| Exporter |
Item(s) |
Year/Date |
Remarks |
| Arburg |
Jet molding machines with application-specific fixtures |
Unknown |
|
Arthur Pfeiffer Vakuumtechnik GmbH |
Induction, resistance, vacuum furnaces |
Unknown to 1990 |
|
| Aviatest (subsidiary of Rheinmetall) |
Machining equipment for military research complex, Saad-16 |
1989 |
|
| Balzers Hochvakuum GmbH |
Electron beam welder |
1992 |
|
| Buderus (Feldmuehle subsidiary) |
Technical assistance in building Taji |
1988 to 1989 |
|
| Bundesamt fuer Wirtshaft (BAW) |
Nickel powder for fabrication of diffusion barriers used in gaseous diffusion |
1986 |
|
| C. Plath - Nuclear |
Components for centrifuge program |
Unknown |
|
| Dango and Dienenthal engineering works |
Special equipment for Taji |
1988 to 1989 |
|
| Degussa |
Furnaces, magnets, vacuum chambers; established Al Furat centrifuge factory |
Unknown |
|
| Dorries Scharmann GmbH (now subsidiary of Bremer Vulkan AG) |
Large turning machines |
Unknown |
|
| Dr. Reutlinger & Sohne KG |
Horizontal and vertical balancing machines |
Unknown |
|
| Export Union GmbH |
Investigated for supplying metal to manufacture gas centrifuges for uranium enrichment; contracted to sell maraging steel |
1990 |
Sale blocked by UN embargo; only a test sample delivered |
| Ferrostaal, SMS Hansclever, and other MAN subsidiaries |
Contractor and supplier of universal smelting plant for Taji |
1988 to 1990 |
|
| Finnigan-MAT - Germany and US |
Mass spectrometers (MAT 26 machines) to work with gasses (probably UF6) and solids |
Unknown |
|
| Gerber |
Turning machines |
1988 |
|
| Germany - Unknown Nuclear Suppliers |
Nickel powder for uranium diffusion barriers; materials and components to produce centrifuges (aluminum alloy tube extrusions for producing molecular pumps) |
1990 |
|
| Gildemeister – Nuclear |
Turning machines |
Unknown |
|
| H & H Metalform – Nuclear |
Flow-forming machines capable of making centrifuge rotors; middleman to transfer CNC machines |
1987 to 1989 and unknown |
|
| Hasenclever (MAN subsidiary) |
Melting press for iron pieces |
1980 |
|
| Heinzinger |
Sold high-voltage power supplies to Iraq's General Directorate for Industrial Supply (GDIS) |
Unknown |
Power supplies used to power R120 separators as part of EMIS program |
| Hochtief |
Taji construction assistance |
1988 to 1989 |
|
| Interatom GmbH (Siemens subsidiary) |
Contracted to build plant to produce steel and aluminium pipes, technical assistance, training and machinery (helium leak detectors and vacuum pumps); contracted to supply clean room |
1989 to 1990 |
Clean room contract blocked by German Customs two days before Iraq invaded Kuwait |
| Inwako – Nuclear |
UK-made ring magnets (aluminum nickel cobalt magnets and samarium cobalt magnets) |
1989 |
|
| Kavo |
Investigated for supplying electrical components for nuclear weapons factory |
1980s |
|
| Kieserling und Albrecht GmbH |
Flow-forming machine |
Unknown |
|
| Kloeckner |
Contractor to Nassr State Establishment |
1985 |
|
| Leifeld – Nuclear |
Horizontal flow turning machines |
Unknown |
|
| Leitz |
Three-axis coordinate measurement machine |
Unknown |
|
| Leybold (subsidiary of German firm Degussa) |
Electron beam welders, technical assistance, and ancillary equipment (rough vacuum pumps); dual-use furnace equipment |
1984 to 1989 and unknown |
|
| Lurgi (subsidiary of Metallgesellschaft) |
Contracted to provide technical assistance in construction and processing of industrial pipelines |
1980s |
Contract for training cancelled by German government |
| Maho AG – Germany |
Milling machines |
Unknown |
|
| Maho AG - US and Germany |
Milling machines |
Unknown |
|
| MAN AG former employees (Walter Busse and Bruno Stemmler) |
Construction and design information for centrifuges; information on patented process for oxidizing maraging steel rotors to prevent corrosion |
1988 to 1989 |
|
| Mauserwerke Oberndorf GmbH - Missile and possibly nuclear |
High-precision coordinate measuring machine at Al Kindi (part of Saad-16 missile complex) |
Unknown |
|
| Messer Gressheim GmbH (subsidiary of Hoechst chemical group) |
Electron beam welder |
Unknown |
|
Messerschmitt- Boelkow-Blohm (MBB) |
Machining equipment for Iraq military research complex, Saad-16 |
1989 |
|
| Metallextraktion AB |
Mixer-settler units capable of processing uranium and plutonium |
Unknown |
|
Neue Magdeburger Wekzeugmaschin- fabrik |
Turning machines with specific fixtures |
Unknown |
|
| Nukem |
Technology and materials for centrifuge fabrication |
1990 |
|
| REFU Elektronik GmbH |
15KVA high-frequency converters |
Unknown |
|
| Rhein-Bayern Fahrzeugbau GmbH & Co KG - Nuclear |
Ferrite spacer magnets and soft iron ring band cores; Die-casting equipment to manufacture stator coil rings |
January to May 1990 |
|
| Rheinmetall |
Machining equipment for Iraqi military research complex, Saad-16 |
1989 |
|
| RoSch Verbundwerkstoff GmbH (directed by former MAN Technologie employee) |
Carbon-fiber rotors |
1989 to 1990 |
|
| Saarstahl AG |
Investigated for manufacturing specialty metal for manufacturing centrifuges for uranium enrichment |
1990 |
Only a test sample delivered |
| Savaco Plinke |
Offered to supply H2SO4 (96%), low concentration 40-60% sulfuric acid |
April 1994 |
At the time UNSCOM found documents at Al Qa Qaa State Establishment, no decision had yet been made to proceed. |
| Schiess (subsidiary of Metallgesellschaft) |
Milling, boring, and turning machines |
Unknown |
|
Schloemann- Siemag |
Assistance in construction of Taji |
Unknown |
|
| SHW (Schwabische Huttenwerke GmbH) |
Milling machines; license holder to build sensitive machine tools |
Unknown |
|
| Siemens - Nuclear |
Contractor of computers for numerically controlled machine tools for centrifuge end cap production; extra high-precision electronic switches; computer-control system for electron beam welder; x-ray diffraction systems; numerical control units paired with milling, boring, turning, spin-forming and flow-forming machine tools; high-voltage DC switches |
1989 to 1990, 1998 and unknown |
Contract blocked by UN embargo |
| Strabag - Nuclear |
Planning work for Al Furat pilot hall for 100-unit centrifuge cascade |
1989 to 1990 |
|
| TBT Deep Well Drilling Technology (half-owned by Gildemeister) |
Investigated for supplying technical equipment to Taji |
1980s |
|
| T.P.S. |
Pre-machined soft iron pieces |
1982 to 1987 |
Material used to fabricate magnets used in EMIS enrichment program |
| Transtechnica (subsidiary of MBB) |
Machining equipment to Saad-16 |
1989 |
Possible use in nuclear program |
| Vertiebs Ltd. |
Flow-forming machine |
1991 |
|
| Vereinigte Aluminwerke |
Aluminum tubing for use in centrifuge fabrication |
1987 |
|
| Wotan (now subsidiary of US firm Pratt & Whitney and German firm Schiess AG) |
Milling machine |
Unknown |
|
| Zeiss |
High-precision coordinate measuring machine |
Unknown |
|
Zertz und Scheid Ingenieurgesell- schaft (ZSI) |
Technical assistance (construction and processing of industrial pipelines) |
1980s |
Contract for training cancelled by German government |