For some years now, FELDER’S approach has been to source their tin preferentially from producers who are committed both to their staff in the form of good working conditions and to the environmental conditions within the mining areas. The wages of all employees must be sufficient to guarantee their families a carefree future. Therefore, one of their preferred tin producers is MINSUR, a Peruvian company whose corporate philosophy is based on transparency and thus on environmental protection, occupational safety and fair working conditions. Especially customers who have the highest purity requirements (in particular low Pb-values < 50 ppm) or require an European origin can be supplied by FELDER with solders made from European electrolytically-won tin.

Since this year FELDER has been able to officially confirm that they process fair-trade pure tin on a scale that allows the company to produce and supply all FELDER soft solders to be used in the electronics manufacturing industry in their ECO-TIN quality-standard.

Through using those certified products, customers can also support the fostering of fair working conditions and of activities to protect the environment as well as the fight against child labour worldwide.

We at P+C Schwick GmbH are very grateful to work with a manufacturer such as Felder, in order to foster the usage of fairly produced as well as sustainably sourced products.