Sandvik
Germany 
Date: 1993 (Completed)
Deal: According to Sandvik's website, in 1993 the engineering firm delivered equipment to the iron ore mines at the Gol e Gohar site in Iran (Sandvik website, Accessed July 16, 2010)
Date: March 2010 – Ongoing
Deal: According to an industry publication, in March 2010, Sandvik Process Systems signed a deal with Iran's Pars Oil & Gas Company (POGC) to provide equipment for the development of the South Pars gas field. In the deal, Sandvik will supply sulfur solidification and handling technology for phases 17 and 18 of South Pars, by the end of 2010 (The Engineer, March 1, 2010). Sandvik is also supplying handling, storage and truck-loading systems as part of the deal, according to an industry publication (Processing Talk, March 2, 2010).
U.S. Business Ties: According to USASpending.gov, Sandvik was awarded $1,631,359 in U.S. government contracts between 2000 and 2010. NASA and the U.S. Navy were reportedly Sandvik's top U.S. government customers. (USAspending.gov, accessed July 16, 2010)