Iranian Entity: Jam Petrochemical
| Entity Name: |
| Jam Petrochemical |
| Also Known As: |
| Jam Petrochemical Company JPC Jam Petrochemical Complex Jam |
| Program: |
| Nuclear |
| Address: |
| - 767 Avenue Enghelab, College Cross, corner of Shahid Saedi, Tehran, Iran - P.O. Box 14155-6589, Tehran, Iran - No. 676, Hafez St., Engheleb St., Tehran, Iran - P.O Box 14155/6589/6591, Tehran, Iran - 767 Enghelab Avenue, 15996, Iran |
| Phone Number: |
| (+9821) 883 908 04, (+9821) 888 908 73 |
| Fax: |
| (+9821) 888 082 65 |
| URL: |
www.jpc.co.ir |
| Text: |
| Listed by the British government in August 2007 as an entity of potential concern for WMD-related procurement; intended recipient of air-cooled screw chillers, the procurement of which was denied on November 6, 2006, by a member state of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG); serves as a project implementing company for National Petrochemical Company (see separate entity record), which owns 49.7 percent of Jam shares; reportedly produces ethylene, propylene, HDPE, olefin and butanediol; reported Managing Director is Hassan Beigi, as of November 2007; reportedly the largest manufacturer of ethylene in the world; reportedly its Olefin Unit is set to become operational in the Pars Special Economic Energy Zone in March 2008 and will be the largest in the world, according to Beigi; according to a statement reportedly made by Beigi in April 2007, 90 percent of Jam's total production is exported, and it aims to expand export of polymer products. |
| Date Entered: |
| 4/30/2008 |
| Date Last Modified: |
| 4/30/2008 |