Conflict Minerals Compliance

TUTCO SureHeat Conflict Minerals Statement

TUTCO SureHeat supports responsible mining practices.  As the violence and human rights violations continue in conflict regions, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) implemented reporting and disclosure requirements directed by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010.  Manufacturers are required to disclose specified minerals origin via a conflict minerals report.  The SEC maintains information for mining and smelting production of specified minerals.  Conflict minerals are Gold, Tin, Tantalum, and Tungsten, the derivatives of Cassiterite, Columbite-Tantalite, and Wolframite.  The U.S. Secretary of State may designate other minerals in the future.  

TUTCO SureHeat Commitment:

• Support the objectives of the U.S. legislation on the supply of conflict minerals
• Do not knowingly procure specified metals that originate from sources in the conflict region
• Ensure our suppliers are sourcing from mines and smelters outside the Conflict Regions
• Provide written evidence documenting that raw materials used to produce Gold, Tin, Tantalum and Tungsten, used in the materials to manufacture components and products supplied to TUTCO SureHeat, originate from outside the conflict region or from mines or smelters certified as conflict free
• Take appropriate actions to transition the product to a conflict free vendor if found in violation