EX-1.01 2 a17-14146_1ex1d01.htm EX-1.01

EXHIBIT 1.01

 

VEECO INSTRUMENTS INC.

CONFLICT MINERALS REPORT

FOR YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2016

 

This Conflict Minerals Report (this “Report”) of Veeco Instruments Inc., including its subsidiaries (collectively, “Veeco” or “we” or “our”) has been prepared pursuant to Rule 13p-1 and Form SD promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 for the reporting period January 1, 2016 through December 31, 2016 (the “Reporting Period”).

 

Rule 13p-1, through Form SD, requires the disclosure of certain information if a company manufactures or contracts to manufacture products for which certain “Conflict Minerals” (as defined below) are necessary to the functionality or production of such products. Form SD defines “Conflict Minerals” as: (i) columbite-tantalite (or coltan), cassiterite, gold and wolframite, or their derivatives, which are currently limited to tantalum, tin and tungsten; or (ii) any other mineral or its derivatives determined by the U.S. Secretary of State to be financing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or an adjoining country (collectively, the “Covered Countries”). Veeco’s operations, including the operations of its consolidated subsidiaries, may at times manufacture, or contract to manufacture, products for which Conflict Minerals are necessary to the functionality or production of those products (collectively, its “products” and, individually, a “product”). As required by Form SD, Veeco has conducted a good faith reasonable country of origin inquiry regarding the Conflict Minerals included in its products during the Reporting Period, which are referred to in this Report as the “Covered Minerals,” to determine whether any of such Covered Minerals originated in the Covered Countries and/or whether any of such Covered Minerals may be from recycled or scrap sources. Where applicable, Veeco has conducted additional due diligence regarding the sources of the Covered Minerals. The results of Veeco’s reasonable country of origin inquiry regarding the Covered Minerals, as well as its additional due diligence regarding the sources of the Covered Minerals, are contained in this Report.

 

I.                                        Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry (“RCOI”)

 

Prior to initiating our RCOI, we retained a regulatory compliance information management company to assist in structuring the process and administering data collection.  Our inquiry began with a review of all of our suppliers.  We focused our RCOI on the relevant suppliers that, due to the nature of their business, utilize Covered Minerals.  We provided these suppliers with a questionnaire based on the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition-Global e-Sustainability Initiative Conflict Minerals Common Reporting Template (the “EICC-GeSI Template”). The EICC-GeSI Template is regarded as the most commonly accepted reporting tool for conflict minerals content and sourcing information worldwide and was developed by several of the world’s leading consumer electronics companies.  The questionnaire asked the suppliers, among other things, to disclose the origin of any Covered Minerals used in their manufacturing processes and to identify the Covered Minerals processing facilities within their supply chain.  We also asked them, if accurate, to represent that their Covered Minerals did not originate from a Covered Country.  We reviewed questionnaires received for completeness and consistency of answers.  Many of our suppliers’ responses were company level declarations and therefore it is possible that the information they provided includes smelters/refiners whose Covered Minerals are not utilized in our products.  Certain surveyed suppliers reported that the Covered Minerals identified in their supply chain originated from recycled or scrap sources and thus did not require further due diligence.

 

Our RCOI process was reasonably designed and performed in good faith, but there are inherent limitations in the information provided to us by third parties, including the possibility of information being inaccurate, incomplete or falsified despite our efforts to validate and confirm the information.

 

II.                                   Design of Due Diligence Framework

 

Our due diligence approach was designed to conform in all material respects with the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas: Third Edition (“OECD Guidance”).  The OECD Guidance is an internationally-recognized due diligence framework consisting of a multi-step, risk-based process, certain aspects of which differ depending in part on the position of a company in the supply chain. Veeco is a “downstream” company, which refers to supply chain participants from the smelter to the retailer, in contrast to those “upstream,” that is, from the mine to the smelter. Key elements of Veeco’s due diligence approach are described below.

 

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III.                              Due Diligence Measures Undertaken

 

Veeco’s due diligence measures performed include, but are not limited to, the following:

 

·                  Reporting to senior management on suppliers’ responses to our conflict minerals information requests, including updates on monitoring and tracking corrective action and risk mitigation efforts (where applicable);

 

·                  Communicating our policy on Conflict Minerals to suppliers and our commitments and requirements expected of our suppliers, supported by email and phone dialogues. A copy of our policy is publicly available at http://ir.veeco.com/corporate-governance/overview;

 

·                  Using a third party service, comparing smelters and refiners identified by suppliers to (i) the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (the “Template”) developed by the Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative (“CFSI”) which lists validated conflict free and verified facilities and (ii) the US Department of Commerce list of all known conflict mineral processing facilities worldwide;

 

·                  Conducting our own supplemental research on smelters and refiners identified by our suppliers; and

 

·                  Developing a risk mitigation plan that allows for continued trade with a supplier during the supplier’s risk mitigation efforts.

 

IV.                               Product Description

 

The products subject to this Report are Veeco process equipment and services (including spare parts) primarily sold to make electronic devices including light emitting diodes, power electronics, wireless devices, hard disk drives and semiconductors and include Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition Systems, Gas and Vapor Delivery Control Systems, Molecular Beam Epitaxy Systems, Fast Array Scanning Atomic Layer Deposition Systems, Precision Surface Processing Systems, Ion Beam Deposition Systems, Ion Beam Etch Systems and Precision Lapping and Slicing and Dicing Systems.

 

V.                                    Product Determination

 

Based on the information obtained pursuant to the due diligence process (as described above), Veeco does not have sufficient information at this time to determine whether all of our products are conflict free.  However, the suppliers who responded to our questionnaire gave no indication that the Covered Minerals they source directly or indirectly financed or benefitted armed groups in the Covered Countries.  Due to the manner in which our suppliers disclosed country of origin information, we do not believe that all of the countries of origin named by our suppliers are actually in our supply chain.

 

VI.                               Smelter / Refiner and Country of Origin

 

Based solely on information that was provided by our suppliers (as described above), some of which was on an entity level basis without specification as to the specific Covered Minerals Veeco purchased, and without independent verification, Veeco identified the following smelters/refiners used by Veeco suppliers that have (i) achieved Conflict Free designation by the CFSI (the “Conflict Free Designated Smelters and Refiners”) or (ii) an audit program recognized by CFSI or are actively in the process of obtaining the Conflict Free designation, or for which we independently obtained country of origin information (the “In Process Smelters and Refiners”):

 

Conflict Free Designated Smelters and Refiners

 

Advanced Chemical Company

 

Gold

Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.

 

Gold

Al Etihad Gold Refinery DMCC

 

Gold

Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G.

 

Gold

Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC)

 

Gold

AngloGold Ashanti Córrego do Sítio Mineração

 

Gold

Argor-Heraeus S.A.

 

Gold

Asahi Pretec Corp.

 

Gold

 

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Asahi Refining Canada Ltd.

 

Gold

Asahi Refining USA Inc.

 

Gold

Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.

 

Gold

AU Traders and Refiners

 

Gold

Aurubis AG

 

Gold

Bangko Sentral Ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines)

 

Gold

Boliden AB

 

Gold

C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG

 

Gold

CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada Corporation

 

Gold

Chimet S.p.A.

 

Gold

Daejin Indus Co., Ltd.

 

Gold

Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd.

 

Gold

DODUCO GmbH

 

Gold

Dowa

 

Gold

DSC (Do Sung Corporation)

 

Gold

Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd.

 

Gold

Elemetal Refining, LLC

 

Gold

Emirates Gold DMCC

 

Gold

Heimerle + Meule GmbH

 

Gold

Heraeus Ltd. Hong Kong

 

Gold

Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG

 

Gold

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

 

Gold

Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd.

 

Gold

Istanbul Gold Refinery

 

Gold

Japan Mint

 

Gold

Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd.

 

Gold

JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant

 

Gold

JSC Uralelectromed

 

Gold

JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.

 

Gold

Kazzinc

 

Gold

Kennecott Utah Copper LLC

 

Gold

Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd.

 

Gold

Korea Zinc Co., Ltd.

 

Gold

Kyrgyzaltyn JSC

 

Gold

LS-NIKKO Copper Inc.

 

Gold

Materion

 

Gold

Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd.

 

Gold

Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd.

 

Gold

Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd.

 

Gold

Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd.

 

Gold

Metalor Technologies S.A.

 

Gold

Metalor USA Refining Corporation

 

Gold

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

 

Gold

Mitsubishi Materials Corporation

 

Gold

Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.

 

Gold

MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd.

 

Gold

 

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Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant

 

Gold

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

 

Gold

Nihon Material Co., Ltd.

 

Gold

Ögussa Österreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH

 

Gold

Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd.

 

Gold

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

 

Gold

OJSC Novosibirsk Refinery

 

Gold

PAMP S.A.

 

Gold

Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals

 

Gold

PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk

 

Gold

PX Précinox S.A.

 

Gold

Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd.

 

Gold

Republic Metals Corporation

 

Gold

Royal Canadian Mint

 

Gold

Samduck Precious Metals

 

Gold

SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH

 

Gold

Schone Edelmetaal B.V.

 

Gold

SEMPSA Joyería Platería S.A.

 

Gold

Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd.

 

Gold

Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd.

 

Gold

Singway Technology Co., Ltd.

 

Gold

SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals

 

Gold

Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp.

 

Gold

Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.

 

Gold

T.C.A S.p.A

 

Gold

Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.

 

Gold

The Refinery of Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd.

 

Gold

Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd.

 

Gold

Torecom

 

Gold

Umicore Brasil Ltda.

 

Gold

Umicore Precious Metals Thailand

 

Gold

Umicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals Refining

 

Gold

United Precious Metal Refining, Inc.

 

Gold

Valcambi S.A.

 

Gold

Western Australian Mint trading as The Perth Mint

 

Gold

Wieland Edelmetalle GmbH

 

Gold

Yamamoto Precious Metal Co., Ltd.

 

Gold

Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd.

 

Gold

Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation

 

Gold

Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd. Gold Refinery

 

Gold

Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd.

 

Tantalum

Conghua Tantalum and Niobium Smeltry

 

Tantalum

D Block Metals, LLC

 

Tantalum

Duoluoshan

 

Tantalum

Exotech Inc.

 

Tantalum

 

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F&X Electro-Materials Ltd.

 

Tantalum

FIR Metals & Resource Ltd.

 

Tantalum

Global Advanced Metals Aizu

 

Tantalum

Global Advanced Metals Boyertown

 

Tantalum

Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd.

 

Tantalum

H.C. Starck Co., Ltd.

 

Tantalum

H.C. Starck GmbH Goslar

 

Tantalum

H.C. Starck GmbH Laufenburg

 

Tantalum

H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH

 

Tantalum

H.C. Starck Inc.

 

Tantalum

H.C. Starck Ltd.

 

Tantalum

H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG

 

Tantalum

Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd.

 

Tantalum

Hi-Temp Specialty Metals, Inc.

 

Tantalum

Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.

 

Tantalum

Jiangxi Tuohong New Raw Material

 

Tantalum

JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

 

Tantalum

Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd.

 

Tantalum

Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.

 

Tantalum

Kemet Blue Metals

 

Tantalum

Kemet Blue Powder

 

Tantalum

King-Tan Tantalum Industry Ltd.

 

Tantalum

LSM Brasil S.A.

 

Tantalum

Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd.

 

Tantalum

Mineração Taboca S.A.

 

Tantalum

Mitsui Mining & Smelting

 

Tantalum

Molycorp Silmet A.S.

 

Tantalum

Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.

 

Tantalum

Plansee SE Liezen

 

Tantalum

Plansee SE Reutte

 

Tantalum

Power Resources Ltd.

 

Tantalum

QuantumClean

 

Tantalum

Resind Indústria e Comércio Ltd.

 

Tantalum

RFH Tantalum Smeltry Co., Ltd.

 

Tantalum

Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO

 

Tantalum

Taki Chemicals

 

Tantalum

Telex Metals

 

Tantalum

Tranzact, Inc.

 

Tantalum

Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC

 

Tantalum

XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd.

 

Tantalum

Yichun Jin Yang Rare Metal Co., Ltd.

 

Tantalum

Zhuzhou Cemented Carbide Group Co., Ltd.

 

Tantalum

Alpha

 

Tin

Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.

 

Tin

China Tin Group Co., Ltd.

 

Tin

Cooperativa Metalurgica de Rondônia Ltda.

 

Tin

 

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CV Ayi Jaya

 

Tin

CV Dua Sekawan

 

Tin

CV Gita Pesona

 

Tin

CV Serumpun Sebalai

 

Tin

CV Tiga Sekawan

 

Tin

CV United Smelting

 

Tin

CV Venus Inti Perkasa

 

Tin

Dowa

 

Tin

Elmet S.L.U.

 

Tin

EM Vinto

 

Tin

Fenix Metals

 

Tin

Gejiu Fengming Metallurgy Chemical Plant

 

Tin

Gejiu Jinye Mineral Company

 

Tin

Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd.

 

Tin

Guanyang Guida Nonferrous Metal Smelting Plant

 

Tin

HuiChang Hill Tin Industry Co., Ltd.

 

Tin

Jiangxi Ketai Advanced Material Co., Ltd.

 

Tin

Magnu’s Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltd.

 

Tin

Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)

 

Tin

Melt Metais e Ligas S.A.

 

Tin

Metallic Resources, Inc.

 

Tin

Metallo-Chimique N.V.

 

Tin

Mineração Taboca S.A.

 

Tin

Minsur

 

Tin

Mitsubishi Materials Corporation

 

Tin

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

 

Tin

O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc.

 

Tin

Operaciones Metalurgical S.A.

 

Tin

PT Aries Kencana Sejahtera

 

Tin

PT Artha Cipta Langgeng

 

Tin

PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya

 

Tin

PT Babel Inti Perkasa

 

Tin

PT Bangka Prima Tin

 

Tin

PT Bangka Tin Industry

 

Tin

PT Belitung Industri Sejahtera

 

Tin

PT Bukit Timah

 

Tin

PT Cipta Persada Mulia

 

Tin

PT DS Jaya Abadi

 

Tin

PT Eunindo Usaha Mandiri

 

Tin

PT Inti Stania Prima

 

Tin

PT Justindo

 

Tin

PT Karimun Mining

 

Tin

PT Kijang Jaya Mandiri

 

Tin

PT Lautan Harmonis Sejahtera

 

Tin

PT Mitra Stania Prima

 

Tin

PT O.M. Indonesia

 

Tin

 

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PT Panca Mega Persada

 

Tin

PT Prima Timah Utama

 

Tin

PT Refined Bangka Tin

 

Tin

PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa

 

Tin

PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa

 

Tin

PT Sukses Inti Makmur

 

Tin

PT Sumber Jaya Indah

 

Tin

PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Kundur

 

Tin

PT Timah (Persero) Tbk Mentok

 

Tin

PT Tinindo Inter Nusa

 

Tin

PT Tommy Utama

 

Tin

PT Wahana Perkit Jaya

 

Tin

Resind Indústria e Comércio Ltda.

 

Tin

Rui Da Hung

 

Tin

Soft Metais Ltda.

 

Tin

Thaisarco

 

Tin

VQB Mineral and Trading Group JSC

 

Tin

White Solder Metalurgia e Mineração Ltda.

 

Tin

Yunnan Tin Company Limited

 

Tin

ALMT Tungsten Corp.

 

Tungsten

Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd.

 

Tungsten

Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.

 

Tungsten

Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd.

 

Tungsten

Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd.

 

Tungsten

Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.

 

Tungsten

Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd.

 

Tungsten

Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd.

 

Tungsten

Global Tungsten & Powders Corp.

 

Tungsten

Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.

 

Tungsten

H.C. Starck GmbH

 

Tungsten

H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co.KG

 

Tungsten

Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.

 

Tungsten

Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. (Wuji)

 

Tungsten

Hunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

 

Tungsten

Hydrometallurg, JSC

 

Tungsten

Japan New Metals Co., Ltd.

 

Tungsten

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

 

Tungsten

Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd.

 

Tungsten

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

 

Tungsten

Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.

 

Tungsten

Jiangxi Xiushui Xianggan Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

 

Tungsten

Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd.

 

Tungsten

Kennametal Fallon

 

Tungsten

Kennametal Huntsville

 

Tungsten

Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd.

 

Tungsten

Moliren Ltd.

 

Tungsten

 

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Niagara Refining LLC

 

Tungsten

Nui Phao H.C. Starck Tungsten Chemicals Manufacturing LLC

 

Tungsten

Philippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc.

 

Tungsten

South-East Nonferrous Metal Company Limited of Hengyang City

 

Tungsten

Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd.

 

Tungsten

Unecha Refractory Metals Plant

 

Tungsten

Vietnam Youngsun Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.

 

Tungsten

Wolfram Bergbau und Hütten AG

 

Tungsten

Woltech Korea Co., Ltd.

 

Tungsten

Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd.

 

Tungsten

Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd.

 

Tungsten

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

 

Tungsten

Xinhai Rendan Shaoguan Tungsten Co., Ltd.

 

Tungsten

 

In Process Smelters and Refiners

 

Abington Reldan Metals, LLC

 

Gold

Bangalore Refinery

 

Gold

Cendres + Métaux S.A.

 

Gold

Geib Refining Corporation

 

Gold

KGHM Polska Miedź Spółka Akcyjna

 

Gold

Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat

 

Gold

Tony Goetz NV

 

Gold

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

 

Tin

Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC

 

Tin

Gejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd.

 

Tin

Nankang Nanshan Tin Manufactory Co., Ltd.

 

Tin

Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

 

Tin

 

Based solely on information that was provided by our suppliers (as described above), some of which was on an entity level basis without specification as to the specific Covered Minerals Veeco purchased, and without independent verification, Veeco believes that the countries of origin of the Covered Minerals for the above listed facilities include:

 

Argentina, Australia Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Cote D’Ivoire, Czech Republic, Djibouti, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia, Germany, Guyana, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Japan, Kazakhstan, Laos, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, Namibia, Nigeria, Peru, Portugal, Russia, Sierra Leone, 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.

 

Based solely on information that was provided by our suppliers (as described above), some of which was on a company level basis without specification as to the specific Covered Minerals Veeco purchased, and without independent verification, Veeco identified the following validated smelters/refiners whose country of origin information is not available.  We continue to engage with our suppliers to determine the source of Covered Minerals processed at the following facilities and to engage in efforts to determine the mine or location of origin of the Covered Minerals used with greater specificity.

 

Acade Noble Metal (Zhao Yuan) Corporation

 

Gold

Academy Precious Metal Materials (Zhaoyuan) Co. Ltd.

 

Gold

 

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Adesto Technologies

 

Gold

Advanced Interconnections Corporation

 

Gold

AGoSI

 

Gold

AirBorn, Inc.

 

Gold

AnHui LangSi Technical Co., Ltd.

 

Gold

Anhui Tongling Nonferrous Pioneer Metals Corporation

 

Gold

Baitin Nonferrous Metals Corporation (BNMC)

 

Gold

Baiyin Nonferrous Group Co., Ltd.

 

Gold

Bangkok Assay office Co., Ltd.

 

Gold

Birmingham Metal

 

Gold

Capax Technologies

 

Gold

Casa da Moeda do Brasil

 

Gold

China Sino-Platinum Metals Co., Ltd.

 

Gold

Danyang Huaxing Metal Material Co. Ltd.

 

Gold

Emirates Gold

 

Gold

Engelhard London

 

Gold

Gaoyao Hetai Gold Mine Co., Ltd.

 

Gold

Gejiu Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co., Ltd.

 

Gold

Gold and Silver Refining Strokes Ltd.

 

Gold

Guandong Jinding Material Co., Ltd.

 

Gold

GuangDdong JinDing High-Tech Materials Company

 

Gold

Guangdong Jinding Advanced Materials Co., Ltd.

 

Gold

Guangdong Macro Jin Precious Metal Smelting

 

Gold

GuangZHou Jin Ding

 

Gold

Gwo Chern industrial Co. Ltd.

 

Gold

Hang Seng Technology

 

Gold

Hawkins Inc.

 

Gold

HeNan LingBao Jin Kuan

 

Gold

Henan Middle Plain Gold Smelt

 

Gold

Henan Middle Plain Smelt

 

Gold

Henan Yuguang Gold & Lead Co., Ltd.

 

Gold

Henan Zhongyuan Gold Smelter Co., Ltd.

 

Gold

Heraeus Metals Hong Kong Ltd.

 

Gold

Heraeus Precious Metals North America LLC (Newark)

 

Gold

Heraeus Zhaoyuan (Changshu) Electronic Materials Co., Ltd.

 

Gold

HeTai Gold Mineral GuangDong Co., Ltd.

 

Gold

Hon Hai Precision Inc.

 

Gold

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

 

Gold

House of Currency of Brazil

 

Gold

House of Currency of Brazil (Casa da Moeda do Brazil)

 

Gold

Hung Cheong Metal Manufacturing Limited

 

Gold

Hutti Gold Mines Co.

 

Gold

Ishifuku Tokyo Melters

 

Gold

Italpreziosi S.p.A.

 

Gold

 

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Jin Jinyin Refining Co., Ltd.

 

Gold

Jin Jinyin Refining Company Limited

 

Gold

Jinchang

 

Gold

Jinlong Copper Co., Ltd.

 

Gold

JSC “Aurat”

 

Gold

K.A. Rasmussen AS

 

Gold

KeeShing

 

Gold

Kosak Seiren

 

Gold

Kovohut P’bram

 

Gold

Linbao Gold Co., Ltd.

 

Gold

Luo yang Zijin Yinhui Metal Smelt Co Ltd.

 

Gold

Masuda Sangyo Co., Ltd.

 

Gold

Materion Advanced Materials Technologies And Services Taiwan Co., Ltd.

 

Gold

Mead Metals

 

Gold

Metalor Technologies (Deutschland) GmbH

 

Gold

Metalor Technologies (Japan) Corp.

 

Gold

MPF

 

Gold

Nihon Superior Co., Ltd.

 

Gold

Ningxia Nonferrous Metal Smeltery

 

Gold

Nippon-Aleph Corporation

 

Gold

Nyrstar Metal

 

Gold

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

 

Gold

Precious Metal Sales Corp.

 

Gold

PT Aries Kencana Sejahtera

 

Gold

Realized the Enterprise Co. Ltd.

 

Gold

Rio Tinto Group

 

Gold

Samdock Metal

 

Gold

Sanmenxia Lingbao Jinyuan Mining Co., Ltd.

 

Gold

Shan Dong Huangjin

 

Gold

Shan Tou Shi Yong Yuan Shu Zai Sheng Co., Ltd.

 

Gold

Shandon Jin Jinyin Refining Limited

 

Gold

Shandong Hengbang Smelter Co., Ltd

 

Gold

Shandong Huangin

 

Gold

ShanDong Huangjin Group Co. Ltd.

 

Gold

Shandong Humon Smelting Co., Ltd.

 

Gold

Shandong Penglai Gold Smelter

 

Gold

Shandong Yanggu Xiangguang Co. Ltd.

 

Gold

Shandong Zhongkuang Group Co, Ltd.

 

Gold

Shangdong Humon Smelting Co., Ltd.

 

Gold

Sheffield Smelting Co., Ltd.

 

Gold

Shenzhen City Wynn Electroplating Products Co., Ltd.

 

Gold

Shenzhen Fujun Material Technology Co., Ltd.

 

Gold

Shenzhen Heng Zhong Industry Co., Ltd.

 

Gold

 

10



 

Shenzhen Kuril Metal Company

 

Gold

Shenzhen Zhonghenglong Real Industry Co., Ltd.

 

Gold

Shi Fu Metal Industrial

 

Gold

Sino Gold Mining Ltd.

 

Gold

Sino-Platinum Metals Co., Ltd.

 

Gold

Stender Electronic Materials Co., Ltd.

 

Gold

Sumisho Materials Corporation

 

Gold

Suntain

 

Gold

Super Dragon technology Co., Ltd.

 

Gold

SuZhou ShenChuang Recycling Ltd.

 

Gold

Taicang City Nancang Metal Material Co., Ltd.

 

Gold

Tantalum Mining Corp. of Canada Ltd.

 

Gold

The Gold Smelter of Guangdong

 

Gold

Viagra Di Precious Metals (Zhaoyuan) Co., Ltd.

 

Gold

WAM Technologies Taiwan Co., Ltd.

 

Gold

Wantabe Electric

 

Gold

Wantabe Plating

 

Gold

Williams/Williams Brewster

 

Gold

Wuzhong Group

 

Gold

Yamato Denki Ind. Co., Ltd.

 

Gold

Yantai the Country Large Safina High-Tech Environmental Refinery Co. Ltd.

 

Gold

Yunnan Metallurical

 

Gold

Yunsin

 

Gold

Zhaojinjinyinyelian

 

Gold

Zhaojun Maifu

 

Gold

Zhaoyuan Li Fu Industrial

 

Gold

Zhaoyuan Lifushiye Co., Ltd.

 

Gold

Zhe Jiang Guang Yuan Noble Metal Smelting Factory

 

Gold

Zhongkuang Gold Industry Co., Ltd.

 

Gold

Zhongshan Poison Material Proprietary Co., Ltd.

 

Gold

Zijian Kuang Ye Refinery

 

Gold

Advanced Metallurgical Group N.V. (AMG)

 

Tantalum

ALMT

 

Tantalum

AMG (Advanced Metallurgical Group)

 

Tantalum

Anhui Herrman Impex Co.

 

Tantalum

Avon Specialty Metals

 

Tantalum

Bohler Schmiedetechn

 

Tantalum

Cabot Corporation

 

Tantalum

China National Nonferrous

 

Tantalum

Designed Alloy Produ

 

Tantalum

Guizhou Zhenhua Xinyun Technology Ltd.

 

Tantalum

H.C. Starck Tantalum and Niobium GmbH Goslar

 

Tantalum

Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.

 

Tantalum

Huntington Alloys Corp.

 

Tantalum

 

11



 

Jiangxi Tungsten Industry Group Co. Ltd.

 

Tantalum

KME Germany GmbH & Co. KG

 

Tantalum

Nantong Tongjie Electrical Co., Ltd.

 

Tantalum

NPM Silmet AS

 

Tantalum

Plansee

 

Tantalum

PM Kalco Inc.

 

Tantalum

Shanghai Jiangxi Metals Co. Ltd.

 

Tantalum

American Iron and Metal S.E.C.

 

Tin

AMP Display Inc.

 

Tin

Ampere Polska Sp. Zo. (trader)

 

Tin

Anhui Xinke New Materials Co., Ltd.

 

Tin

ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor

 

Tin

Arco Alloys

 

Tin

BH Electronics

 

Tin

C. Hafner GmbH+Co.KG

 

Tin

Carpenter Technologies

 

Tin

Changzhou Galaxy Century Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.

 

Tin

Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining Metallurgy Co., Ltd.

 

Tin

Chernan Technology

 

Tin

CHIA FAR

 

Tin

China Huaxi Group Nandan

 

Tin

Chofu Works

 

Tin

Cintas Metalicas S.A.

 

Tin

CJSC Chukotka Mining and Geological Company

 

Tin

Cohen Alloys Ltd.

 

Tin

Colonial Metals, Inc.

 

Tin

Continental

 

Tin

CORTEKS

 

Tin

CRM Sybrgies S.L.

 

Tin

Daiki Aluminium Industry (Thailand) Co., Ltd.

 

Tin

Dongguan Qiandao

 

Tin

Electroloy Metal (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.

 

Tin

Federal Metal Company

 

Tin

Felder GmbH — Löttechnik

 

Tin

Ferro Alloys de México, S.A. de C.V.

 

Tin

Frys Metals Inc /dba Alpha

 

Tin

Fuji Metal Mining Corp.

 

Tin

Full Armor Industries (Shares) Ltd.

 

Tin

GA AVRIL

 

Tin

Galloo N.V.

 

Tin

Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province on the Jewish Xinmao Tin Co., Ltd.

 

Tin

Gejiu Gold Smelter Minerals Co., Ltd.

 

Tin

Gejiu Yunxi Group Corp.

 

Tin

Gejiu Yunxin Colored

 

Tin

 

12



 

Global Advanced Metals USA Inc.

 

Tin

Gomat e.Kfm.

 

Tin

Grant Manufacturing and Alloying, LLC

 

Tin

Guangxi Crystal Union Photoelectric Materials Co., Ltd.

 

Tin

Guangxi Zhongshan Jin Yi Smelting Co., Ltd.

 

Tin

H. Kramer & Co.

 

Tin

Harada Metal Industry Co. Ltd.

 

Tin

HeChi Metallurgical Chemical Factory

 

Tin

Hezhou Jinwei Tin Co., Ltd.

 

Tin

High-Tech Co., Ltd. Taiwan

 

Tin

Hijos Juan de Garay, S.A.

 

Tin

Hikaru Suites Ltd.

 

Tin

Honeywell Electronic Materials, Inc.

 

Tin

Hong Qiao Co., Ltd.

 

Tin

Hongqiao Metals (Kunshan) Co., Ltd.

 

Tin

Huahong Co., Ltd.

 

Tin

Huanggang City Tongding Metal Material Co., Ltd.

 

Tin

Hunan Xianghualing Tin

 

Tin

IMC-MetalsAmerica, LLC

 

Tin

Incesa Indústria de Componentes Elétricos Ltd.

 

Tin

Ind. Minera Mexico

 

Tin

Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Company Limited

 

Tin

Jau Janq Enterprise Co., Ltd.

 

Tin

Jewish Xinmao Tin Co., Ltd.

 

Tin

JIA WANG Technology Solder Product

 

Tin

Jiangmen Huayuan Industry Co. Ltd.

 

Tin

Jiangyinshi Yizheng Mechnaics Co, Ltd.

 

Tin

Jost Josef KG Westfalenzinn

 

Tin

Ju Tai Industrial Co., Ltd.

 

Tin

Kahanna Traders & Engineers

 

Tin

Kobe Steel, Ltd., Chofu Works

 

Tin

Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd.

 

Tin

Kunshan City Xin Tongding Metal Materials Co., Ltd.

 

Tin

Kunshan Shenghan

 

Tin

Lead-Free Solder Smelter

 

Tin

Lee Ku Industrial Company Limited

 

Tin

Lian Xing Plating Factory

 

Tin

MacDermid GmbH

 

Tin

Magnesium Elekton Inc.

 

Tin

Manaas Meyerlargical

 

Tin

Materials Eco-Refining Co. Ltd.

 

Tin

Matsuo nn da Ltd.

 

Tin

MBO-Doublink Solders Co., Ltd.

 

Tin

Mecomsa, S.A. de C.V.

 

Tin

 

13



 

MENTPL

 

Tin

Metahub Industries Sdn. Bhd.

 

Tin

Met-AL

 

Tin

Metallum Metal Trading AG

 

Tin

Metropolitan Alloys Corp.

 

Tin

Minchai Metal Indust

 

Tin

Minchali Metal Industry Co., Ltd.

 

Tin

Ming Li Jia Smelt Metal Factory

 

Tin

Misue Tin Smelter and Refinery

 

Tin

Nantong Chun Yuan Electronicsind Co., Ltd.

 

Tin

Ningbo Jintian Copper (Group) Co., Ltd.

 

Tin

Old City Metals Processing Co., Ltd.

 

Tin

OOO SKAT

 

Tin

Outotec Ausmelt Pty Ltd.

 

Tin

Palm International

 

Tin

Persang Alloy Industries

 

Tin

Productos Minerales del Norte S.A. de C.V.

 

Tin

Protek Devices LP

 

Tin

PT Menara Cipta Mulia

 

Tin

PT NATARI

 

Tin

Quan Kai Shiye(gu)youxian Gongsi

 

Tin

Recial - Reciclagem de Alumínios, SA

 

Tin

Redsun Metal Ind. Co., Ltd. (Smelter Not Listed)

 

Tin

Ritchey Metals

 

Tin

San-Etsu Metals

 

Tin

Saxonia Edelmetallrecyling

 

Tin

Settu Chemical Industry

 

Tin

Shan Tou Shi Yong Yuan Jin Shu Zai Sheng Co. Ltd.

 

Tin

Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd.

 

Tin

Shantou Xi Kuang

 

Tin

Shaoxing Tianlong Tin Materials

 

Tin

Shapiro

 

Tin

Shemao Technology, Inc.

 

Tin

Shenzhen City Thai Industrial Co., Ltd.

 

Tin

Shenzhen Honghe Yunguan Tin Co., Ltd.

 

Tin

Sinasahi Solder (M) Sdn. Bhd.

 

Tin

Sipi Metals Corp.

 

Tin

So Accurate Refining Group, Inc.

 

Tin

Solder Coat Co.

 

Tin

Solnet Metal Industry Co., Ltd

 

Tin

Spectro Alloys

 

Tin

SPTE

 

Tin

Stretti

 

Tin

Super Dragon Technology Co. Ltd.

 

Tin

 

14



 

Superior Technology (Shenzen) Co. Ltd.

 

Tin

Suzhou Nuonengda Chemical Co., Ltd.

 

Tin

Tai Nian Gao Keji Gufen Youxian Gongsi

 

Tin

Taicang City Nancang Metal Material Co., Ltd

 

Tin

Taicang Nancang Metal Material Co., Ltd

 

Tin

Taiwan Huanliang

 

Tin

Taiwan Qinggao Qiye You Xian Gong Si

 

Tin

Talcang City Nankang Metal Materila Co., Ltd

 

Tin

TAP

 

Tin

Teck Metals Ltd.

 

Tin

Tennant Metals Pty Ltd.

 

Tin

Termomecanica

 

Tin

Three Green Surface Technology Limited Company

 

Tin

Tianjin Environmental Protection Co., Ltd.

 

Tin

Tianshui Longbo Business & Trade Co., Ltd.

 

Tin

Tim Plating Gejiu

 

Tin

Todini and Co. SPA

 

Tin

Ton Yi Industrial Corporation

 

Tin

Top-Team Technology (Shen Zhen) Limited

 

Tin

Trafilerie Carlo Gnutti S.p.A.

 

Tin

Traxys North America LLC

 

Tin

Trialco

 

Tin

Uni Bros Metal Pte. Ltd.

 

Tin

Untracore Co., Ltd.

 

Tin

Walcownia Metali Nieżelaznych “Łabędy” S.A.

 

Tin

Wang Yu Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

 

Tin

Welley

 

Tin

Westmetall GmbH & Co. KG

 

Tin

Wind Yunnan Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

 

Tin

WKK

 

Tin

Wu Jiang Shi Boyi Dian Duchang

 

Tin

Wu Xi Shi Yi Zheng Ji Xie She Bei Company

 

Tin

Wujiang City Luxe Tin Factory

 

Tin

Xiamen Hongfa Electroacoustic Co., Ltd.

 

Tin

Xiamen Tungsten Co. Ltd.

 

Tin

Xianghualing Tin Industry Co., Ltd.

 

Tin

Xianghualing Tin Minerals

 

Tin

Ximao Tin Co. Ltd.

 

Tin

Xin Furukawa Metal (Wuxi) Co., Ltd.

 

Tin

Xinmao Xiye (Tin Company)

 

Tin

Yechiu Metal Smelting Sdn. Bhd.

 

Tin

YH

 

Tin

Yifeng Tin

 

Tin

Yifeng Tin Industry (Chenzhou) Co Ltd.

 

Tin

 

15



 

Yiquan Manufacturing

 

Tin

You Nai Tong Cai (Suzhou) Youxian Gongsi

 

Tin

Yuang Hsian Metal Industrial Corp.

 

Tin

YUCHENG

 

Tin

Yun Xi

 

Tin

Yunnan Chengo Electric Smelting Plant

 

Tin

YunNan GeJiu Jin Ye Mineral Co., Ltd.

 

Tin

YunNan Gejiu Yunxin Electrolyze Limited

 

Tin

Yunnan Industrial Co., Ltd.

 

Tin

Yunnan Metallurgical Group Co., Ltd.

 

Tin

Yunnan Tin Industry Refco Group Ltd.

 

Tin

Yunnan Xi YE

 

Tin

Yunnan Xiangyunfeilong NonFerrous Metals Co. Ltd.

 

Tin

YunXi

 

Tin

Zhongshan Jinye Smelting Co., Ltd.

 

Tin

Zhongshan Tin-King Co, Ltd.

 

Tin

Zhuhai Hongsheng Stannous Solder Manufacture Co., Ltd.

 

Tin

Zhuhai Quanjia

 

Tin

Zijin Copper Co., Ltd.

 

Tin

Zong Yang Shiye Youxian Gongsi

 

Tin

Advanced Technology & Materials Co., Ltd. (AT&M)

 

Tungsten

Advantech Co.

 

Tungsten

Aker Technology Co., Ltd.

 

Tungsten

Anhui Yingliu Group Inc.

 

Tungsten

Asha Enterprise

 

Tungsten

BAMSTC

 

Tungsten

BGH Edelstahl Lippendorf GmbH

 

Tungsten

BI Technologies Inc.

 

Tungsten

Ceratizit Deutschland GmbH

 

Tungsten

Changsha Saneway Electronics Materials Co., Ltd.

 

Tungsten

Chengtong Electrical Appliance Factory

 

Tungsten

China Minmetals Nonferrous Metals Holding Co., Ltd.

 

Tungsten

Chunbao Carbide Science & Technology Co., Ltd.

 

Tungsten

Cooper Santa

 

Tungsten

ERAMET

 

Tungsten

Evraz Stratcor, Inc.

 

Tungsten

Ganzhou Haichuang Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.

 

Tungsten

GESAC

 

Tungsten

H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG

 

Tungsten

Haynes International

 

Tungsten

Hunan Chuangda Metallurgy Group Co. Ltd.

 

Tungsten

IBG China

 

Tungsten

Ingichki Metals LLC

 

Tungsten

Jiangsu Hetian Technological Material Co., Ltd.

 

Tungsten

 

16



 

Jiangxi Tungsten Industry Co. Ltd.

 

Tungsten

Jilin Sichuan

 

Tungsten

Jinan Institute of Metallurgical Science

 

Tungsten

Luoyang Mudu Tungsten & Molybdenum Technology Co., Ltd.

 

Tungsten

Ning Hua Xing Luo Keng Tungsten Mining Co., Ltd.

 

Tungsten

Outokumpu VDM USA

 

Tungsten

Parmar Traders

 

Tungsten

Plansee SE Reutte

 

Tungsten

Saratovskoe Predpriyatie Promelectronika

 

Tungsten

Shanxi Taibai Factory

 

Tungsten

Special Metals

 

Tungsten

Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd.

 

Tungsten

Toshiba Material Co., Ltd.

 

Tungsten

Unecha Refractory Metals Plant

 

Tungsten

Voss Metals Company, Inc.

 

Tungsten

Wolfram Industrie GmbH

 

Tungsten

Zhangzhou Chuen Bao Apt Smeltery Co., Ltd.

 

Tungsten

Zhengzhou Shibo Nonferrous Metals Products Co., Ltd.

 

Tungsten

 

As Veeco’s engagement with the supply chain for its products evolves, the lists above may change to reflect improvements in the quality of information provided to Veeco.

 

VII.                          Independent Private Sector Audit

 

Not required for calendar year 2016.

 

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