VZCZCXYZ0004
PP RUEHWEB

DE RUEHMO #1787 1911255
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 101255Z JUL 09
FM AMEMBASSY MOSCOW
TO RUCPDOC/USDOC WASHDC PRIORITY
INFO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 4214
RHMFIUU/US CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION WASHINGTON DC

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