WORLD-CLASS QUALITY SINCE 1949

ARMEL Electronics is committed to the responsible sourcing of minerals through our supply chain, which consists of domestic suppliers located in the USA. In compliance with the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank”), we report annually to our customers on our use of conflict minerals (tantalum, tin, tungsten and gold) originating in the Democratic Republic of Congo (“DRC”) or any of the DRC’s adjoining countries in products manufactured by the company.

Underlying the Dodd-Frank disclosure requirements is a concern that conflict minerals originating in the DRC or adjoining countries may be mined and sold by armed groups to finance civil violence. These minerals can make their way into the supply chains of the products used by consumers and businesses around the world.   Tracing these minerals in the international supply chain is complex.  Fortunately, our domestic, USA-based supply chain helps minimize these risks.

We currently focus our compliance efforts in the following areas:

• Conducting a reasonable country of origin inquiry with our USA supply base as part of our conflict minerals due diligence process to ensure our suppliers full compliance.
• Utilizing the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (“OECD”) Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-risk Areas and, where appropriate, their five step framework for risk-based due diligence in the mineral supply chain.
• Verifying and reporting, through annual disclosures, our compliance with Dodd-Frank to the Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI) Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (CMRT).
• We always validate the country of origin and verify that our raw materials do not contain conflict minerals.
• Our suppliers must comply with any applicable laws and regulations regarding conflict minerals and assist us in meeting our obligations under law and regulations.

We recognize these rules have required, and will continue to require, time and effort on the part of our suppliers, and our company, and we are fully committed to ensuring full and complete compliance with ensuring no raw materials contain conflict minerals. 

If you have specific questions or would like additional information, please email info@armelelectronics.com.