SD

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM SD

Specialized Disclosure Report

NORTECH SYSTEMS INCORPORATED

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

Minnesota	0-13257	41-16810894
(State or other jurisdiction	(Commission	IRS Employer
of incorporation)	File Number)	Identification No.)

7050 Meridian Circle N, Suite 150

Maple Grove, MN 55369

(Address of principal executive offices)

(952) 345-2244

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed from last 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 (17CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2018.

Section 1 — Conflict Minerals Disclosure

Item 1.01 Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report

Nortech Systems Incorporated (the “Company”) has prepared and filed a Conflict Minerals Report for the reporting period January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018, which is provided as an Exhibit hereto and is publicly available at http://www.nortechsys.com/wp-content/uploads/Conflict-Minerals-Disclosure.pdf.

Item 1.02 Exhibit

The Company has filed, as Exhibit 1.01 to this Specialized Disclosure Report on Form SD, a Conflict Minerals Report.

Section 2 — Exhibits

Item 2.01 Exhibits

Exhibit 1.01 - Conflict Minerals Report as required by Items 1.01 and 1.02 of this Form.

SIGNATURES

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 duly authorized undersigned.

Date: May 29, 2019
	Nortech Systems Incorporated
	(Registrant)
	/s/ Constance Beck
	Constance Beck, Chief Financial Officer

2

EX-1.01

Exhibit 1.01

Conflict Minerals Report May 29, 2019

Nortech is a full-service electronics manufacturing (EMS) provider of wire and cable assemblies, printed circuit boards assemblies and higher-level complete box build assemblies for a wide range of industries. Metallic forms of tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold (“Conflict Minerals”) are present in some of the products, components, and materials we purchase and are necessary to the functionality of many of the products we manufacture.  We do not buy any ores directly, nor do we directly purchase these processed metals in their raw form.

Nortech’s corporate policy regarding Conflict Minerals and disclosure regarding whether any Conflict Minerals necessary to the functionality or production of a product originated in Covered Countries is made public on our website at:   http://www.nortechsys.com/about-nortech/quality-regulatory-compliance/conflict-minerals-policy/

Design of Due Diligence Framework

Our due diligence procedures are in compliance with the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas (Third Edition) and its supplements.

Nortech’s policy regarding Conflict Minerals was communicated to employees internally and to suppliers externally via e-mail and posted to our website.

Our cross functional conflict minerals team was established to carry out the necessary due diligence and reporting requirements.  The team currently includes the following roles:

Team Members:	Document Specialist
	Global Supplier Quality Manager
Executive Sponsors:	President & CEO
	Chief Financial Officer

Due Diligence Measures Performed

Our RCOI (reasonable country of origin inquiry) and due diligence procedures include the following:

·Due to the size of the Nortech’s sourcing functions, we focused on our largest suppliers that provide components and materials directly incorporated into our final products, ranked by the amount the Company spends with each such supplier, and the suppliers that had the highest probability of supplying us with products or components containing Conflict Minerals (e.g. electronics).

·We surveyed relevant suppliers representing over 90% of our total company supplier spend on components and materials directly incorporated into our final products.

·Relevant suppliers were evaluated to identify whether the products, materials, or components supplied to Nortech contain Conflict Minerals.

·Data was collected directly from suppliers using the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template developed by the Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI) formerly known as CFSI.

·Supplier declarations were reviewed for completeness, accuracy and conformance to Nortech requirements.

·An escalation process was initiated with relevant suppliers who were nonresponsive after the initial contact was made, or whose initial response was incomplete, unclear or nonconforming.

Analysis of Supplier Survey Responses

·We were unable to confirm through our RCOI that Conflict Minerals contained in our products did not originate from the Covered Countries or were from recycled/scrap materials. Therefore we conducted due diligence on the processing facilities identified by our suppliers and prepared this Conflict Minerals Report.

·Conflict minerals information from some suppliers was presented to Nortech at a “company-level” rather than a Nortech product-specific response. As a result, it is likely that our lists of smelters, refiners and countries of origin (discussed below) include sources that are not in our supply chain.

Due Diligence Results

·Suppliers that responded to our survey provided lists of smelters and refiners on which we conducted due diligence.

·Our due diligence process included comparing the supplier-provided names of smelters/refiners against lists of audited and verified smelters and refiners from CFSI, LBMA, RJC, TI-CMC and the US Department of Commerce. The lists of smelters and refiners are included as Table 1.

·Certain suppliers identified Kaloti Precious Metals, Sudan Gold Refinery, Tony Goetz NV, Universal Precious Metals Refining Zambia, African Gold Refinery, and Fidelity Printers and Refiners as sources of gold in their supply chains. These refineries are not audited by the CFSI and public information indicates the possibility that these are high-risk facilities. Because the conflict minerals information from these suppliers was presented to Nortech as “company-level” responses rather than Nortech product-specific responses, it is uncertain if these facilities are actually in our supply chain.  As part of our due diligence process, Nortech implemented our risk mitigation plan for the subject suppliers, engaging them to conduct additional research on whether these facilities are, in reality, present in our supply chain. At this time, those suppliers have not completed their investigation.  If we determine that material sourced from these facilities is present in Nortech’s supply chain, we will work with our suppliers to explore alternatives.

·Country of origin information was obtained where reasonably available to Nortech and is presented as Table 2.

CMRT Reporting to our customers.

·Nortech issues a standard response using the EICC CMRT.

Third Party Audits of Processing Facilities

·Nortech does not conduct audits of smelters or refiners.   We support the Responsible Mineral Initiative’s Conflict Free Smelter program through our corporate policy and procurement requirements by encouraging suppliers to source from audited facilities.

Annual Reporting

·In accordance with the OECD Guidance and the Rule, this report is available on our website: www.nortechsys.com

Declaration

·Based on our due diligence results, Nortech has determined that our products are ‘DRC Conflict Undeterminable’.

Independent Private Sector Audit

·Not required for reporting year 2018.

Limitations

Conflict Minerals sourcing and traceability information is limited at this time.  Moreover , there are inherent limitations and risks in the information that is available.  We are reliant on the information provided to us by our suppliers and industry initiatives such as the CFSI.  Our processes are intended to provide reasonable assurance - not absolute certainty- about the identification of processing facilities and the sources of their ores.

Table 1: Smelters/Refiners

Gold Smelters/Refiners

Metalor Technologies S.A.

Royal Canadian Mint

Abington Reldan Metals, LLC

Advanced Chemical Company

Western Australian Mint (T/a The Perth Mint)

Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.

Al Etihad Gold Refinery DMCC

Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G.

Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC)

AngloGold Ashanti Corrego do Sitio Mineracao

Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd.

Argor-Heraeus S.A.

Asahi Pretec Corp.

Asahi Refining Canada Ltd.

Asahi Refining USA Inc.

Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.

AU Traders and Refiners

Aurubis AG

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines)

Boliden AB

C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG

CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada Corporation

Cendres + Metaux S.A.

Yunnan Copper Industry Co., Ltd.

Chimet S.p.A.

Daejin Indus Co., Ltd.

DSC (Do Sung Corporation)

DODUCO Contacts and Refining GmbH

Dowa

Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd.

OJSC Novosibirsk Refinery

Heimerle + Meule GmbH

Heraeus Metals Hong Kong Ltd.

Heraeus Precious Metals GmbH & Co. KG

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

Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd.

Istanbul Gold Refinery

Japan Mint

Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd.

JSC Uralelectromed

JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.

Kazzinc

Kennecott Utah Copper LLC

Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd.

Kyrgyzaltyn JSC

LS-NIKKO Copper Inc.

Materion

Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd.

Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd.

Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd.

Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd.

Metalor USA Refining Corporation

Metalurgica Met-Mex Penoles S.A. De C.V.

Mitsubishi Materials Corporation

Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.

Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant

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

Nihon Material Co., Ltd.

Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd.

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

PAMP S.A.

Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals

PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk

PX Precinox S.A.

Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd.

Samduck Precious Metals

SEMPSA Joyeria Plateria S.A.

Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd.

Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd.

Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd.

SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals

Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp.

Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.

Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.

The Refinery of Shandong Gold Mining Co., Ltd.

Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd.

Torecom

Umicore Brasil Ltda.

Umicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals Refining

United Precious Metal Refining, Inc.

Valcambi S.A.

Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd.

Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation

Gold Refinery of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd.

SAFINA A.S.

Umicore Precious Metals Thailand

Geib Refining Corporation

MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd.

KGHM Polska Miedz Spolka Akcyjna

Singway Technology Co., Ltd.

Emirates Gold DMCC

T.C.A S.p.A

Korea Zinc Co., Ltd.

TOO Tau-Ken-Altyn

SAAMP

L’Orfebre S.A.

SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH

WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH

Ogussa Osterreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH

GCC Gujrat Gold Centre Pvt. Ltd.

Sai Refinery

Universal Precious Metals Refining Zambia

Modeltech Sdn Bhd

Morris and Watson Gold Coast

Degussa Sonne / Mond Goldhandel GmbH

Pease & Curren

SungEel HiMetal Co., Ltd.

Bangalore Refinery

Caridad

Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd.

Refinery of Seemine Gold Co., Ltd.

Great Wall Precious Metals Co., Ltd. of CBPM

Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited

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

Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd.

HwaSeong CJ CO., LTD.

Kaloti Precious Metals

Kazakhmys Smelting LLC

L’azurde Company For Jewelry

Lingbao Gold Co., Ltd.

Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co., Ltd.

Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd.

Morris and Watson

Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat

Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd.

REMONDIS PMR B.V.

Sabin Metal Corp.

Samwon Metals Corp.

Sudan Gold Refinery

Tony Goetz NV

Yamakin Co., Ltd.

African Gold Refinery

Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.

Chugai Mining

DS PRETECH Co., Ltd.

Fidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd.

HeeSung Metal Ltd.

Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.

Hunan Guiyang yinxing Nonferrous Smelting Co., Ltd.

Italpreziosi

Kyshtym Copper-Electrolytic Plant ZAO

Marsam Metals

NH Recytech Company

Planta Recuperadora de Metales SpA

QG Refining, LLC

Safimet S.p.A

State Research Institute Center for Physical Sciences and Technology

JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant

8853 S.p.A.

Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.

Tantalum Smelters/Refiners

Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.

Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd.

D Block Metals, LLC

Exotech Inc.

F&X Electro-Materials Ltd.

FIR Metals & Resource Ltd.

Global Advanced Metals Aizu

Global Advanced Metals Boyertown

Guangdong Rising Rare Metals-EO Materials Ltd.

Guangdong Zhiyuan New Material Co., Ltd.

H.C. Starck Co., Ltd.

H.C. Starck Hermsdorf GmbH

H.C. Starck Inc.

H.C. Starck Ltd.

H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG

H.C. Starck Tantalum and Niobium GmbH

Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd.

Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.

Jiangxi Tuohong New Raw Material

Jiujiang Janny New Material Co., Ltd.

JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd.

Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.

KEMET Blue Metals

KEMET Blue Powder

LSM Brasil S.A.

Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd.

Mineracao Taboca S.A.

Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.

Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.

NPM Silmet AS

Power Resources Ltd.

QuantumClean

Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.

RFH Tantalum Smeltery Co., Ltd./Yanling Jincheng Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.

Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO

Taki Chemical Co., Ltd.

Telex Metals

Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC

XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd.

Tin Smelters/Refiners

Metallo Belgium N.V.

Minsur

Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd.

Thaisarco

Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)

CV Venus Inti Perkasa

PT Artha Cipta Langgeng

Mineracao Taboca S.A.

PT Refined Bangka Tin

Yunnan Tin Company Limited

PT Mitra Stania Prima

PT Timah Tbk Kundur

PT Timah Tbk Mentok

PT Tinindo Inter Nusa

White Solder Metalurgia e Mineracao Ltda.

PT Rajehan Ariq

PT Bangka Prima Tin

CV United Smelting

PT Bukit Timah

PT DS Jaya Abadi

PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa

PT Prima Timah Utama

EM Vinto

CV Ayi Jaya

Fenix Metals

Operaciones Metalurgicas S.A.

PT Bangka Tin Industry

PT Belitung Industri Sejahtera

China Tin Group Co., Ltd.

PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya

PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa

Rui Da Hung

PT Inti Stania Prima

Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

PT Menara Cipta Mulia

Guangdong Hanhe Non-Ferrous Metal Co., Ltd.

PT Aries Kencana Sejahtera

Alpha

An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company

Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.

CV Dua Sekawan

CV Gita Pesona

Dowa

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

Estanho de Rondonia S.A.

Gejiu Fengming Metallurgy Chemical Plant

Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC

Gejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd.

Gejiu Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co., Ltd.

Guanyang Guida Nonferrous Metal Smelting Plant

HuiChang Hill Tin Industry Co., Ltd.

Huichang Jinshunda Tin Co., Ltd.

Jiangxi New Nanshan Technology Ltd.

Magnu’s Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda.

Melt Metais e Ligas S.A.

Metallic Resources, Inc.

Metallo Spain S.L.U.

Mitsubishi Materials Corporation

Modeltech Sdn Bhd

Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company

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

O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc.

PT Babel Inti Perkasa

PT Karimun Mining

PT Kijang Jaya Mandiri

PT Panca Mega Persada

PT Premium Tin Indonesia

PT Sukses Inti Makmur

PT Sumber Jaya Indah

PT Tommy Utama

Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.

Soft Metais Ltda.

Super Ligas

Tuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company

Chifeng Dajingzi Tin Industry Co., Ltd.

Pongpipat Company Limited

PT Babel Surya Alam Lestari

PT Bangka Serumpun

Tin Technology & Refining

PT Tirus Putra Mandiri

Thai Nguyen Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.

Tungsten Smelters/Refiners

A.L.M.T. Corp.

ACL Metais Eireli

Chenzhou Diamond Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.

Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd.

Fujian Jinxin Tungsten Co., Ltd.

Ganzhou Haichuang Tungsten Co., Ltd.

Ganzhou Huaxing Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.

Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd.

Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd.

Global Tungsten & Powders Corp.

Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.

H.C. Starck Smelting GmbH & Co. KG

H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH

Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.

Hunan Chuangda Vanadium Tungsten Co., Ltd. Wuji

Hunan Chunchang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.

Hunan Litian Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.

Hydrometallurg, JSC

Japan New Metals Co., Ltd.

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

Jiangxi Dayu Longxintai Tungsten Co., Ltd.

Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd.

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

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

Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.

Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd.

Kennametal Fallon

Kennametal Huntsville

Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd.

Moliren Ltd.

Niagara Refining LLC

Masan Tungsten Chemical LLC (MTC)

Philippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc.

South-East Nonferrous Metal Company Limited of Hengyang City

Tejing (Vietnam) Tungsten Co., Ltd.

Unecha Refractory metals plant

Wolfram Bergbau und Hutten AG

Woltech Korea Co., Ltd.

Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd.

Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd.

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

Xinhai Rendan Shaoguan Tungsten Co., Ltd.

Table 2:  Aggregated Countries of Origin

ANDORRA

AUSTRALIA

AUSTRIA

BELGIUM

BOLIVIA (PLURINATIONAL STATE OF)

BRAZIL

CANADA

CHILE

CHINA

CZECHIA

ESTONIA

FRANCE

GERMANY

INDIA

INDONESIA

ITALY

JAPAN

KAZAKHSTAN

KOREA, REPUBLIC OF

KYRGYZSTAN

LITHUANIA

MACEDONIA, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF

MALAYSIA

MEXICO

MYANMAR

NETHERLANDS

NEW ZEALAND

PERU

PHILIPPINES

POLAND

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

SAUDI ARABIA

SINGAPORE

SOUTH AFRICA

SPAIN

SUDAN

SWEDEN

SWITZERLAND

TAIWAN, PROVINCE OF CHINA

THAILAND

TURKEY

UGANDA

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

UZBEKISTAN

VIET NAM

ZAMBIA

ZIMBABWE