In August 2010 Al-Burhan Group signed a contract to supply five mobile Flush Butt Welding Machines to Iraqi Republic Railways (IRR) as part of their railway expansion programme. Al-Burhan Group in this project cooperates with US Progress Rail Services and their factories “Kershaw” and “Chemetron”, subsidiaries of Caterpillar INC. The Progress Rail Services confirms the first machine has been despatched to the US Port in waiting for another two machines before shipping the three as one batch to Umm Qasr Port, by 24 October, 2011. The finishing procedures for the remaining two machines are in progress.