Iranian Entity: Ahwaz Steel Commercial & Technical Service GmbH
| Entity Name: |
| Ahwaz Steel Commercial and Technical Service GmbH |
| Also Known As: |
| Ahvaz Steel Commercial and Technical Service GmbH; ASCOTEC; Ascotec GmbH; AscoTec GmbH |
| Program: |
| Military |
| Address: |
43rd Avenue 36, Tehran |
| Phone Number: |
| 49 (0)211 470 52 (0) |
| Fax: |
| 49 (0)211 45 24 94 |
| Text: |
| Listed as an entity of concern for occasional military procurement activities in an early warning document distributed by the German government to industry in July 2005; denied United States export privileges for a period of five years, beginning November 17, 2003, in conjunction with a settlement for allegedly committing eight violations of the U.S. Export Administration Regulations; agreed to pay a $50,000 fine in conjunction with the settlement; charged with causing the exportation of vehicle spare parts, computer components, spare parts for mining machinery, switches, rotary hammers, pneumatic hammers and chisels, and electromotors, from the United States to Iran via Germany without the required authorization; neither admits nor denies the allegations; a steel company active in the procurement of raw materials, spare parts, and consumable materials for various industries; provides the requirements of all steel mills in Iran; exports Iranian steel products of the affiliated steel factories of the National Iranian Steel Company (NISCO) throughout the world (NISCO's major steel plants include Mobarakeh Steel Company, Khouzestan Steel Co., Esfahan Steel Co., and Iran Alloy Steel Co.); affiliated with Ascotec Japan K.K. (a.k.a. Ahwaz Steel Comm & Tech Services Branch Japan), Breyeller Kaltband GmbH (BKG) (Germany), Breyeller Stahl Vertrieb und Verwaltung Gesellschaft mbH (BSG) (Germany), Breyeller Spalt und Service Center GmbH (BSSC) (Germany), Esfahan Steel Co. (ESCO) (Iran), Industrial Commercial Services Co. (ICS) (Russia), Irasco SRL (IRASCO) (Italy), Mines & Metals Engineering GmbH (MME) (Germany), Metal & Mineral Trade Sarl (MMT) (Luxembourg), and United Steel Industrial Co. (K.S.C.C.) (UNISTEEL) (Kuwait); maintains branches in Tehran (Ascotec Tehran - Ahwaz Steel Comm & Tech Services and MME Tehran - Mines & Metals Engineering) and Ahwaz (MME Ahwaz - Mines & Metals Engineering); owned by 70% by Khouzestan Steel Co. (KSC), a.k.a. Khuzestan Steel Company and 30% by Mobarakeh Steel Co. (MSC), both of which are subsidiaries of the National Iranian Steel Company ( NISCO), which is affiliated with the Iranian Ministry of Industries and Mines. |
| Date Entered: |
| 1/26/2004 |
| Date Last Modified: |
| 11/16/2008 |