BIS Waives 11 Months of Export Ban for Maine-based Fiber Materials

The Bureau of Industry and Security waived the remainder of an export ban it handed down in 2007 to Maine-based Fiber Materials (here). The ban on export privileges for the company was set to expire on Nov. 18, 2015. In 2005, a U.S. District Court of Massachusetts convicted Fiber Materials of unlawfully exporting “to India a component, accessory and controls for a hot isostatic press,” BIS said in its waiver, dated Dec. 19. The waiver also lifts export restrictions for all individuals or entities acting on behalf of Fiber Material or its personnel. BIS, however, in recent days put the company on the Denied Persons List, and this waiver makes no mention of the status of Fiber Materials on that list (see 1412230014).