UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM SD

Specialized Disclosure Report

MARINE PRODUCTS CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

1-16263

58-2572419

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

2801 Buford Highway NE, Suite 300, Atlanta, Georgia 30329

(Full mailing address of executive offices)

Michael L. Schmit

    

(404) 321-2140

(Name and telephone number, including area code, of the person to contact in connection with this report.)

Check the appropriate box to indicate the rule pursuant to which the form is being filed, and provide the period to which this form is being filed:

Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2023.

Rule 13q-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17CFR 240.13q-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2023.


Section 1 – Conflict Minerals Disclosure

Item 1.01 Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report

This Specialized Disclosure Form (Form SD) of Marine Products Corporation and its subsidiaries (“Marine Products” or “the Company”) is filed pursuant to Rule 13p-1 (the “Rule”) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The Rule requires disclosure of certain information when a company manufactures or contracts to manufacture products where the minerals specified in the Rule are necessary to the functionality or production of those products. Additional information is required where the Company has reason to believe that the minerals originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (“DRC”) and certain adjoining countries (collectively, the “Covered Countries”). The specified minerals are gold, columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite, and wolframite, including their derivatives, which are limited to tantalum, tin and tungsten (collectively, the “Conflict Minerals”).

In accordance with the Rule, the Company evaluated its products and determined that during calendar year 2023 certain products it contracted to manufacture may have contained tin, tungsten, tantalum and/or gold (“3TG”). As required by the Rule, the Company conducted a good faith reasonable country of origin inquiry regarding the Conflict Minerals by sending a questionnaire adapted from the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition and Global e-Sustainability Initiative (“EICC/GeSI”) Conflict Minerals Reporting Template to all the direct suppliers of products that may contain Conflict Minerals. The EICC/GeSI Template is designed to confirm the use of Conflict Minerals in the covered products, to identify the source of the Conflict Minerals, and to determine whether any of the Conflict Minerals originated in the Covered Countries, or from recycled, or scrap sources.

Conflict Minerals Disclosure

The Company’s Conflict Minerals Report is filed as an exhibit herewith and is available on the Company’s website at www.marineproductscorp.com under the Governance section.

Item 1.02 Exhibit

Conflict Minerals Report required by Item 1.01 is filed as an exhibit to this Form SD.

Section 3 – Exhibits

Item 3.01 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.

Marine Products Corporation

(Registrant)

/s/ Michael L. Schmit

May 24, 2024

Michael L. Schmit

Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Corporate Secretary

(Date)


EXHIBIT 1.01

Graphic

CONFLICT MINERALS REPORT

This report has not been subject to an independent private sector audit.

(1)

Company Overview

Marine Products Corporation (“Marine Products” or “the Company”) manufactures fiberglass motorized boats distributed and marketed through its independent dealer network. Marine Products’ product offerings include Chaparral sterndrive, outboard and Robalo outboard sport fishing boats.

(2)

Conflict minerals and Covered Countries

“Conflict Minerals” or “3TG” are gold, columbite-tantalite (coltan), cassiterite, wolframite or their derivatives, which are limited to tantalum, tin, and tungsten.  “Covered Countries” are the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and certain adjoining countries.

(3)

Reasonable Country of Origin Inquiry (“RCOI”) and nationally or internationally recognized due diligence framework

Marine Products does not purchase raw ore or unrefined Conflict Minerals directly from mines, smelters or refiners and makes no direct purchases of any minerals in the Covered Countries. The Company’s supply chain with respect to the products that use Conflict Minerals is complex, with intermediaries and third parties in the supply chain between the manufacture of products and the original sources of Conflict Minerals. The Company must therefore rely on its suppliers to provide information on the origin of the 3TG contained in components and materials supplied, including sources of 3TG that are supplied to them from their suppliers (i.e., second-tier suppliers). The Company surveyed 100 percent of its direct suppliers of raw materials and components.  This risk-based approach is consistent in all material aspects with the framework in 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 and the related Supplements for gold and for tin, tantalum and tungsten.

(4)

Due Diligence

Marine Products conducted a survey of the direct suppliers of all the products used in the manufacture of its boats. We used the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (“CMRT”) published by the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition and Global e-Sustainability Initiative (“EICC/GeSI”) Conflict Free Sourcing Initiative (“CFSI”).  CMRT maintains a list of smelters that have received a conflict free designation from the CFSI.  All smelter information provided by the vendors is compared against the list maintained by CMRT.

(5)

Results of Due Diligence

The Company received responses from 35 percent of the suppliers surveyed; 19 percent confirmed that 3TG is used in their products and the results are as follows:

50 percent confirmed that 3TG used in their products is from the Covered Countries; however, all of them identified smelters that were on the CFSI list.
30 percent confirmed that their products contain 3TG materials but did not know if they were sourced from Covered Countries
10 percent confirmed that 3TG used in their products are from recycled or scrap sources.
10 percent confirmed that 3TG used in their products is not sourced from the Covered Countries.


Some of the challenges that we encountered when we obtained the responses were as follows:

We are dependent on information received from our direct suppliers to conduct our good faith RCOI process.
We have a varied supplier base with differing levels of resources and sophistication, and many of the suppliers are not subject to Rule 13p-1 of the Exchange Act.
Certain suppliers were unable or unwilling to specify the smelters or refiners used for components and materials supplied to us.
The information our suppliers provided was occasionally incomplete and, in some cases, hard to decipher.
Our ability to influence cooperation from some of the suppliers was limited since we have a limited number of supplier choices in the industry in which we operate.

(6)

Steps to be taken to mitigate risk

Contracts with suppliers are frequently in force for a year or longer, and as we enter into new contracts, or our contracts renew, we advise our suppliers to, not sell us any products that contain 3TG which finance conflict, and we undertake diligence and investigation necessary to ensure compliance.
The Company will continue to use the EICC/GeSI Conflict Minerals Reporting Template as part of the supplier inquiry process for 2024.


(7)

Product Description

The products that the Company contracts to have manufactured which contain Conflict Minerals are described below:

Product

Description

Processing Facility

Country of Origin

Efforts to

Determine

Origin

Actuators used to control steering and throttle mechanisms

Air conditioners used in enclosed pleasure boat cabins

Appliances used in pleasure boat galleys

Automated speed control systems used to maintain constant speed in pleasure boats

Bi-color navigation lights affixed to the bow of a pleasure boat to indicate its presence in, and direction on, a waterway

Brackets which secure fuel tanks in the hulls of pleasure boats

Circuit boards used in various electronics on pleasure boats

Electrical terminals

Equipment used to protect boat electronics from exposure to water, salt and other damaging elements

Gauges which provide engine performance and fuel status information to boat operator

Horns used on pleasure boats to sound warnings and for signaling

Navigation, radar, and other GPS-enabled devices used in recreational boating

Nut used to secure rivets on pleasure boat upholstery and covers

The Company has not yet determined the identity of all of the processing facilities that are contracted to manufacture the relevant products.

Based on the Company’s due diligence efforts to date, the Company does not have sufficient information to determine a complete list of facilities that are used to process the Conflict Minerals used in its products. A partial list of the facilities which the Company has determined are used to process the Conflict Minerals used in these is shown below. Some of these facilities have a “conflict free” designation from the CFSI while the others are not on the CFSI list:

5D Production OU
8853 S.p.A.
A.L.M.T. Corp.
ABC Refinery Pty Ltd.
Abington Reldan Metals, LLC
ACL Metais Eireli
Advanced Chemical Company
African Gold Refinery
Agosi AG
Aida Chemical Industries Co., Ltd.
Al Etihad Gold Refinery DMCC
Albasteel Industria e Comercio de Ligas Para Fundicao Ltd.
Albino Mountinho Lda.
Alexy Metals
Allgemeine Gold-und Silberscheideanstalt A.G.
Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Complex (AMMC)
Alpha
Alpha Metals
AMG Brasil
An Vinh Joint Stock Mineral Processing Company
AngloGold Ashanti Corrego do Sitio Mineracao
ANZ (Perth Mint 4N)
Argor-Heraeus S.A.
Artek LLC
Asahi Pretec Corp.
Asahi Refining Canada Ltd.
Asahi Refining USA Inc.
Asaka Riken Co., Ltd.
Asia Tungsten Products Vietnam Ltd.
Atasay Kuyumculuk Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.
AU Traders and Refiners
Augmont Enterprises Private Limited
Aurubis AG
Aurubis Beerse

Based on the Company’s due diligence efforts to date, the Company does not have sufficient information to determine completely the countries of origin for the relevant products. However, a partial list of countries of origin for the relevant products is shown below:

Andorra
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Bolivia
Brazil
Canada
Chile
China
Colombia
Czechia
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Estonia
France
Germany
Ghana
India
Indonesia
Italy
Japan
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Lithuania
Malaysia
Mauritania
Mexico
Myanmar
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
India
Indonesia
Kazakhstan
Norway
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Republic of Korea
Republic of North Macedonia

The efforts to determine the origin of conflict minerals are discussed in Section 4 above.


Radio antennas

Solder used to join metal parts

Sonar devices used to locate fish to facilitate recreational fishing

Trailers used to transport boats using motorized vehicles

Underwater depth and temperature sensors to aid in navigation

Various components used in marine engines

Aurubis Berango
Bangalore Refinery
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (Central Bank of the Philippines)
Boliden AB
C. Hafner GmbH + Co. KG
Caridad
CCR Refinery - Glencore Canada Corporation
Cendres + Metaux S.A.
CGR Metalloys Pvt Ltd.
Changsha South Tantalum Niobium Co., Ltd.
Chenzhou Yunxiang Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd.
Chifeng Dajingzi Tin Industry Co., Ltd.
Chimet S.p.A.
China Molybdenum Tungsten Co., Ltd.
China Tin Group Co., Ltd.
China Yunnan Tin Co Ltd.
Chongyi Zhangyuan Tungsten Co., Ltd.
Chugai Mining
CNMC (Guangxi) PGMA Co., Ltd.
Coimpa Industrial LTDA
CRM Fundicao De Metais E Comercio De Equipamentos Eletronicos Do Brasil Ltda
CRM Synergies
Cronimet Brasil Ltda
CV Ayi Jaya
CV Venus Inti Perkasa
D Block Metals, LLC
Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd.
Degussa Sonne / Mond Goldhandel GmbH
Dijllah Gold Refinery FZC
Dongguan CiEXPO Environmental Engineering Co., Ltd.
DONGKUK INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
Dongwu Gold Group
Dowa
DS Myanmar
DSC (Do Sung Corporation)
Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. East Plant
Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. North Plant
Eco-System Recycling Co., Ltd. West Plant
Electro-Mechanical Facility of the Cao Bang Minerals & Metallurgy Joint Stock Company
EM Vinto
Emerald Jewel Industry India Limited (Unit 1)
Emerald Jewel Industry India Limited (Unit 2)
Emerald Jewel Industry India Limited (Unit 3)
Emerald Jewel Industry India Limited (Unit 4)
Emirates Gold DMCC
Russian Federation
Rwanda
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
South Africa
Spain
Sudan
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
Tanzania
Thailand
Turkey
Uganda
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United States
Uzbekistan
Vietnam
Zambia

·

Zimbabwe


Estanho de Rondonia S.A.
F&X Electro-Materials Ltd.
Fabrica Auricchio Industria e Comercio Ltda.
Fenix Metals
Fidelity Printers and Refiners Ltd.
FIR Metals & Resource Ltd.
Fujairah Gold FZC
Fujian Xinlu Tungsten Co., Ltd.
Ganzhou Jiangwu Ferrotungsten Co., Ltd.
Ganzhou Seadragon W & Mo Co., Ltd.
Gejiu City Fuxiang Industry and Trade Co., Ltd.
Gejiu Kai Meng Industry and Trade LLC
Gejiu Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Co., Ltd.
Gejiu Yunxin Nonferrous Electrolysis Co., Ltd.
Gejiu Zili Mining And Metallurgy Co., Ltd.
GGC Gujrat Gold Centre Pvt. Ltd.
Global Advanced Metals Aizu
Global Advanced Metals Boyertown
Global Tungsten & Powders LLC
Gold by Gold Colombia
Gold Coast Refinery
Gold Refinery of Zijin Mining Group Co., Ltd.
Great Wall Precious Metals Co., Ltd. of CBPM
Guangdong Hanhe Non-Ferrous Metal Co., Ltd.
Guangdong Jinding Gold Limited
Guangdong Xianglu Tungsten Co., Ltd.
Guoda Safina High-Tech Environmental Refinery Co., Ltd.
H.C. Starck Tungsten GmbH
Hangzhou Fuchunjiang Smelting Co., Ltd.
HANNAE FOR T Co., Ltd.
Heimerle + Meule GmbH
Hengyang King Xing Lifeng New Materials Co., Ltd.
Heraeus Germany GmbH Co. KG
Heraeus Metals Hong Kong Ltd.
Heraeus Ltd. Hong Kong
Hubei Green Tungsten Co., Ltd.
Hunan Chenzhou Mining Co., Ltd.
Hunan Guiyang yinxing Nonferrous Smelting Co., Ltd.
Hunan Jintai New Material Co., Ltd.
Hunan Shizhuyuan Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. Chenzhou Tungsten Products Branch
HwaSeong CJ CO., LTD.
Hydrometallurg, JSC
Industrial Refining Company
Inner Mongolia Qiankun Gold and Silver Refinery Share Co., Ltd.
International Precious Metal Refiners
Ishifuku Metal Industry Co., Ltd.

Istanbul Gold Refinery
Italpreziosi
JALAN & Company
Japan Mint
Japan New Metals Co., Ltd.
Jiangwu H.C. Starck Tungsten Products Co., Ltd.
Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd.
Jiangxi Dinghai Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.
Jiangxi Gan Bei Tungsten Co., Ltd.
Jiangxi Minmetals Gao'an Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.
Jiangxi New Nanshan Technology Ltd.
Jiangxi Tonggu Non-ferrous Metallurgical & Chemical Co., Ltd.
Jiangxi Tuohong New Raw Material
Jiangxi Xinsheng Tungsten Industry Co., Ltd.
Jiangxi Yaosheng Tungsten Co., Ltd.
JiuJiang JinXin Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd.
Jiujiang Tanbre Co., Ltd.
Jiujiang Zhongao Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.
JSC "Kirovgrad Hard Alloys Plant"
JSC Ekaterinburg Non-Ferrous Metal Processing Plant
JSC Novosibirsk Refinery
JSC Uralelectromed
JX Nippon Mining & Metals Co., Ltd.
K.A. Rasmussen
Kaloti Precious Metals
Kazakhmys Smelting LLC
Kazzinc
KEMET de Mexico
Kennametal Fallon
Kennametal Huntsville
Kennecott Utah Copper LLC
KGHM Polska Miedz Spolka Akcyjna
Kojima Chemicals Co., Ltd.
Korea Zinc Co., Ltd.
Kundan Care Products Ltd.
Kyrgyzaltyn JSC
Kyshtym Copper-Electrolytic Plant ZAO
L'azurde Company For Jewelry
Lianyou Metals Co., Ltd.
Lingbao Gold Co., Ltd.
Lingbao Jinyuan Tonghui Refinery Co., Ltd.
LLC Vostok
L'Orfebre S.A.
LS-NIKKO Copper Inc.
LT Metal Ltd.
Luna Smelter, Ltd.
Luoyang Zijin Yinhui Gold Refinery Co., Ltd.
Magnu's Minerais Metais e Ligas Ltda.
Malaysia Smelting Corporation (MSC)

Malipo Haiyu Tungsten Co., Ltd.
Marsam Metals
Masan High-Tech Materials
Materion
Materion Newton Inc.
Matsuda Sangyo Co., Ltd.
MD Overseas
Melt Metais e Ligas S.A.
Metal Concentrators SA (Pty) Ltd.
Metallic Resources, Inc.
Metallix Refining Inc.
Metallurgical Products India Pvt., Ltd.
Metalor Technologies (Hong Kong) Ltd.
Metalor Technologies (Singapore) Pte., Ltd.
Metalor Technologies (Suzhou) Ltd.
Metalor Technologies S.A.
Metalor USA Refining Corporation
Metalurgica Met-Mex Penoles S.A. De C.V.
Mineracao Taboca S.A.
Mining Minerals Resources SARL
Minsur
Mitsubishi Materials Corporation
Mitsui Mining and Smelting Co., Ltd.
MKS PAMP SA
MMTC-PAMP India Pvt., Ltd.
Modeltech Sdn Bhd
Moliren Ltd.
Morris and Watson
Moscow Special Alloys Processing Plant
Nadir Metal Rafineri San. Ve Tic. A.S.
Nam Viet Cromit Joint Stock Company
Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combinat
Nghe Tinh Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company
NH Recytech Company
Niagara Refining LLC
Nihon Material Co., Ltd.
Ningxia Orient Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd.
Novosibirsk Tin Combine
NPM Silmet AS
NPP Tyazhmetprom LLC
O.M. Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
O.M. Manufacturing Philippines, Inc.
Ogussa Osterreichische Gold- und Silber-Scheideanstalt GmbH
Ohura Precious Metal Industry Co., Ltd.
OJSC "The Gulidov Krasnoyarsk Non-Ferrous Metals Plant" (OJSC Krastsvetmet)
OOO “Technolom” 1
OOO “Technolom” 2
Operaciones Metalurgicas S.A.
Pease & Curren
Penglai Penggang Gold Industry Co., Ltd.
Philippine Chuangxin Industrial Co., Inc.
Planta Recuperadora de Metales SpA
Pongpipat Company Limited
PowerX Ltd.

Precious Minerals and Smelting Limited
Prioksky Plant of Non-Ferrous Metals
PT Aneka Tambang (Persero) Tbk
PT Aries Kencana Sejahtera
PT Artha Cipta Langgeng
PT ATD Makmur Mandiri Jaya
PT Babel Inti Perkasa
PT Babel Surya Alam Lestari
PT Bangka Prima Tin
PT Bangka Serumpun
PT Bangka Tin Industry
PT Belitung Industri Sejahtera
PT Bukit Timah
PT Cipta Persada Mulia
PT Menara Cipta Mulia
PT Mitra Stania Prima
PT Mitra Sukses Globalindo
PT Panca Mega Persada
PT Premium Tin Indonesia
PT Prima Timah Utama
PT Putera Sarana Shakti (PT PSS)
PT Rajawali Rimba Perkasa
PT Refined Bangka Tin
PT Sariwiguna Binasentosa
PT Stanindo Inti Perkasa
PT Sukses Inti Makmur
PT Timah Nusantara
PT Timah Tbk Kundur
PT Timah Tbk Mentok
PT Tinindo Inter Nusa
PT Tirus Putra Mandiri
PT Tommy Utama
PX Precinox S.A.
QG Refining, LLC
QuantumClean
Rand Refinery (Pty) Ltd.
Refinery of Seemine Gold Co., Ltd.
REMONDIS PMR B.V.
Resind Industria e Comercio Ltda.
RFH Yancheng Jinye New Material Technology Co., Ltd.
Royal Canadian Mint
Rui Da Hung
SAAMP
Sabin Metal Corp.
Safimet S.p.A
SAFINA A.S.
Sai Refinery
Sam Precious Metals
Samduck Precious Metals
Samwon Metals Corp.
SEMPSA Joyeria Plateria S.A.
Shandong Gold Smelting Co., Ltd.
Shandong Humon Smelting Co., Ltd.
Shandong Tiancheng Biological Gold Industrial Co., Ltd.
Shandong Zhaojin Gold & Silver Refinery Co., Ltd.
Shenzhen CuiLu Gold Co., Ltd.

Shenzhen Zhonghenglong Real Industry Co., Ltd.
Shirpur Gold Refinery Ltd.
Sichuan Tianze Precious Metals Co., Ltd.
Singway Technology Co., Ltd.
SOE Shyolkovsky Factory of Secondary Precious Metals
Solar Applied Materials Technology Corp.
Solikamsk Magnesium Works OAO
Sovereign Metals
State Research Institute Center for Physical Sciences and Technology
Sudan Gold Refinery
Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.
SungEel HiMetal Co., Ltd.
Super Dragon Technology Co., Ltd.
Super Ligas
T.C.A S.p.A
Taki Chemical Co., Ltd.
Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K.
TANIOBIS Co., Ltd.
TANIOBIS GmbH
TANIOBIS Japan Co., Ltd.
TANIOBIS Smelting GmbH & Co. KG
Telex Metals
Thaisarco
Tin Smelting Branch of Yunnan Tin Co., Ltd.
Tin Technology & Refining
Tokuriki Honten Co., Ltd.
Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co., Ltd.
TOO Tau-Ken-Altyn
Torecom
Tungsten Vietnam Joint Stock Company
Tuyen Quang Non-Ferrous Metals Joint Stock Company
Ulba Metallurgical Plant JSC
Umicore Precious Metals Thailand
Umicore S.A. Business Unit Precious Metals Refining
Unecha Refractory metals plant
United Precious Metal Refining, Inc.
Valcambi S.A.
VQB Mineral and Trading Group JSC
WEEEREFINING
Western Australian Mint (T/a The Perth Mint)
White Solder Metalurgia e Mineracao Ltda.
WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH
Wolfram Bergbau und Hutten AG
Xiamen Tungsten (H.C.) Co., Ltd.
Xiamen Tungsten Co., Ltd.
XIMEI RESOURCES (GUANGDONG) LIMITED
XinXing HaoRong Electronic Material Co., Ltd.
Yamakin Co., Ltd.

Yanling Jincheng Tantalum & Niobium Co., Ltd.
Yokohama Metal Co., Ltd.
YUDU ANSHENG TUNGSTEN CO., LTD.
Yunnan Chengfeng Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.
Yunnan Copper Industry Co., Ltd.
Yunnan Yunfan Non-ferrous Metals Co., Ltd.
Zhongyuan Gold Smelter of Zhongjin Gold Corporation



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