industries. DK Tech Corp specializes in semiconductors, fittings, valves, and other analytical and process instruments. It is an official vendor to ExxonMobil, Shell, and Petronas (Company Website). 

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On December 17 2010, the Wall Street Journal reported that DK Tech Corp signed a deal to help develop Iran's South Pars gas field: "Korea's DK Tech Corp. (105740.KQ) has signed a small deal for projects in a giant Iranian natural gas field, the oil and gas equipment maker said in a corporate filing Thursday, as Asian suppliers replace U.S. and European companies amid mounting sanctions. In a disclosure to the Korean stock exchange, DK Tech said it had signed a contract worth EUR598,000 to supply phases 17 and 18 of the South Pars field until July 15, 2011. The operators of the world's largest non-associated gas field, which Iran shares with Qatar, have struggled to source technologies after Western companies stopped supplies to comply with sanctions over the country's nuclear program. DK didn't disclose what equipment it would sell to Iran but it normally sells valves and tube fittings for the oil and gas sector, among other industries" (Wall Street Journal, South Korea's DK Tech Signs Deal for Iran Gas Field, 12/17/10). 

• Ad Hoc Marine Designs was listed on the June 28, 2010, US Federal Register's banned entity list "for  reexporting the Bradstone Challenger, a vessel that was subject to the EAR, to Iran for intended use by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy and for providing technical assistance on Iranian naval projects."

Hema Endustri is a Turkish engineering company that manufactures components for the automative, construction, agriculture, aviation, and defense industries. It specializes in the manufacture of hydraulic units, engine components, and power trains (Company Website). 

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Reuters reported on September 16, 2010, that Hema is planning to sign a deal worth $262 million with Iranian car manufacturer Iran Khodro. The deal calls for joint manufacturing of automative components in a free-trade zone near Iran's Turkish border. 

Rohm USA lists an Iranian distributor on its contact page. (Company website)

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Sakht Abzar Pars Co. Ltd. (SAP), the authorized distributor of Rohm products in Tehran, describes itself as an "engineering and commercial company in the fields of tools, steel material and machinery," and features Rohm on its Tooling Products page. (Iranian distributor website)

"As part of the settlement [with US Treasury Department], Alfa Laval Middle East agreed to implement sanctions compliance measures for five years and provide annual certification to OFAC that the measures have been implemented." (Compliance Week, "Alfa Laval subsidiaries fined $430K for Iran sanctions violations," 7/20/21)

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According to a Settlement Agreement with the US Treasury Department signed April 28, 2021, the "OFAC determined that AL [Alfa Laval] Middle East [a subsidiary of Alfa Laval AB] committed one apparent violation of § 560.203(a) of the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations, 31 C.F.R. part 560 (“ITSR”) by causing a U.S. person, Alfa Laval Inc. (“AL U.S.”), to violate § 560.204 of the ITSR by exporting $18,585 worth of U.S.-origin goods indirectly to Iran on or about March 26, 2016. 

Additionally, AL Middle East committed one apparent violation of § 560.203(b) of the ITSR in forming a conspiracy with two Iran-based firms and one Dubai-based company to cause a U.S. person to violate § 560.204. This conspiracy took place from on or about August 8, 2015 to on or about May 5, 2016 and involved conduct relating to an export worth $18,585 described above, an incomplete export transaction worth $5,170, and future contemplated transactions worth $181,453.

[Alfa Laval agreed to] pay or arrange for the payment to the U.S. Department of the Treasury the amount of $415,695."

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Alfa Laval website lists a head office in Tehran, Iran.

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Alfa Laval is a Swedish technology company that provides industrial equipment for the energy, chemical, metal, food, and beverage industries. It has a strong US presence and had over $3.3 billion in revenue in 2009 (Company Annual Report). 

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Alfa Laval sells its products in Iran through an Iranian website, in addition to maintaing an office in Tehran (Iranian Website). Through this site, Alfa Laval makes available many products that have a known application in the nuclear energy industry. For example, Alfa Laval advertises the benefits of installing its plate heat exchangers in nuclear power plants.

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The company discloses in its annual report that it has paid at least $632,911 in salary to employees in Iran since 2007 (Company Annual Report)

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Alfa Laval's has deep commercial ties with the U.S. government. Since 2000, Alfa Laval has received over $40.4 million in US government contracts. $35.8 million of these contracts were awarded by the Department of Defense (USA Spending). 

Emerson subsidiary, Rosemount, is featured on the website of the Iranian firm, DIBAGARAN FARAYAND (DIFACO).

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The Iranian firm, Raya Tosee Tajhiz Paya (“Raya Tosee”), claims to be an authorized agent of Emerson in Iran.  (Raya Tosee Website, “Home.”). 

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Iranian sales agent Fatehin Sanat claims to have existing business ties with Aventics and Emerson. 

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In response to an inquiry for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Office of Global Security Risk regarding potential Iran business ties, Emerson Electric wrote:

"Emerson’s U.S. subsidiaries have been prohibited from conducting business with Iran, directly or indirectly, under the Company’s trade compliance requirements since the initial imposition of U.S. sanctions against Iran in 1995.

"After 1995 and before July, 2010, some of Emerson’s foreign subsidiaries, primarily in Europe, continued to transact a limited amount of lawful business with Iran.  This involved the sale of process equipment such as valves, transmitters and controllers; climate control equipment such as compressors; and, electric motors, drives, and uninterruptible power supply equipment.  That business was primarily conducted indirectly through OEMs, engineering companies and distributors.
 
"In July, 2010, after the passage of the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability and Divestment Act of 2010, Emerson’s foreign subsidiaries implemented a prohibition on all new business with Iran, direct or indirect, even if such sales would have been legal.  When there was a legal basis for doing so, Emerson’s foreign subsidiaries terminated contracts that were entered prior to this ban.  Contracts for which there was no legal basis for termination remained in place, with a view to winding them down as soon as possible.  During the second quarter of fiscal 2012, the Company completed its remaining contracts." (SEC Correspondence, 3/16/2012)

According to his LinkedIn page, Mohammad Sanki is the current managing director of KONE-authorized distributor, Saba Service Asanbar, in Tehran, and branch manager of KONE-authorized distributor, Sabalift, in Khorasan, Iran.

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According to its website, “KONE is one of the global leaders in the elevator and escalator industry. The company has been committed to understanding the needs of its customers for the past century, providing industry-leading elevators, escalators and automatic building doors as well as innovative solutions for modernization and maintenance…In 2009, KONE had annual net sales of EUR 4.7 billion and approximately 34,000 employees” (Company website).
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Kone lists Saba as its authorized distributor in Iran. (Company website)

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“Saba Engineering Co. is the exclusive representative of all the production of KONE Co. in Iran and supplies all type of Elevator, Escalators, Auto walks and ramps.” (Iranian Distributor website)
 

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). 

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). 

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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). 

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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).