EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: SIGM PLUS COMPANY, MOSCOW,

UNCLAS MOSCOW 001787 SIPDIS USDOC FOR 532/OEA/LRITTER USDOC FOR 3150/USFCS/OIO/CEENIS/MCOSTA USDOC FOR 532/OEE/MO'BRIEN USDOC FOR 532/BIS/OEA/TWILLIS/EHOLLAND/ANALYST E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: BEXP ETRD ETTC RS SUBJECT: EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: SIGM PLUS COMPANY, MOSCOW, RUSSIA, LICENSE NO. D419161 REFTEL: REQUEST #4110019; DATED 6/15/2009 ¶1. Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. ¶2. Reftel requested a pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Sigm Plus Company, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS license application D419161 as the ultimate consignee of one 00133.5kg arsine gas (AH3),packaged in cylinders as liquid under its own vapor pressure. This item is contQed for national security and anti-terrorism reasons under ECCN 3C004. The licensee is Spectra Gases, Inc., 3434 Route 22 West, Branchburg, NJ. ¶3. On June 9, 2009, Export Control Attach Peter Liston and LES Natalya Shipitsina conducted the requested pre-license check at the offices of Sigm Plus Company, 3 Vvedenskogo Street, Moscow, Russia. The export control team met with Peter Bulaev, General Director and Michael Kovalenko, Financial Director. ¶4. Sigm Plus Company was founded in 1991, as a manufacturer of semiconductors. It has 54 employees at its facility in Moscow, Russia. Sigm Plus Company is a privately help Joint Stock Company with 6 shareholders. Sigm Plus Company was originally founded under the name Sigma Plus. The name was changed in 1998 to Sigm Plus Company. The manufacture of semiconductors remains the primary business to date, with sales of their products in markets around of the globe, including the United States. Sigm Plus Company does not sell semiconductor material to any country of concern to the United States. Sigm Plus has in place a compliance program for the security and protection of Commerce licensed exports of dual-use commodities. Sigm Plus Company gave the Moscow export control team full access to its storage and production facilities in Moscow. Sigm Plus Company has received licensable commodities in the past from the United States and the European Community. ¶5. The commodity in reftel will be stored and utilized on site at Sigm Plus CompanyQs semiconductor manufacturing facility in Moscow, Russia. The reftel commodity is a source material for Epitaxial Wafer production for optoelectronics. ¶6. The Moscow export control team found that Sigm Plus Company has the commercial viability for the purchase of the reftel commodity. It has the technical and commercial sophistication required for the manufacture of semiconductor material. Sigm Plus Company has a legitimate need and a legitimate end use for the reftel commodity. ¶7. Recommendations: Post recommends Sigm Plus, Moscow, Russia, as reliable recipients of sensitive U.S. origin commodities. (FCS MOSCOW/ JMARKS/PLISTON) BEYRLE