It seems the Boston Globe may have hit a nerve with both Redington and HP.Just a week ago HP announced that it will tell Redington not to sell products in Iran.
Redington has now lashed out at HP:
But Redington Gulf has angrily hit back at suggestions it has been serving as an illicit conduit for HP in Iran, insisting the company has an authorised contract with HP that permits the sale of certain printer lines and supplies to approved Iranian customers.
Raj Shankar, CEO at Redington Gulf, explained: “We have a separate contract for Iran and we are allowed to sell a certain type of products, which they classify as EAR99. But irrespective of that, the fact is there is a certain class of products in what HP would call IPG hardware — that is printers — which you are allowed to sell. And you are allowed to sell supplies, this is how it is.” Writes Andrew Seymour in an article named "Redington speaks out over HP Iran saga"
It seems that Redington was allowed by HP to sell certain types of printer to approved Iranian customers. You go figure, cause I'm figuring there must be a couple of hundred page contract sitting out their somewhere.
Is there a big deal about selling printers in Iran, if so why. Can printer technology make give Iran an advantage when it come to weapons? Why can't HP sell printers to a company in the Gulf, come now its a printer. It does provide good reading and writing material though.
-=Good Selling=-
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