Supplier: State Research Institute of Graphite - Based Structural Materials (NIIGrafit)
| Exporting Country: |
| Russia |
| Company/Individual: |
| State Research Institute of Graphite - Based Structural Materials (NIIGrafit) |
| Also Known As: |
State Scientific Research Institute of Graphite (NII Grafit) |
| Program: |
| Missile |
| Date of Iran-related Activity: |
| Since the late 1990s |
| Address: |
| 2 Ulitsa Elektrodnaya, Moscow 111524 Electrodnaya Street 2, Moscow, 111524 |
| Phone Number: |
| 7-095-176-1306, (095) 176-3621, 007-95-176-1306 (Director), 007-95-176-3621 (Scientific and Technical Information) |
| Fax: |
| Fax: 007-95-176-1263, (095) 176-12-63 |
| E-Mail: |
| nigrafit@dataforce.net |
| Text: |
| Federal State Unitary Enterprise listed in the context of assistance to Iran's missile program in a July 2005 early warning document distributed by the German government to industry; sanctioned by the U.S. Department of the Treasury in February 1999 for materially contributing, or attempting to contribute, to a foreign country's effort to acquire, produce and/or deliver weapons of mass destruction; sanctioned by the U.S. Department of State on July 30, 1998 for engaging in proliferation activities related to Iran's missile programs; the U.S. Department of the Treasury and U.S. Department of State sanctions were lifted on April 1, 2004; one of Russia's leading facilities for applied research and development of graphite-based materials for military and space use; develops and produces a wide range of carbon-based materials for various industries: aerospace engineering, metallurgy, machine building, chemical and petrochemical, electronics, power engineering, medicine and others; development of composites used in the brake systems in military aircraft, and in the brakes, leading edges, and nosecone of the Buran space shuttle; participates in the safety upgrade process for operational, dual-purpose graphite reactors (used for power generation and production of plutonium), led by State Unitary Enterprise I.I. Afrikantov OKB Mechanical Engineering; development of graphite-based materials for laser mirrors and for static elements in gas turbine engines; possesses 40 research laboratories and a pilot production plant; development of carbon and graphite fibers, carbon-carbon, ceramic matrix, metal matrix and polymeric matrix composites, and electrodes for electrolytic production of non-ferrous metals; reportedly attempted to ship materials used to coat ballistic missile warheads to Iran, but the shipment was intercepted in Austria; established in 1960. |
| Date Entered: |
| 1/26/2004 |
| Date Last Modified: |
| 6/18/2007 |