ufpi_FormSD_2017

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

 

FORM SD

Specialized Disclosure Report

 

 

UNIVERSAL FOREST PRODUCTS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

 

 

Michigan

00-22684

38-1465835

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

 

2801 East Beltline, N.E.

Grand Rapids, Michigan

 

 

49525

(Address of principal executive office)

 

(Zip Code)

 

 

 

David A. Tutas

Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary

(616) 364-6161

(Name and Telephone number, including area code, of the person to contact in connection with this report.)

 

 

Check the appropriate box to indicate the rule pursuant to which this form is being filed, and provide the period to which the information in this form applies:

 

[X]  Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2016.

 


 

SECTION 1 – Conflict Minerals Disclosure

 

Item 1.01Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report.

 

Universal Forest Products, Inc. has included the Conflict Minerals Report as an exhibit to its Form SD for the period from January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016. Unless the context otherwise indicates, “Universal Forest Products,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to Universal Forest Products, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries.

During 2016, certain of our operations manufactured, or contracted to manufacture, products for which 3TGs, as defined below, are necessary to their functionality or production (the “Covered Products”). Conflict minerals are defined in Section 13(p) as (A) gold, cassiterite, columbite-tantalite (coltan), wolframite, and their derivatives, which are limited to tin, tantalum and tungsten (collectively referred to as “3TGs”), or (B) any other mineral or its derivatives determined by the Secretary of State to be financing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (“DRC”) or any adjoining country that shares an internationally recognized border with the DRC. Accordingly, we have conducted a reasonable country of origin inquiry (“RCOI”) that was designed to determine whether any of the 3TGs in our Covered Products originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country (Angola, Burundi, the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda or Zambia), or were from recycled or scrap sources.

A summary of our RCOI and steps of due diligence on the source and chain of custody of any 3TGs in our Covered Products is included in our Conflict Minerals Report, which is filed as Exhibit 1.01 to this Form SD. In addition to this, our Conflict Minerals Report and Form SD is publicly available on our company website at: http://www.ufpinvestor.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=116957&p=irol-corporateGovernance.  

Forward-Looking Statements

This Form SD and the Conflict Minerals Report contains forward-looking statements which express a belief, expectation or intention, as well as those that are historical fact, and include statements relating to our compliance efforts and expected actions.  The words “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” and “anticipates” and similar expressions are used to identify these forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future actions or performance and involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict with regards to timing, extent, likelihood and degree of occurrence.  We do not undertake to update forward-looking statements to reflect facts, circumstances, events, or assumptions that occur after the date the forward-looking statements are made.  Actual results could differ materially from those included in such forward-looking statements.  Investors are cautioned that all forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainty.  Undue reliance should not be placed on these forward-looking statements.

Item 1.02Exhibit.

 

We have filed our Conflict Minerals Report as Exhibit 1.01 to this Form SD.

Item 2.01 Exhibits.

 

Exhibit 1.01 – Conflict Minerals Report as required by Items 1.01. and 1.02 of Form SD.

 

 

 


 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UNIVERSAL FOREST PRODUCTS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

Dated: May 31, 2017

By:

/s/ Michael R. Cole

 

 

 

Michael R. Cole

 

 

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit

Number

Description

 

1.01

Conflict Minerals Report for the year ended December 31, 2016 as required by Items 1.01 and 1.02 of this Form.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


ufpi_FormSD_Ex1.01

 

 

EXHIBIT 1.01

 

Universal Forest Products, Inc.

Conflict Minerals Report

For the Year Ended December 31, 2016

 

Introduction

 

This Conflict Minerals Report (the “Report”) has been prepared by Universal Forest Products, Inc. for the period from January 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016 (the “Reporting Period”). Unless the context otherwise indicates, “Universal Forest Products,” “we,” “us,” the “Company” and “our” mean Universal Forest Products, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries.

 

This Report is presented to comply with Rule 13p-1 promulgated under Section 13(p) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Rule”). This Rule imposes certain reporting obligations on public companies that manufacture or contract to manufacture products containing conflict minerals that are necessary to the functionality or production of their products. Form SD defines “conflict minerals” as gold, cassiterite, columbite-tantalite, wolframite and their derivatives, which are currently limited to tin, tantalum and tungsten. We identified tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold (collectively, the “3TGs”) that are necessary to the functionality or production of certain products that we manufactured or contracted to manufacture during the Reporting Period.

 

As described in this Report, we have reason to believe that some of the 3TGs present in our supply chain may have originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (“DRC”) or an adjoining country (collectively, the “Covered Countries”). Therefore, we performed a reasonable country of origin inquiry (“RCOI”) to determine whether any of the 3TGs in our products originated from the Covered Countries and were not from recycled or scrap sources.  Based on the RCOI, we determined that we may have some suppliers that sourced 3TG from the Covered Countries and proceeded to conduct due diligence on our supplier base. The results of our RCOI and due diligence are covered below.

 

Company Overview

 

Our business

 

We design, manufacture and market: wood and wood-alternative products for national home centers and other retailers, structural lumber and other products for the manufactured housing industry, engineered wood components for residential and commercial construction, specialty wood packaging, components and packing materials for various industries, and customized interior fixtures used in a variety of retail stores, commercial and other structures. 

 

For additional information, please see Item 1 (captioned “Business”) in our Form 10-K for our fiscal year ending December 31, 2016 filed on March 1, 2017.

 

Our products

 

We conducted an analysis of our products to determine which of our products were likely to contain 3TG. We have identified 3TG in certain of our products within our segments that are necessary to the functionality or production of products that we manufactured or contracted to manufacture during the Reporting Period. Our broad and complex range of products may contain 3TGs within the following components: non-lumber items sold to retailers (e.g. fencing systems and components, solar powered post caps, and doorbells), industrial products (e.g. pallets, skids, crates, specialty wood or alternative material packaging, and strapping), structural lumber products for the site-built market (e.g. roof trusses, floor trusses, and wall panels), and interior fixtures (e.g. shelving, display cases, and lighting).

 

 

 


 

Description of RCOI  

 

We began our scoping process by extracting a list of our suppliers that provide us with products that may contain one or more of the 3TGs. Once the filtering was completed, we populated the list with contact information and provided the list to our third-party service provider. This supplier list was then uploaded to our third-party service provider’s software platform that allows us to store and manage supplier requests and documentation.

 

From there, we defined our scoping process even further by removing service providers, indirect materials suppliers, and suppliers who are inactive. This ensures that all suppliers surveyed provided items to Universal Forest Products that were used in final products in the year 2016. Through this process, we removed 31 suppliers from in scope for the 2016 reporting period.

 

Our third-party service provider then conducted the supplier survey portion of the RCOI utilizing the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (the “CMRT”), version 4.20, developed by the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition® and The Global e-Sustainability Initiative, and the suppliers identified through the procedures above were surveyed on their sourcing of the 3TG that we identified in our products. The CMRT was developed to facilitate disclosure and communication of information regarding smelters that provide material to a company’s supply chain. It includes questions regarding a direct supplier’s conflict minerals policy, its due diligence process, and information about its supply chain such as the names and locations of smelters and refiners as well as the origin of 3TG used by those facilities.

 

During the supplier survey, suppliers were contacted and asked to complete the CMRT. All communications were tracked and monitored in the software platform. Non-responsive suppliers were contacted a minimum of three times and then were also guided by our service provider’s team in one on one communications. This included four follow ups in order to encourage their response via CMRTs. To ensure that our suppliers understand our expectations regarding the sourcing of 3TGs, we and our third-party service provider have provided training to suppliers though webinars, videos, documentation, and one-on-one discussions.

 

The RCOI also included automated data validation on all submitted CMRTs. The goal of data validation is to increase the accuracy of submissions and identify any contradictory answers in the CMRT. All submitted forms are accepted and classified as valid or invalid so that data is still retained. All suppliers who submitted CMRTs that were flagged as “invalid” were contacted to address items such as incomplete data, missing smelter information, or inconsistent answers. All of these communications were monitored and tracked in our service provider’s system for future reporting and transparency. As of May 1, 2017, there were 13 invalid submissions that were not corrected by suppliers.

 

Based on the RCOI, we determined that we may have some suppliers that sourced 3TGs from the Covered Countries; therefore, in an effort to locate mines with the greatest possible specificity, we proceeded to conduct due diligence on our supplier base.

 

Due Diligence

 

Design of due diligence

 

We have designed our due diligence procedures to conform, in all material respects, with the due diligence framework presented by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (“OECD”) in the publication OECD (2013) Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas: Second Edition, OECD Publishing and the related Supplements for gold and for tin, tantalum and tungsten (collectively, the “Guidance”).

 

Our conflict minerals due diligence process includes the five steps as defined by the Guidance: 1) establishing strong company management systems, 2) identifying and assessing risks in our supply chain, 3) designing and implementing a strategy to respond to identified risks, 4) utilizing independent third-party audits, and 5) publicly reporting on our supply chain due diligence. A summary of the due diligence measures undertaken by us is outlined below.

 


 

Due diligence performed

 

Establish Strong Company Management Systems

 

Internal team

 

We have organized a Conflict Minerals Committee comprised of individuals in the legal department, including a senior attorney.  As needed, other management personnel from multiple departments participate and/or assist the Conflict Minerals Committee.  The Conflict Minerals Committee leads our conflict minerals compliance effort and is responsible for implementing our conflict minerals compliance strategy and overseeing the program.

 

We have also taken on other management systems that include the use of a third-party vendor. Through our vendor’s tool we are able to collect and store supplier data and CMRTs, communicate with suppliers, and monitor risks in our supply chain. The use of these tools has allowed us to assist our suppliers in understanding our expectations and requirements and increase the rate of responses we have received from our suppliers to our survey requests.

 

Control systems

 

Controls include, but are not limited to, our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, regular monitoring of changes in applicable laws, regulations, and guidance, whistleblower mechanisms, regular training of key employee groups, and on-site visits and audits of our suppliers.

 

Supplier engagement

 

With respect to the OECD requirement to strengthen engagement with suppliers, we have utilized the CMRT version 4.10 or higher and a third-party vendor’s software reporting tool for collecting Conflict Minerals declarations from our supply base. The use of these tools has allowed us to assist our suppliers in understanding our expectations and requirements and increase the rate of responses we have received from our suppliers to our survey requests.

 

We have also communicated with suppliers potentially affected by our compliance efforts as identified through our RCOI process our expectation that they assist us in complying with our efforts related to our conflict minerals program. This includes obtaining information to support chain of custody of the 3TG identified in our products.

 

Grievance mechanism

 

We maintain several methods in which employees or third parties may notify us of potential issues with our conflict minerals program, including an anonymous employee hotline, email resources both internally and on our website, direct phone numbers, and our open door policy.

 

Maintain records

 

We maintain company-wide document retention policies. These policies extend to the documentation accumulated in performing our 3TG due diligence procedures and requires that documentation will be retained for a period of five (5) years.

 

Identify and Assess Risks in the Supply Chain

 

It is important to note that Universal Forest Products has relied on supplier responses to provide us with the information about the source of 3TGs contained in the parts and components they supply to us. Similarly, our direct suppliers also rely on information provided by their suppliers. This chain of information creates a level of uncertainty and risk related to the accuracy of the information. We will continue to monitor, adapt, and modify our due diligence practices to conform to the recognized industry best practices.

 


 

In accordance with OECD Guidelines, it is important to understand risk levels associated with conflict minerals in the supply chain. Each facility that meets the CFSI definition of a smelter or refiner of a 3TG mineral is assigned a risk of high, medium or low based on 3 scoring criteria:

1.

Geographic proximity to the DRC and Covered Countries;

2.

Conflict-Free Smelter Program (CFSP) audit status;

3.

Known or plausible evidence of unethical or conflict sourcing.

 

Based on this criteria the following facilities have been identified as being of highest concern to the supply chain:

·

Tony Goetz NV - CID002587

·

Kaloti Precious Metals - CID002563

·

Phoenix Metals - CID002507

·

Universal Precious Metals Refining Zambia - CID002854

·

Fidelity Printers and Refiners - CID002515

·

Sudan Gold Refinery - CID002567

 

When these facilities are reported on a CMRT by one of the suppliers surveyed, risk mitigation activities are initiated. Through our third-party vendor, Assent Compliance, submissions that include any of the above facilities immediately produce a receipt instructing the supplier to take their own risk mitigation actions, including submission of a product specific CMRT to better identify the connection to products that they supply to Universal Forest Products, and escalating up to removal of these high risk smelters from our supply chain.


As per the OECD Due Diligence Guidance, risk mitigation will depend on the supplier’s specific context.  If necessary, suppliers are given clear performance objectives within reasonable timeframes with the ultimate goal of progressive elimination of these risks from the supply chain.  

 

In addition, suppliers are guided to the Assent University learning platform to engage in educational materials on mitigating the risk of smelters or refiners on the supply chain.

 

We also calculate supplier risk based on the chances that the supplier provides 3TG that may originate from non-conflict free sources. The value of this risk is calculated based on the risk ratings of the smelters declared by that supplier on their CMRT.

 

Additionally, suppliers are evaluated on program strength (further assisting in identifying risk in the supply chain). Many companies continue to be in the middle of the process and still have “unknown” as some of the answers. It has been decided that penalizing or failing them for working through the process is likely not the best approach, and it does not meet the goals or spirit of the Rule.  However, evaluating and tracking the strength of the program does meet the OECD Due Diligence Guidelines and can assist in making key risk mitigation decisions as the program progresses. The criteria used to evaluate the strength of the program are the following items from the CMRT:

 

A. Do you have a policy in place that includes DRC conflict-free sourcing?

E. Have you implemented due diligence measures for conflict-free sourcing?

H. Do you verify due diligence information received from your suppliers?

I. Does your verification process include corrective action management?

 

When suppliers meet or exceed the above criteria, by answering yes to all four questions, they are deemed to have a strong program. When suppliers do not meet those criteria, they are deemed to have a weak program. We store all of this information and will continue to assess our suppliers’ program strength and monitor any improvements or changes.

 

Design and Implement a Strategy to Respond to Identified Risks

 

Universal Forest Products is in the process of establishing a Conflict Minerals Policy that outlines our expectations for suppliers. If these expectations are not met, the business relationship with that supplier will be evaluated. For example, if we find that we source 3TGs that directly or indirectly finance or benefit armed groups in the Covered Countries, Universal Forest Products will assess the supplier relationship and encourage that supplier to establish an


 

alternative source of the minerals that does not support such conflict. If an alternative source cannot be found or the supplier chooses not to respond to this risk, we will assess whether or not that supplier can be replaced.

 

Carry Out Independent Third Party Audit of Supply Chain Due Diligence at Identified Points in the Supply Chain

 

We do not have a direct relationship with smelters and refiners of Conflict Minerals and therefore do not perform or direct audits of these entities.  In connection with our due diligence, we utilized information made available by the CFSI concerning independent third-party audits of smelters and refiners.

 

Report on Supply Chain Due Diligence

 

This Report, which constitutes our annual report on our due diligence efforts, is available on our website at http://www.ufpinvestor.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=116957&p=irol-corporateGovernance within the “Investor Relations” section under “Corporate Governance” and is filed with the SEC.

 

Results of Due Diligence

 

Survey results

 

As of May 1, 2017, we received CMRTs from 33% of our surveyed, in scope suppliers for the 2016 year.

 

As described above, Universal Forest Products surveys our supply chain and reviews all responses against set criteria that has been developed to determine whether further communication is needed. These criteria include: nonresponsiveness, incomplete responses and overall inconsistencies. Those that provided us with a CMRT were also asked to submit smelter and/or refiner information. The results of this are discussed in the Smelters and Refiners section below.

 

Smelters and refiners

 

Of the suppliers surveyed, many completed their CMRTs at the company, business unit or entity level. Due to the scope of these CMRTs, we are unable to conclude which of the 3TGs (if any) have actually been included in parts or products that they supplied to us, nor are we able to determine from which of the processing facilities they listed the 3TGs originated.  Many of the responses provided by a supplier via the CMRT included the names of facilities listed by the suppliers as smelters or refiners (“SORs”). The CMRTs submitted by suppliers that do not list at least one smelter for each 3TG claimed on the CMRT are considered invalid, and our third-party service provider follows up on these, urging suppliers to resubmit the form and include smelter information. Even with that further request, there are still suppliers that are unable to provide SORs used for the materials supplied to us.

 

For all responses that indicated a SOR, our third-party consultant compared the facilities listed to the list of SORs maintained by the Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative (“CFSI”). If a supplier indicated that the facility was certified as “Conflict-Free,” our vendor confirmed that the name was listed by CFSI as a certified smelter. No violations were identified. As May 1, 2017, we have validated 308 smelters or refiners, and our third-party service provider is working to validate the additional smelter/refiner entries from the submitted CMRTs. Appendix A lists the smelters and refiners that the suppliers we surveyed reported as being in their supply chains. We have not listed in Appendix A any smelters or refiners that we have not been able to validate. Appendix A also includes an aggregated list of the countries of origin from which the reported facilities collectively source conflict minerals, based on information provided by suppliers and CFSI.

 

As our suppliers are largely unable to provide us with the information necessary to determine country of origin at the product level, we are unable to provide additional SOR names and country of origin of the necessary 3TGs in this Report at this time. We will continue to work with our suppliers to obtain SOR information at the product level.

 

Future Steps to be Taken

 

We are committed to complying with the provisions of the Rule and Form SD and expect to continue our efforts to improve our conflict minerals program and related due diligence. As we further develop our program and


 

procedures, we intend to take the following steps to mitigate the risk that any of the 3TGs contained in our products could benefit armed groups in the Covered Countries. These may include, but are not limited to the following:

 

·

Engage with suppliers and direct them to training resources to attempt to increase our response rate and improve the content of responses to assist in our RCOI process and our efforts to determine the processing facilities for and country of origin of our 3TGs with the greatest specificity possible;

·

Engage suppliers and encourage them to provide responses at the product level;

·

Continue to invest in Conflict Minerals due diligence tools;

·

Continue to respond to legal requirements regarding 3TGs in our supply chain;

·

Continue to refine the identification of suppliers who provide us with 3TGs;

·

Implementing a strategy to respond to identified risk, including but not limited to, potential action to be taken against suppliers that do not respond to our requests or do not provide reasonable information to support our due diligence activities; and

·

Engage any of our suppliers found to be supplying us with 3TGs from sourcing that support conflict in the Covered Countries to establish an alternative source of 3TGs that does not support such conflict.

 

Appendix A:

 

The table below lists, as of May 1, 2017, the smelters or refiners identified by our responsive suppliers that may have been used to process the conflict minerals necessary to the functionality or production of our products during 2016. As described above, this list may contain more facilities than are actually linked to the Company’s products. In addition, this list may not include all applicable facilities as not all of our suppliers were able to provide SOR information at this time. Those smelters or refiners that have been validated as compliant under the CFSP (Conflict Free Smelter Protocol) by the CFSI have been noted as such in the final column on the right.

 

 

 

 

 

Metal

Standard Smelter Name

Smelter Facility Location

CFSI Audit Status

Gold

Advanced Chemical Company

UNITED STATES

Compliant

Gold

Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.

JAPAN

Compliant

Gold

Al Etihad Gold Refinery DMCC

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Compliant

Gold

Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G.

GERMANY

Compliant

Gold

Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC)

UZBEKISTAN

Compliant

Gold

AngloGold Ashanti Córrego do Sítio Mineração

BRAZIL

Compliant

Gold

Argor-Heraeus S.A.

SWITZERLAND

Compliant

Gold

Asahi Pretec Corp.

JAPAN

Compliant

Gold

Asahi Refining Canada Ltd.

CANADA

Compliant

Gold

Asahi Refining USA Inc.

UNITED STATES

Compliant

Gold

Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.

JAPAN

Compliant

Gold

Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.

TURKEY

Not Enrolled

Gold

AU Traders and Refiners

SOUTH AFRICA

Compliant

Gold

AURA-II

UNITED STATES

Not Enrolled

Gold

Aurubis AG

GERMANY

Compliant

Gold

Bangalore Refinery

INDIA

Active

Gold

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines)

PHILIPPINES

Compliant


 

Gold

Boliden AB

SWEDEN

Compliant

Gold

C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG

GERMANY

Compliant

Gold

Caridad

MEXICO

Not Enrolled

Gold

CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada Corporation

CANADA

Compliant

Gold

Cendres + Métaux S.A.

SWITZERLAND

Active

Gold

Chimet S.p.A.

ITALY

Compliant

Gold

Chugai Mining

JAPAN

Not Enrolled

Gold

Daejin Indus Co., Ltd.

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

Compliant

Gold

Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd.

CHINA

Not Enrolled

Gold

DODUCO GmbH

GERMANY

Compliant

Gold

Dowa

JAPAN

Compliant

Gold

DSC (Do Sung Corporation)

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

Compliant

Gold

Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd.

JAPAN

Compliant

Gold

Elemetal Refining, LLC

UNITED STATES

Compliant

Gold

Emirates Gold DMCC

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Compliant

Gold

Fidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd.

ZIMBABWE

Not Enrolled

Gold

Gansu Seemine Material Hi-Tech Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Not Enrolled

Gold

Geib Refining Corporation

UNITED STATES

Active

Gold

Great Wall Precious Metals Co., Ltd. of CBPM

CHINA

Not Enrolled

Gold

Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited

CHINA

Not Enrolled

Gold

Gujarat Gold Centre

INDIA

Not Enrolled

Gold

Guoda Safina High-Tech Environmental Refinery Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Not Enrolled

Gold

Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Not Enrolled

Gold

Heimerle + Meule GmbH

GERMANY

Compliant

Gold

Heraeus Ltd. Hong Kong

CHINA

Compliant

Gold

Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG

GERMANY

Compliant

Gold

Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Not Enrolled

Gold

Hwasung CJ Co., Ltd.

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

Not Enrolled

Gold

Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Compliant

Gold

Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd.

JAPAN

Compliant

Gold

Istanbul Gold Refinery

TURKEY

Compliant

Gold

Japan Mint

JAPAN

Compliant

Gold

Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Compliant

Gold

JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Compliant

Gold

JSC Uralelectromed

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Compliant


 

Gold

JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.

JAPAN

Compliant

Gold

Kaloti Precious Metals

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Not Enrolled

Gold

Kazakhmys Smelting LLC

KAZAKHSTAN

Not Enrolled

Gold

Kazzinc

KAZAKHSTAN

Compliant

Gold

Kennecott Utah Copper LLC

UNITED STATES

Compliant

Gold

KGHM Polska Miedź Spółka Akcyjna

POLAND

Active

Gold

Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd.

JAPAN

Compliant

Gold

Korea Zinc Co., Ltd.

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

Compliant

Gold

Kyrgyzaltyn JSC

KYRGYZSTAN

Compliant

Gold

L'azurde Company For Jewelry

SAUDI ARABIA

Not Enrolled

Gold

Lingbao Gold Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Not Enrolled

Gold

Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Not Enrolled

Gold

LS-NIKKO Copper Inc.

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

Compliant

Gold

Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Not Enrolled

Gold

Materion

UNITED STATES

Compliant

Gold

Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd.

JAPAN

Compliant

Gold

Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd.

CHINA

Compliant

Gold

Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd.

SINGAPORE

Compliant

Gold

Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd.

CHINA

Compliant

Gold

Metalor Technologies S.A.

SWITZERLAND

Compliant

Gold

Metalor USA Refining Corporation

UNITED STATES

Compliant

Gold

Metalúrgica Met-Mex Peñoles S.A. De C.V.

MEXICO

Compliant

Gold

Mitsubishi Materials Corporation

JAPAN

Compliant

Gold

Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.

JAPAN

Compliant

Gold

MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd.

INDIA

Compliant

Gold

Modeltech Sdn Bhd

MALAYSIA

Not Enrolled

Gold

Morris and Watson

NEW ZEALAND

Not Enrolled

Gold

Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Compliant

Gold

Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.Ş.

TURKEY

Compliant

Gold

Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat

UZBEKISTAN

Active

Gold

Nihon Material Co., Ltd.

JAPAN

Compliant

Gold

Ögussa Österreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH

AUSTRIA

Compliant

Gold

Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd.

JAPAN

Compliant

Gold

OJSC "The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant" (OJSC Krastsvetmet)

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Compliant


 

Gold

OJSC Novosibirsk Refinery

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Compliant

Gold

PAMP S.A.

SWITZERLAND

Compliant

Gold

Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Not Enrolled

Gold

Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Compliant

Gold

PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk

INDONESIA

Compliant

Gold

PX Précinox S.A.

SWITZERLAND

Compliant

Gold

Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd.

SOUTH AFRICA

Compliant

Gold

Remondis Argentia B.V.

NETHERLANDS

Not Enrolled

Gold

Republic Metals Corporation

UNITED STATES

Compliant

Gold

Royal Canadian Mint

CANADA

Compliant

Gold

SAAMP

FRANCE

Not Enrolled

Gold

Sabin Metal Corp.

UNITED STATES

Not Enrolled

Gold

SAFINA A.S.

CZECH REPUBLIC

Not Enrolled

Gold

Sai Refinery

INDIA

Not Enrolled

Gold

Samduck Precious Metals

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

Compliant

Gold

SAMWON Metals Corp.

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

Not Enrolled

Gold

SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH

GERMANY

Compliant

Gold

Schone Edelmetaal B.V.

NETHERLANDS

Compliant

Gold

SEMPSA Joyería Platería S.A.

SPAIN

Compliant

Gold

Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Not Enrolled

Gold

Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Compliant

Gold

Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Compliant

Gold

Singway Technology Co., Ltd.

TAIWAN

Compliant

Gold

So Accurate Group, Inc.

UNITED STATES

Not Enrolled

Gold

SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Compliant

Gold

Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp.

TAIWAN

Compliant

Gold

Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.

JAPAN

Compliant

Gold

T.C.A S.p.A

ITALY

Compliant

Gold

Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.

JAPAN

Compliant

Gold

The Refinery of Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Compliant

Gold

Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd.

JAPAN

Compliant

Gold

Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Not Enrolled

Gold

Tony Goetz NV

BELGIUM

Active

Gold

TOO Tau-Ken-Altyn

KAZAKHSTAN

Not Enrolled


 

Gold

Torecom

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

Compliant

Gold

Umicore Brasil Ltda.

BRAZIL

Compliant

Gold

Umicore Precious Metals Thailand

THAILAND

Compliant

Gold

Umicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals Refining

BELGIUM

Compliant

Gold

United Precious Metal Refining, Inc.

UNITED STATES

Compliant

Gold

Universal Precious Metals Refining Zambia

ZAMBIA

Not Enrolled

Gold

Valcambi S.A.

SWITZERLAND

Compliant

Gold

Western Australian Mint trading as The Perth Mint

AUSTRALIA

Compliant

Gold

WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH

GERMANY

Compliant

Gold

Yamamoto Precious Metal Co., Ltd.

JAPAN

Compliant

Gold

Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd.

JAPAN

Compliant

Gold

Yunnan Copper Industry Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Not Enrolled

Gold

Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation

CHINA

Compliant

Gold

Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd. Gold Refinery

CHINA

Compliant

Tantalum

Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Compliant

Tantalum

Conghua Tantalum and Niobium Smeltry

CHINA

Compliant

Tantalum

D Block Metals, LLC

UNITED STATES

Compliant

Tantalum

Duoluoshan

CHINA

Compliant

Tantalum

Exotech Inc.

UNITED STATES

Compliant

Tantalum

F&X Electro-Materials Ltd.

CHINA

Compliant

Tantalum

FIR Metals & Resource Ltd.

CHINA

Compliant

Tantalum

Global Advanced Metals Aizu

JAPAN

Compliant

Tantalum

Global Advanced Metals Boyertown

UNITED STATES

Compliant

Tantalum

Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Compliant

Tantalum

H.C. Starck Co., Ltd.

THAILAND

Compliant

Tantalum

H.C. Starck GmbH Goslar

GERMANY

Compliant

Tantalum

H.C. Starck GmbH Laufenburg

GERMANY

Not Enrolled

Tantalum

H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH

GERMANY

Compliant

Tantalum

H.C. Starck Inc.

UNITED STATES

Compliant

Tantalum

H.C. Starck Ltd.

JAPAN

Compliant

Tantalum

H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG

GERMANY

Compliant

Tantalum

Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Compliant

Tantalum

Hi-Temp Specialty Metals, Inc.

UNITED STATES

Compliant

Tantalum

Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Compliant


 

Tantalum

Jiangxi Tuohong New Raw Material

CHINA

Compliant

Tantalum

JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Compliant

Tantalum

Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Compliant

Tantalum

Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Compliant

Tantalum

KEMET Blue Metals

MEXICO

Compliant

Tantalum

KEMET Blue Powder

UNITED STATES

Compliant

Tantalum

King-Tan Tantalum Industry Ltd.

CHINA

Compliant

Tantalum

LSM Brasil S.A.

BRAZIL

Compliant

Tantalum

Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd.

INDIA

Compliant

Tantalum

Mineração Taboca S.A.

BRAZIL

Compliant

Tantalum

Mitsui Mining & Smelting

JAPAN

Compliant

Tantalum

Molycorp Silmet A.S.

ESTONIA

Compliant

Tantalum

Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Compliant

Tantalum

Plansee SE Liezen

AUSTRIA

Not Enrolled

Tantalum

Plansee SE Reutte

AUSTRIA

Compliant

Tantalum

Power Resources Ltd.

MACEDONIA

Compliant

Tantalum

QuantumClean

UNITED STATES

Compliant

Tantalum

Resind Indústria e Comércio Ltda.

BRAZIL

Compliant

Tantalum

RFH Tantalum Smeltry Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Compliant

Tantalum

Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Compliant

Tantalum

Taki Chemicals

JAPAN

Compliant

Tantalum

Telex Metals

UNITED STATES

Compliant

Tantalum

Tranzact, Inc.

UNITED STATES

Compliant

Tantalum

Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC

KAZAKHSTAN

Compliant

Tantalum

XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Compliant

Tantalum

Yichun Jin Yang Rare Metal Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Compliant

Tantalum

Zhuzhou Cemented Carbide Group Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Compliant

Tin

Alpha

UNITED STATES

Compliant

Tin

An Thai Minerals Co., Ltd.

VIET NAM

Not Enrolled

Tin

An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company

VIET NAM

Not Enrolled

Tin

Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Compliant

Tin

China Tin Group Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Compliant

Tin

CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Not Enrolled

Tin

Cooperativa Metalurgica de Rondônia Ltda.

BRAZIL

Compliant


 

Tin

CV Ayi Jaya

INDONESIA

Compliant

Tin

CV Dua Sekawan

INDONESIA

Compliant

Tin

CV Gita Pesona

INDONESIA

Compliant

Tin

CV Serumpun Sebalai

INDONESIA

Compliant

Tin

CV Tiga Sekawan

INDONESIA

Compliant

Tin

CV United Smelting

INDONESIA

Compliant

Tin

CV Venus Inti Perkasa

INDONESIA

Compliant

Tin

Dowa

JAPAN

Compliant

Tin

Electro-Mechanical Facility of the Cao Bang Minerals & Metallurgy Joint Stock Company

VIET NAM

Active

Tin

Elmet S.L.U.

SPAIN

Compliant

Tin

EM Vinto

BOLIVIA

Compliant

Tin

Estanho de Rondônia S.A.

BRAZIL

Not Enrolled

Tin

Fenix Metals

POLAND

Compliant

Tin

Gejiu Fengming Metallurgy Chemical Plant

CHINA

Compliant

Tin

Gejiu Jinye Mineral Company

CHINA

Compliant

Tin

Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC

CHINA

Active

Tin

Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Compliant

Tin

Gejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Active

Tin

Gejiu Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Not Enrolled

Tin

Guanyang Guida Nonferrous Metal Smelting Plant

CHINA

Compliant

Tin

HuiChang Hill Tin Industry Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Compliant

Tin

Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Not Enrolled

Tin

Jiangxi Ketai Advanced Material Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Compliant

Tin

Magnu's Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda.

BRAZIL

Compliant

Tin

Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)

MALAYSIA

Compliant

Tin

Melt Metais e Ligas S.A.

BRAZIL

Compliant

Tin

Metallic Resources, Inc.

UNITED STATES

Compliant

Tin

Metallo-Chimique N.V.

BELGIUM

Compliant

Tin

Mineração Taboca S.A.

BRAZIL

Compliant

Tin

Minsur

PERU

Compliant

Tin

Mitsubishi Materials Corporation

JAPAN

Compliant

Tin

Modeltech Sdn Bhd

MALAYSIA

Not Enrolled

Tin

Nankang Nanshan Tin Manufactory Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Active


 

Tin

Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company

VIET NAM

Not Enrolled

Tin

O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.

THAILAND

Compliant

Tin

O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc.

PHILIPPINES

Compliant

Tin

Operaciones Metalurgical S.A.

BOLIVIA

Compliant

Tin

Phoenix Metal Ltd.

RWANDA

Not Enrolled

Tin

PT Aries Kencana Sejahtera

INDONESIA

Compliant

Tin

PT Artha Cipta Langgeng

INDONESIA

Compliant

Tin

PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya

INDONESIA

Compliant

Tin

PT Babel Inti Perkasa

INDONESIA

Compliant

Tin

PT Bangka Prima Tin

INDONESIA

Compliant

Tin

PT Bangka Tin Industry

INDONESIA

Compliant

Tin

PT Belitung Industri Sejahtera

INDONESIA

Compliant

Tin

PT Bukit Timah

INDONESIA

Compliant

Tin

PT Cipta Persada Mulia

INDONESIA

Compliant

Tin

PT DS Jaya Abadi

INDONESIA

Compliant

Tin

PT Eunindo Usaha Mandiri

INDONESIA

Compliant

Tin

PT Inti Stania Prima

INDONESIA

Compliant

Tin

PT Justindo

INDONESIA

Not Enrolled

Tin

PT Karimun Mining

INDONESIA

Compliant

Tin

PT Kijang Jaya Mandiri

INDONESIA

Compliant

Tin

PT Mitra Stania Prima

INDONESIA

Compliant

Tin

PT O.M. Indonesia

INDONESIA

Compliant

Tin

PT Panca Mega Persada

INDONESIA

Compliant

Tin

PT Prima Timah Utama

INDONESIA

Compliant

Tin

PT Refined Bangka Tin

INDONESIA

Compliant

Tin

PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa

INDONESIA

Compliant

Tin

PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa

INDONESIA

Compliant

Tin

PT Sukses Inti Makmur

INDONESIA

Compliant

Tin

PT Sumber Jaya Indah

INDONESIA

Compliant

Tin

PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Kundur

INDONESIA

Compliant

Tin

PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Mentok

INDONESIA

Compliant

Tin

PT Tinindo Inter Nusa

INDONESIA

Compliant

Tin

PT Tommy Utama

INDONESIA

Compliant

Tin

PT Wahana Perkit Jaya

INDONESIA

Compliant

Tin

Resind Indústria e Comércio Ltda.

BRAZIL

Compliant


 

Tin

Rui Da Hung

TAIWAN

Compliant

Tin

Soft Metais Ltda.

BRAZIL

Compliant

Tin

Thaisarco

THAILAND

Compliant

Tin

Tuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company

VIET NAM

Not Enrolled

Tin

VQB Mineral and Trading Group JSC

VIET NAM

Compliant

Tin

White Solder Metalurgia e Mineração Ltda.

BRAZIL

Compliant

Tin

Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Active

Tin

Yunnan Tin Company Limited

CHINA

Compliant

Tungsten

A.L.M.T. TUNGSTEN Corp.

JAPAN

Compliant

Tungsten

ACL Metais Eireli

BRAZIL

Not Enrolled

Tungsten

Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd.

VIET NAM

Compliant

Tungsten

Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Compliant

Tungsten

Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Compliant

Tungsten

Dayu Weiliang Tungsten Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Not Enrolled

Tungsten

Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Compliant

Tungsten

Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Compliant

Tungsten

Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Compliant

Tungsten

Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Compliant

Tungsten

Ganzhou Yatai Tungsten Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Not Enrolled

Tungsten

Global Tungsten & Powders Corp.

UNITED STATES

Compliant

Tungsten

Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Compliant

Tungsten

H.C. Starck GmbH

GERMANY

Compliant

Tungsten

H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co.KG

GERMANY

Compliant

Tungsten

Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Compliant

Tungsten

Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. Wuji

CHINA

Compliant

Tungsten

Hunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Compliant

Tungsten

Hydrometallurg, JSC

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Compliant

Tungsten

Japan New Metals Co., Ltd.

JAPAN

Compliant

Tungsten

Jiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Compliant

Tungsten

Jiangxi Dayu Longxintai Tungsten Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Not Enrolled

Tungsten

Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Compliant

Tungsten

Jiangxi Minmetals Gao'an Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Not Enrolled

Tungsten

Jiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Compliant


 

Tungsten

Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Compliant

Tungsten

Jiangxi Xiushui Xianggan Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Compliant

Tungsten

Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Compliant

Tungsten

Kennametal Fallon

UNITED STATES

Compliant

Tungsten

Kennametal Huntsville

UNITED STATES

Compliant

Tungsten

Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Compliant

Tungsten

Moliren Ltd

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Compliant

Tungsten

Niagara Refining LLC

UNITED STATES

Compliant

Tungsten

Nui Phao H.C. Starck Tungsten Chemicals Manufacturing LLC

VIET NAM

Compliant

Tungsten

Philippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc.

PHILIPPINES

Compliant

Tungsten

South-East Nonferrous Metal Company Limited of Hengyang City

CHINA

Compliant

Tungsten

Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd.

VIET NAM

Compliant

Tungsten

Vietnam Youngsun Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.

VIET NAM

Compliant

Tungsten

Wolfram Bergbau und Hütten AG

AUSTRIA

Compliant

Tungsten

Woltech Korea Co., Ltd.

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

Compliant

Tungsten

Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Compliant

Tungsten

Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Compliant

Tungsten

Xinfeng Huarui Tungsten & Molybdenum New Material Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Compliant

Tungsten

Xinhai Rendan Shaoguan Tungsten Co., Ltd.

CHINA

Compliant

 

 

Country of Origin List:

 

This list below sets out possible countries of origin of 3TGs used in the manufacture of products containing conflict minerals that are necessary to the functionality or production of our products. The list is based on publicly available information, our reasonable country of origin investigation, and other due diligence. For the reasons described in the Report, however, these possible countries of origin cannot necessarily be linked to our products:

 

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Columbia, Cote D’Ivoire, Czech Republic, Djibouti, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Guyana, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Kazakhstan, Laos, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Namibia, Netherlands, Nigeria, Peru, Portugal, Russia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Suriname, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, Vietnam, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.