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