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Viewing cable 08BEIRUT316, LEBANON: COMMERCIAL SUCCESS STORIES

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08BEIRUT316 2008-02-29 15:36 2011-08-24 16:30 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Beirut
VZCZCXRO1570
RR RUEHBC RUEHDE RUEHKUK RUEHROV
DE RUEHLB #0316/01 0601536
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 291536Z FEB 08
FM AMEMBASSY BEIRUT
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 1161
RUCPDOC/USDOC WASHDC
INFO RUEHEE/ARAB LEAGUE COLLECTIVE
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 BEIRUT 000316 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR DWINSTEAD AND SKLEINER 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: BEXP ETRD ECON EINV FIN LE
SUBJECT:  LEBANON:  COMMERCIAL SUCCESS STORIES 
 
REF: STATE 013169 
 
Despite the political and security instability in Lebanon, Embassy 
Beirut reported six commercial success stories for the period August 
2007 through January 2008.  Below is a summary of these success 
stories. 
 
1. Date: December 28, 2007 
Post: Beirut 
Action Officer: Naaman Tayyar, Senior Commercial Specialist 
Country: Lebanon 
Company: Fisher Labs Inc. 
Company Headquarters (state, zip code): North Haven, CT 06473 
Issue/project: Agency Agreement between the U.S. firm Fisher Labs 
Inc. and the Lebanese firm Prosec S.A.L., with expected first year 
sales of $70,000. 
Specific Actions Taken:  Embassy commercial section counseled Fisher 
Labs on investment opportunities in Lebanon and provided a list of 
Lebanese security companies, including Prosec S.A.L, that can be 
potential representatives for Fisher Labs in Lebanon.  Consequently, 
Fisher Labs initiated contact with Prosec. Following several 
follow-ups between Fisher Labs, Prosec and Embassy Beirut, the two 
companies signed an agency agreement and Prosec ordered one portable 
walk through metal detector from Fisher Labs for efficiency tests by 
the Lebanese security agencies.  Prosec expects more orders to 
follow if the walk through metal detector meets the Lebanese 
security agencies' needs. 
 
2. Date: December 12, 2007 
Post: Beirut 
Action Officer: Naaman Tayyar, Senior Commercial Specialist 
Country: Lebanon 
Company: NABCO Corporation 
Company Headquarters (state, zip code): Canonsburg, PA 15317 
Issue/project: Agency Agreement between the U.S. firm NABCO 
Corporation and the Lebanese firm Professional Security with 
expected first year sales of $60,000. 
Specific Actions Taken: On October 19, 2007, NABCO Corporation 
requested a background check on the Lebanese firm Professional 
Security.  NABCO needed Embassy's recommendation before signing an 
agency agreement with Professional Security to represent them in 
Lebanon.  Action Officer conducted the background check on 
Professional Security and sent a detailed report, on December 12, 
2007, recommending the company as a good recipient of U.S. sensitive 
products with excellent financial conditions and reputation in 
Lebanon.  As a result of the background check, NABCO signed an 
agency agreement with Professional Security to represent them in 
Lebanon. 
 
3. Date: December 5, 2007 
Post: Beirut 
Action Officer: Naaman Tayyar, Senior Commercial Specialist 
Country: Lebanon 
Company: L-3 Communications 
Company Headquarters (state, zip code): San Juan, PR 00920 
Issue/project: Agency Agreement between the U.S. firm L-3 
Communications and the Lebanese firm Prosec S.A.L., resulting in an 
immediate sale of $4,000 for L-3 Communications, with expected first 
year sales of $50,000. 
Specific Actions Taken:  Embassy commercial section counseled L-3 
Communications on investment opportunities in Lebanon and provided a 
list of Lebanese security companies, including Prosec S.A.L, that 
can be potential representatives for L-3 Communications in Lebanon. 
Consequently, L-3 Communications initiated contact with Prosec. 
Following several emails between L-3 Communications, Prosec and 
Embassy Beirut, the two companies finalized an agency agreement on 
December 5, 2007. 
 
4. Date: August 4, 2007 
Post: Beirut 
Action Officer: Naaman Tayyar, Senior Commercial Specialist 
Country: Lebanon 
Company: Faviana International 
Company Headquarters (state, zip code): New York, NY 10018 
Issue/project: Agency agreement between the U.S. firm Faviana 
International and the Lebanese firm Euromod, with expected first 
year sales of $15,000. 
Specific Actions Taken:  On June 23, 2006, Senior Commercial 
Specialist Naaman Tayyar met with Mr. Omid Muradi, Vice President of 
Faviana International, a New York apparel manufacturer, and 
counseled him on export practices and trade opportunities in 
Lebanon.  During the last quarter of 2006, Embassy Commercial 
Section distributed Faviana's brochures, which display evening 
dresses, to key players in Lebanon's apparel industry including the 
Lebanese firm Euromod.  Consequently, Euromod contacted Faviana and 
negotiated an agency agreement.  As a result, on August 4, 2007, 
Faviana International signed an agency agreement with the Lebanese 
company Euromod. 
 
2. Date: August 18, 2007 
 
BEIRUT 00000316  002 OF 002 
 
 
Post: Beirut 
Action Officer: Naaman Tayyar, Senior Commercial Specialist 
Country: Lebanon 
Company: Omnia Audio 
Company Headquarters (state and zip code): Cleveland, OH 44114 
Issue/project: Agency Agreement between the U.S. firm Omnia Audio 
and the Lebanese firm Ghanem Electronic Devices SAL, resulting in an 
immediate sale of $15,000. 
Specific Actions Taken:  Embassy commercial section recruited a 
delegation of 10 Lebanese businessmen to attend the National 
Association for Broadcasters (NAB) show in Las Vegas on April 15-19, 
2007.  Mr. Jihad Ghanem of Ghanem Electronic Devices SAL, who is a 
member of the Lebanese delegation, met representatives from the U.S. 
firm Omnia Audio during the show and negotiated an agency agreement 
to represent them in Lebanon.  On August 18, 2007, Ghanem Electronic 
Devices signed an agency agreement with Omnia Audio to represent 
them in Lebanon and placed orders worth USD 15,000 of electronic 
equipment. 
 
 
 
6. Date: January 29, 2008 
Post: Beirut 
Action Officer: Maya Barhouche, Commercial Assistant 
Country: Lebanon 
Company: Arizona, Alabama and Alaska Offices of Tourism 
Company Headquarters (state, zip code): Arizona, Alabama and 
Alaska. 
Issue/project: Media campaign to promote tourism to the United 
States. 
Specific Actions Taken:  CS Lebanon has launched a media campaign to 
promote tourism to the United States.  The centerpiece of the 
campaign is a series of articles profiling individual American 
States.  In January 2007, Commercial Assistant Maya Barhouche, in 
coordination with the U.S. Commercial Service in Egypt, published 
three articles featuring the states of Arizona, Alabama and Alaska 
and placed them at www.naharnet.com, the online English portal for 
the Arabic AnNahar Newspaper in Lebanon. 
 
SISON