According to publicly accessible ship-monitoring data, since January 1, 2016, K-Ship-operated vessel GRETA K (IMO 9800373) has called at Iranian ports on at least 15 occasions.
"Describing Iranian market, another Italian participant, Raffaele Pittaluga, the managing director of Italian Klinger Group, which is a renowned international supplier of sealing and fluid control solutions, said “Iran is a huge market and in my opinion most of the European companies and especially Italian companies are eager to enter this very lucrative market.”
Asked about his evaluation of the exhibition he said, “It is very interesting, very big for sure….it was absolutely interesting to be here.”
Pittaluga further mentioned his company’s 100-year history in oil and gas industry saying that, “It has been over one year that our company started collaborating with Iranian companies and we had some serious talks which hopefully will result in some positive cooperation in the future.”
Asked about Trump’s recent decision on abandoning the JCPOA and its effects on the Italian companies’ strategies and policies toward Iran, Pittaluga said, “Italy and EU are basically against that decision and hopefully we will continue our activities in Iran, however the politics always affect economic relations, so we should wait and see.”
“The European Union today said they are against the decision but how strong they will be in their positions will have a great impact on the future of European companies’ activities in Iran….I believe they strongly support their companies,” he further added." (Tehran Times, "Europeans at Iran Oil Show don’t seem shaken by U.S. decision," 5/8/2018).
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Klinger Italy S.r.l. (“Klinger”) is listed as an exhibitor at the 23rd International Oil, Gas, Refining and Petrochemical Exhibition (“IOGRPE”), which will take place at the Tehran International Permanent Fairground on May 6-9, 2018. (Iran Oil Show 2018 Website, “Exhibition”).
Kirchner lists numerous Iranian companies as references on its reference list.
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Kirchner Italia (“Kirchner”) is listed as an exhibitor at the 23rd International Oil, Gas, Refining and Petrochemical Exhibition (“IOGRPE”), which took place at the Tehran International Permanent Fairground on May 6-9, 2018. (Iran Oil Show 2018 Website, “Exhibition”).
Iranian company Bonakdar Industrial & Commerical Group lists GIMAX as an international partner on its company website.
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Gimax s.r.l. (“Gimax”) was advertised as a participant in the 4th International Exhibition on Wire & Cable, Rod, and Tube Industry (“Iran Wire 2017”) that took place on December 6-9, 2017. (Iran Wire Website, “List of International Exhibitors at IRAN WIRE 2017”).
According to publicly accessible ship-monitoring data, since January 1, 2016, Fratelli D’Amato-operated vessel ROSALIA D’AMATO (IMO 9225201) has called at Iranian ports on at least seven occasions.
Italian manufacturing/engineering firm Franco Tosi appears on the Iranian official vendor list website (V-List), as an approved vendor for several sanction-designated Iranian companies working in the energy sector.
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Franco Tosi Meccanica (“Franco Tosi”) reportedly agreed to exhibit at the 22nd International Oil, Gas, Refining, and Petrochemical Exhibition (the “Exhibition”) that took place in Tehran on May 6-9, 2017. (Iran Oil Show Website, “Exhibition Information”).
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According to its website "TUGA-FrancoTosi Meccanica” is a Joint Venture between MAPNA Turbine (TUGA) and Franco Tosi Meccanica, formed in December 2015."
Eurostamp’ has apparent ties to Mega Machine Group (“Mega Machine”), a troubling Iranian entity that is linked to the Iranian company, Paya Boresh Industrial Group (“Paya Boresh”). Paya Boresh supplies a plethora of designated Iranian entities linked to Iran’s defense and aerospace industries, including missile and nuclear projects, and the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Council (“IRGC”). According to its website, Mega Machine is the exclusive distributor for Eurostamp in Iran.
According to its website, FAMCO, an Iranian company, sells Etatron peristaltic pumps.
According to its website, the Iranian company Padyab Tadjhiz Company website is the exclusive representative of Elcos.
According to a brochure on its website, Duplomatic is present in 55 countries with a network of more than 100 distributors, including Iran.
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Iranian company FAMCO claims to be an authorized representative of Duplomatic in Iran.
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