Exhibit 1.01
National Instruments Corporation
Conflict Minerals Report
For the Reporting Period from January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2015
This Conflict Minerals Report (the “Report”) of National Instruments Corporation (“NI”, “we”, “us” or “our”) has been prepared pursuant to Rule 13p-1 and Form SD (the “Rule”) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, for the reporting period January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2015.
The Rule requires disclosure of certain information when a company manufactures or contracts to manufacture products and the minerals specified in the Rule are necessary to the functionality or production of those products. The specified minerals are referred to as “Conflict Minerals” are gold, columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite and wolfamite, including their derivatives which are limited to tantalum, tin and tungsten. The “Covered Countries” for purposes of the Rule and this Report are the Democratic Republic of Congo (the “DRC”), the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, South Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia and Angola.
DESCRIPTION OF DUE DILIGENCE
For calendar year 2015, NI has undertaken in good faith a reasonable country of origin inquiry reasonably designed to determine the country of origin of Conflict Minerals necessary to the functionality or production of NI Products. The objective of the inquiry was to collect accurate, complete, and actionable Conflict Minerals data and information in support of the conflict minerals due diligence process from applicable direct suppliers of NI’s spend on components used to build NI’s hardware products. NI applied certain minimum threshold levels of the respective supplier spend to exclude certain insignificant suppliers from the scope of the inquiry.
In connection with its inquiry, NI surveyed its direct suppliers by collecting suppliers' Conflict Minerals policy statements and/or Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC)/Global e-sustainability Initiative (GeSI) Conflict Free Smelter (CFS) declarations. This data collection process included research of supplier websites, directly contacting suppliers via email, phone or facsimile as needed, and following up on any missing data or non-responsive suppliers. NI then performed quality inspection on documents and information received from suppliers and validated the responses by reviewing the completeness of the survey, obtaining additional responses if necessary, resolving discrepancies (such as metal type, address, and contact info), if any, between smelters as provided by the supplier and EICC standard smelter list, and determining which smelters are validated as conflict-free as part of the Conflict-Free Smelter Program.
NI then collects, stores, and analyzes the data through its commercially licensed software applications.
Following NI’s reasonable country of origin inquiry, NI elected to design a diligence process intended to comply with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High Risk Areas Five Step Framework in order to conduct further due diligence to determine the source and chain of custody of any Conflict Minerals in its supply chain. The OECD Due Diligence Guide is an internationally recognized due diligence framework that satisfies the SEC’s criteria.
The OECD Due Diligence Framework includes:
Step 1: Establish strong company management systems
Step 2: Identify and assess risks in the supply chain
Step 3: Design and implement a strategy to respond to identified risks
Step 4: Carry out independent 3 rd party audit of smelter/refiner/s due diligence practices
Step 5: Report annually on supply chain due diligence
DETAILS OF DUE DILIGENCE :
Step 1 : Establish Strong Company Management Systems.
A. | Adopt and Communicate a Company Policy on Conflict Minerals |
1. | Adopt a Position Statement |
NI adopted a company policy regarding Conflict Minerals. The NI position statement is publicly available on its website at ni.com/conflictminerals. |
2. | Communicate Position Statement to the Public |
NI communicated its position regarding Conflict Minerals to the public by making its position statement available online at ni.com/conflictminerals as noted above. |
These website addresses are included for reference only. Any information contained on NI’s website is not incorporated by reference into this report. |
3. | Communicate Position Statement to Suppliers |
NI communicated its position statement on Conflict Minerals to its suppliers in various ways. First, NI communicated its CM position statement to its suppliers in its Supplier Handbook, available online at ni.com/company/suppliers/supplierhandbook.htm, which is designed to inform potential and existing suppliers about the Company. Second, NI reached out to its suppliers directly to inform them of its Conflict Minerals position and its expectations. In addition, NI notifies its new suppliers about conflict minerals and communicates its Conflict Minerals position to them through its supplier assessment and all new direct suppliers to NI are assessed for their ability to provide reliable data regarding the country of origin for Conflict Minerals. Finally, NI requests that its suppliers abide by the NI Supplier Code of Conduct that is intended to be based on the EICC Code of Conduct. |
B. | Structure internal management to support supply chain due diligence. |
NI structured its internal management to support its supply chain due diligence by: |
- | Establishing a Conflict Minerals Working Group with representatives from Engineering, Manufacturing, Procurement, and Legal areas. This Conflict Minerals Working Group meets regularly and is responsible for the day-to-day activities of building a Conflict Minerals compliance program and conducting the due diligence efforts; and |
- | Establishing a Conflict Minerals Compliance Group, which includes the Conflict Minerals Working Group and additional representatives from Engineering, Manufacturing, Procurement, Finance and Legal management. The Conflict Minerals Compliance Group meets periodically to receive updates regarding NI’s due diligence from the Conflict Minerals Working Group. |
C. | Establish a system of controls and transparency over the mineral supply chain. |
NI implemented a system of controls and transparency over its supply chain in order to trace and identify Conflict Minerals in NI’s supply chain. |
A description of NI’s due diligence process during calendar year 2015 is set forth above under the heading “Description of Due Diligence”. |
D. | Strengthen company engagement with suppliers. |
NI continued to strengthen its engagement regarding Conflict Minerals with its suppliers in anticipation of calendar year 2015 by: |
- | Including a provision on responsible sourcing of minerals in NI’s standard terms and conditions of purchase when such terms are up for renewal, which are incorporated into NI’s agreements with its suppliers. |
- | Offering information and guidance on conflict minerals to NI’s suppliers during quarterly business reviews as needed. |
- | Offering assistance to NI’s suppliers in filling out the EICC/GeSI form when requested. |
E. | Establish a company-level, or industry-wide, grievance mechanism as an early-warning risk-awareness system. |
NI maintains an ethics hotline pursuant to which any employee company-wide may report any concerns involving conflict minerals, either electronically or by phone. |
Step 2 : Identify and assess risk in the supply chain.
NI identified and assessed risk in its supply chain by:
Using commercially licensed software tools, NI (1) analyzes the EICC declaration data to see if any Conflict Minerals exist, and (2) determines their smelter origin and performs a comprehensive smelter analysis. NI can then manage the smelter information from the smelter lists in EICC/GeSI’s Conflict Free Smelter Program, and use that information to determine compliance. |
Step 3 : Design and implement a strategy to respond to identified risks.
Per NI’s position statement, in the event that Conflict Minerals from the Covered Countries which benefit armed groups are found in the NI supply chain, NI will take appropriate actions in a timely manner to resolve the situation. If a supplier’s performance fails to meet minimum requirements, including not being able to source minerals responsibly, NI will issue a performance improvement plan (PIP). A PIP clearly identifies the area(s) of improvement required and provides a specific time period for improvement for the supplier. If a supplier receives a PIP, they are required to develop a comprehensive program for improvement and lasting sustainability of the corrective action. Once a supplier’s performance has improved, NI will provide written notification of PIP closure. If the supplier does not improve during the PIP period, the supplier may be subjected to a reduction in business, no new business, or disengagement from business with NI.
Step 4 : Carry out independent third-party audit of supply chain due diligence at identified points in the supply chain.
NI continues to be a member of the EICC Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative (CFSI), an internationally recognized audit organization, which supports international conflict minerals audits.
Step 5 : Report on supply chain due diligence.
NI is publicly reporting on its due diligence through its an annual filing of this Form SD as required by the law. These documents are available at: http://investor.ni.com/
Findings and Conclusions
Based on the information that was provided by the suppliers that NI surveyed and otherwise obtained through the due diligence process, NI believes that, to the extent reasonably determinable by NI, the facilities that were used to process the Conflict Minerals contained in the Covered Products included 300 identified facilities that are listed in the EICC-GeSI template as “known smelters or refineries” (collectively, “Known Smelters or Refineries”). Of these 300 Known Smelters or Refineries, 213 received a “conflict free” designation from an independent third party audit program as of March 31, 2016. Based on CFSI data, of the 300 smelters and refiners identified, 22 are known to be sourcing from the Covered Countries. All 22 smelters are certified conflict-free by CFSI. However, based on these due diligence efforts, NI does not have sufficient information to conclusively determine the countries of origin of the Conflict Minerals contained in the Covered Products or whether the Conflict Minerals in the Covered Products are from recycled or scrap sources. NI continues to work with suppliers throughout its supply chain to re-validate, improve, and refine their reported information, taking into account supply chain fluctuations and other changes in status or scope and relationships over time.
NI believes that, to the extent reasonably determinable, the facilities that were used to process the Conflict Minerals contained in the Covered Products included the smelters and refiners listed in the table below. This table includes only facilities that are Known Smelters or Refineries.
Smelter Name | Smelter Country | |
Gold | Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
Gold | Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G. | GERMANY |
Gold | AngloGold Ashanti Córrego do Sítio Mineração | BRAZIL |
Gold | Argor-Heraeus S.A. | SWITZERLAND |
Gold | Asahi Pretec Corp. | JAPAN |
Gold | Asaka Riken Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
Gold | Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S. | TURKEY |
Gold | Aurubis AG | GERMANY |
Gold | Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines) | PHILIPPINES |
Gold | Boliden AB | SWEDEN |
Gold | C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG | GERMANY |
Gold | CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada Corporation | CANADA |
Gold | Ögussa Österreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH | AUSTRIA |
Gold | The Refinery of Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
Gold | Umicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals Refining | BELGIUM |
Gold | Umicore Brasil Ltda. | BRAZIL |
Gold | Valcambi S.A. | SWITZERLAND |
Gold | United Precious Metal Refining, Inc. | UNITED STATES |
Gold | Western Australian Mint trading as The Perth Mint | AUSTRALIA |
Gold | Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. | JAPAN |
Gold | Umicore Precious Metals Thailand | THAILAND |
Gold | Heimerle + Meule GmbH | GERMANY |
Gold | Heraeus Ltd. Hong Kong | CHINA |
Gold | Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG | GERMANY |
Gold | Yamamoto Precious Metal Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
Gold | Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
Gold | Istanbul Gold Refinery | TURKEY |
Gold | Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
Gold | Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation | CHINA |
Gold | Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd. Gold Refinery | CHINA |
Gold | Nihon Material Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
Gold | Elemetal Refining, LLC | UNITED STATES |
Gold | Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
Gold | OJSC "The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant" (OJSC Krastsvetmet) | RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
Gold | PAMP S.A. | SWITZERLAND |
Gold | Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals | RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
Gold | PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk | INDONESIA |
Gold | LS-NIKKO Copper Inc. | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF |
Gold | Materion | UNITED STATES |
Gold | Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
Gold | Japan Mint | JAPAN |
Gold | Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd. | SINGAPORE |
Gold | Metalor Technologies S.A. | SWITZERLAND |
Gold | Metalor USA Refining Corporation | UNITED STATES |
Gold | Metalúrgica Met-Mex Peñoles S.A. De C.V. | MEXICO |
Gold | Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | Mitsubishi Materials Corporation | JAPAN |
Gold | Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
Gold | Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant | RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
Gold | Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.?. | TURKEY |
Gold | Asahi Refining USA Inc. | UNITED STATES |
Gold | JSC Uralelectromed | RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
Gold | Asahi Refining Canada Ltd. | CANADA |
Gold | JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant | RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
Gold | JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
Gold | Kazzinc | KAZAKHSTAN |
Gold | Kennecott Utah Copper LLC | UNITED STATES |
Gold | Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
Gold | Chimet S.p.A. | ITALY |
Gold | PX Précinox S.A. | SWITZERLAND |
Gold | Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd. | SOUTH AFRICA |
Gold | Royal Canadian Mint | CANADA |
Gold | Schone Edelmetaal B.V. | NETHERLANDS |
Gold | SEMPSA Joyería Platería S.A. | SPAIN |
Gold | Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | DODUCO GmbH | GERMANY |
Gold | Dowa | JAPAN |
Gold | Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
Gold | OJSC Novosibirsk Refinery | RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
Gold | Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals | RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
Gold | Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp. | TAIWAN |
Gold | Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd. | JAPAN |
Gold | MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd. | INDIA |
Gold | Republic Metals Corporation | UNITED STATES |
Gold | Singway Technology Co., Ltd. | TAIWAN |
Gold | Emirates Gold DMCC | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |
Gold | T.C.A S.p.A | ITALY |
Gold | Caridad | MEXICO |
Gold | Morris and Watson | NEW ZEALAND |
Gold | Guoda Safina High-Tech Environmental Refinery Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | Hwasung CJ Co., Ltd. | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF |
Gold | Kazakhmys Smelting LLC | KAZAKHSTAN |
Gold | Korea Metal Co., Ltd. | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF |
Gold | Chugai Mining | JAPAN |
Gold | SAMWON Metals Corp. | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF |
Gold | Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | Korea Zinc Co., Ltd. | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF |
Gold | Advanced Chemical Company | UNITED STATES |
Gold | Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC) | UZBEKISTAN |
Gold | Cendres + Métaux S.A. | SWITZERLAND |
Gold | SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH | GERMANY |
Gold | WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH | GERMANY |
Gold | Torecom | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF |
Gold | Faggi Enrico S.p.A. | ITALY |
Gold | Geib Refining Corporation | UNITED STATES |
Gold | Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat | UZBEKISTAN |
Gold | Samduck Precious Metals | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF |
Gold | Daejin Indus Co., Ltd. | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF |
Gold | DSC (Do Sung Corporation) | KOREA, REPUBLIC OF |
Gold | KGHM Polska Mied? Spó?ka Akcyjna | POLAND |
Gold | Aktyubinsk Copper Company TOO | KAZAKHSTAN |
Gold | Yunnan Copper Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | Great Wall Precious Metals Co., Ltd. of CBPM | CHINA |
Gold | Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited | CHINA |
Gold | Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | L'azurde Company For Jewelry | SAUDI ARABIA |
Gold | Kyrgyzaltyn JSC | KYRGYZSTAN |
Gold | Lingbao Gold Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | Sabin Metal Corp. | UNITED STATES |
Gold | Gansu Seemine Material Hi-Tech Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Gold | So Accurate Group, Inc. | UNITED STATES |
Gold | Al Etihad Gold Refinery DMCC | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |
Gold | Kaloti Precious Metals | UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |
Gold | Remondis Argentia B.V. | NETHERLANDS |
Tantalum | Resind Indústria e Comércio Ltda. | BRAZIL |
Tantalum | Telex Metals | UNITED STATES |
Tantalum | Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC | KAZAKHSTAN |
Tantalum | Taki Chemicals | JAPAN |
Tantalum | Yichun Jin Yang Rare Metal Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tantalum | Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tantalum | Hi-Temp Specialty Metals, Inc. | UNITED STATES |
Tantalum | Zhuzhou Cemented Carbide | CHINA |
Tantalum | Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tantalum | LSM Brasil S.A. | BRAZIL |
Tantalum | Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd. | INDIA |
Tantalum | Mineração Taboca S.A. | BRAZIL |
Tantalum | Mitsui Mining & Smelting | JAPAN |
Tantalum | Molycorp Silmet A.S. | ESTONIA |
Tantalum | JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tantalum | Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tantalum | King-Tan Tantalum Industry Ltd. | CHINA |
Tantalum | Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tantalum | QuantumClean | UNITED STATES |
Tantalum | RFH Tantalum Smeltry Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tantalum | Conghua Tantalum and Niobium Smeltry | CHINA |
Tantalum | Duoluoshan | CHINA |
Tantalum | Exotech Inc. | UNITED STATES |
Tantalum | F&X Electro-Materials Ltd. | CHINA |
Tantalum | Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO | RUSSIAN FEDERATION |
Tantalum | Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tantalum | D Block Metals, LLC | UNITED STATES |
Tantalum | FIR Metals & Resource Ltd. | CHINA |
Tantalum | Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tantalum | XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tantalum | Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tantalum | KEMET Blue Metals | MEXICO |
Tantalum | Plansee SE Liezen | AUSTRIA |
Tantalum | H.C. Starck Co., Ltd. | THAILAND |
Tantalum | H.C. Starck GmbH Goslar | GERMANY |
Tantalum | H.C. Starck GmbH Laufenburg | GERMANY |
Tantalum | H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH | GERMANY |
Tantalum | H.C. Starck Inc. | UNITED STATES |
Tantalum | H.C. Starck Ltd. | JAPAN |
Tantalum | H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG | GERMANY |
Tantalum | Plansee SE Reutte | AUSTRIA |
Tantalum | Global Advanced Metals Boyertown | UNITED STATES |
Tantalum | Global Advanced Metals Aizu | JAPAN |
Tantalum | KEMET Blue Powder | UNITED STATES |
Tantalum | Tranzact, Inc. | UNITED STATES |
Tin | PT Sukses Inti Makmur | INDONESIA |
Tin | Metallo-Chimique N.V. | BELGIUM |
Tin | Elmet S.L.U. | SPAIN |
Tin | PT Bangka Prima Tin | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT Cipta Persada Mulia | INDONESIA |
Tin | Resind Indústria e Comércio Ltda. | BRAZIL |
Tin | Thaisarco | THAILAND |
Tin | VQB Mineral and Trading Group JSC | VIET NAM |
Tin | White Solder Metalurgia e Mineração Ltda. | BRAZIL |
Tin | CV Venus Inti Perkasa | INDONESIA |
Tin | Magnu's Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda. | BRAZIL |
Tin | PT Wahana Perkit Jaya | INDONESIA |
Tin | Yunnan Tin Company Limited | CHINA |
Tin | PT Bangka Tin Industry | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT Belitung Industri Sejahtera | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT BilliTin Makmur Lestari | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT Bukit Timah | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT DS Jaya Abadi | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT Eunindo Usaha Mandiri | INDONESIA |
Tin | O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd. | THAILAND |
Tin | Operaciones Metalurgical S.A. | BOLIVIA |
Tin | PT Artha Cipta Langgeng | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT Babel Inti Perkasa | INDONESIA |
Tin | China Tin Group Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tin | Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC) | MALAYSIA |
Tin | Metallic Resources, Inc. | UNITED STATES |
Tin | Mineração Taboca S.A. | BRAZIL |
Tin | Minsur | PERU |
Tin | Mitsubishi Materials Corporation | JAPAN |
Tin | PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT Sumber Jaya Indah | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Kundur | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Mentok | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT Tinindo Inter Nusa | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT Tommy Utama | INDONESIA |
Tin | Jiangxi Ketai Advanced Material Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tin | Rui Da Hung | TAIWAN |
Tin | Alpha | UNITED STATES |
Tin | Cooperativa Metalurgica de Rondônia Ltda. | BRAZIL |
Tin | CV Gita Pesona | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT Justindo | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT Aries Kencana Sejahtera | INDONESIA |
Tin | CV Serumpun Sebalai | INDONESIA |
Tin | CV United Smelting | INDONESIA |
Tin | Dowa | JAPAN |
Tin | PT Mitra Stania Prima | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT Panca Mega Persada | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT Prima Timah Utama | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT Refined Bangka Tin | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa | INDONESIA |
Tin | EM Vinto | BOLIVIA |
Tin | Fenix Metals | POLAND |
Tin | Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tin | Soft Metais Ltda. | BRAZIL |
Tin | Melt Metais e Ligas S.A. | BRAZIL |
Tin | PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya | INDONESIA |
Tin | O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc. | PHILIPPINES |
Tin | PT Inti Stania Prima | INDONESIA |
Tin | CV Ayi Jaya | INDONESIA |
Tin | Gejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tin | Linwu Xianggui Ore Smelting Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tin | Estanho de Rondônia S.A. | BRAZIL |
Tin | Gejiu Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tin | An Thai Minerals Co., Ltd. | VIET NAM |
Tin | An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company | VIET NAM |
Tin | Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tin | Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC | CHINA |
Tin | Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tin | PT Karimun Mining | INDONESIA |
Tin | Feinhütte Halsbrücke GmbH | GERMANY |
Tin | Phoenix Metal Ltd. | RWANDA |
Tin | Electro-Mechanical Facility of the Cao Bang Minerals & Metallurgy JSC | VIET NAM |
Tin | Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company | VIET NAM |
Tin | Tuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company | VIET NAM |
Tin | CV Dua Sekawan | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT Tirus Putra Mandiri | INDONESIA |
Tin | Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co., Ltd. | CHINA |
Tin | PT Fang Di MulTindo | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT Alam Lestari Kencana | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT Bangka Kudai Tin | INDONESIA |
Tin | PT Bangka Timah Utama Sejahtera | INDONESIA |
The country of origin for the minerals from the smelters listed above are included in the table below.
Mineral Country of Origin | |
Angola | Laos |
Argentina | Luxembourg |
Australia | Madagascar |
Austria | Malaysia |
Belgium | Mongolia |
Bolivia | Mozambique |
Brazil | Myanmar |
Burundi | Namibia |
Cambodia | Netherlands |
Canada | Nigeria |
Central African Republic | Peru |
Chile | Portugal |
China | Republic of Congo |
Colombia | Russia |
Côte D'Ivoire | Rwanda |
Czech Republic | Sierra Leone |
Democratic Republic of Congo | Singapore |
Djibouti | Slovakia |
Ecuador | South Africa |
Egypt | South Korea |
Estonia | South Sudan |
Ethiopia | Spain |
France | Suriname |
Germany | Switzerland |
Guyana | Taiwan |
Hungary | Tanzania |
India | Thailand |
Indonesia | Uganda |
Ireland | United Kingdom |
Israel | United States of America |
Japan | Vietnam |
Kazakhstan | Zambia |
Kenya | Zimbabwe |
Future Steps
NI has communicated its expectations, as reflected in its Conflict Minerals Policy, to NI’s contract manufacturers and other suppliers. NI is currently focusing on validating the smelters that are not yet known to be conflict free and identifying suppliers who may need corrective action.
Additional Risk Factors
The statements above are based on the RCOI process and due diligence performed in good faith by NI. These statements are based on the infrastructure and information available at the time. A number of factors could introduce errors or otherwise affect NI’s Conflict Minerals status. These factors include, but are not limited to, gaps in supplier data, gaps in smelter data, errors or omissions by suppliers, errors or omissions by smelters, the definition of a smelter not being finalized at the end of the 2015 reporting period, all instances of Conflict Minerals necessary to the functionality or manufacturing of NI’s products possibly not yet having been identified, gaps in supplier education and knowledge, timeliness of data, public information not discovered during a reasonable search, errors in public data, language barriers and translation, supplier and smelter unfamiliarity with the protocol due to this being the first year for SEC disclosures for Section 1502 of Dodd-Frank, oversights or errors in conflict free smelter audits, Covered Countries sourced materials being declared secondary materials, companies going out of business in 2015, certification programs being not equally advanced for all industry segments and metals, and smuggling of Conflict Minerals from the Covered Countries to countries beyond the covered countries.