The SAXONIA Group, with approximately 1,400 employees, consists of five high-performance companies, which together form one of the leading partners in the field of precious metal products and precious metal recycling.

SAXONIA Edelmetalle GmbH (Halsbruecke) continues the tradition of extraction and processing of precious metals that has existed in the Freiberg region since the beginning of the 17th century. Today, the company is an established and trusted partner for industrial users in the core areas of precious metal refining, precious metal chemicals, semi-finished products, platinum equipment and contact parts.

Since 2010, WIELAND Edelmetalle GmbH, Pforzheim, has been part of the SAXONIA Group. Today, WIELAND Edelmetalle is a leading medium-sized company with more than 150 employees, specializing in products and services related to precious metals refinement and technology, including semi-finished products and brazing alloys.

SAXONIA Technical Materials GmbH, Hanau and Italbras S.p.A., Vicenza / Italy, have been part of the SAXONIA Group since 2017. SAXONIA Technical Materials is your powerful partner when it comes to designing and manufacturing high-performance functional materials, custom products and innovative services based predominantly on the properties of silver, special non-ferrous metals and their alloys. With proven expertise, SAXONIA Technical Materials, the world leader in soldering and electrical contact materials, is a sought-after global partner for technically advanced and innovative solutions that create significant value for our customers.

Italbras S.p.A. is one of the leading Italian producers of brazing alloys and fluxes, marketed under the BrazeTec brand. In addition, products for electroplating and high-performance materials for the Contact & Power Technology are marketed, which are used in many industrial sectors. Engineering and consulting as well as sustainable innovations are an important success factor of Italbras S.p.A.

DODUCO, Pforzheim has also been part of the SAXONIA Group since 2020. The services of DODUCO range from precious metal recycling via stamping technology to plastic-molded assemblies. True to the motto, “One face to the customer”, we reduce supplier interfaces and create high-quality and commercially optimal solutions for our customers. Where metal and electricity come together, we offer our customers unique expertise regarding materials, surfaces and their further processing. This is how reliable contact solutions from the DODUCO company have been created for more than 100 years. Our comprehensive network of sales partners across continents enables us to have a permanent presence even in destinations without own production sites.

The basis of our many years of history and the continuing success of WIELAND Edelmetalle are binding corporate values that characterize our daily thinking and actions: in dealing with customers and suppliers as well as in the cooperation of our teams and employees. We value a trusting and cooperative partnership – characterized by respect, integrity and transparency. We treat our business partners with appreciation and strive to realize the optimum solution for individual customer needs: with experience, skill and vision. In addition, we follow the principle of sustainable economic success, combined with a consciously ecological handling of raw materials. This self-image is the basis for the trust of our customers in Germany and abroad.

As a producer and processor of precious metals, we are aware of our special responsibility along the entire value chain. Therefore, our self-understanding in the daily work includes the unconditional respect of the recognized principles of business ethics such as the respect of human rights, the respect for cultures, customs of our employees and business partners as well as strict compliance with existing laws. As a subsidiary of the SAXONIA Group, we standardize the principles of our business conduct in a Code of Conduct that applies throughout the Group.

As a leading company in precious metal technology, we are aware of our social, ecological and economic responsibility and are therefore committed to a social, environmentally sound and sustainable use of limited natural resources. In particular, we want to ensure that our products do not contain raw materials from illegal or unethical sources.

As a recycler of gold, silver, platinum, palladium and rhodium from precious metals bearing finished products or from used products as well as scrap, metallic and other wastes arising from the refining and production of precious metal bearing products, we do not process any mined material. We are also a manufacturer of semi-finished precious metal bearing products for various applications. At our production site in Pforzheim, Germany, we employ about 145 people.

We are a member of the Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC). The RJC is an organization that sets standards to drive responsible ethical, human rights, social and environmental practices throughout the supply chain for gold, silver, platinum group metals, diamond and color gemstone jewelry. The RJC has developed a benchmark standard for the jewellery supply chain and credible mechanisms for auditing responsible business practices through third-party auditing. As an RJC member, we commit to conduct our business in accordance with the RJC Code of Practices and the RJC Chain of Custody. We commit to integrating ethical, human rights, social and environmental concerns into our day-to-day operations, business planning activities and decision-making processes.
We conduct reviews at least once a year to assess the continued suitability and appropriateness of these business practices for achieving the policy and implement improvements to fill any gaps. For an objective confirmation of our efforts, we are regularly audited by independent third parties in accordance with the requirements of the RJC Code of Practices and the RJC Chain of Custody.In addition, we participate in the Responsible Minerals Initiative’s (RMI) Responsible Minerals Assurance Process (RMAP), which provides companies and their suppliers with an independent third-party audit to determine which smelters and refineries have demonstrated systems of responsible sourcing of minerals in accordance with current global standards.
Founded in 2008 by members of the Responsible Business Alliance and the Global e-Sustainability Initiative, the Responsible Minerals Initiative has grown into one of the most utilized and respected resources for companies from a range of industries addressing responsible mineral sourcing issues in their supply chains.
More than 400 companies and associations from over 10 industries participate in the RMI today, and we regularly collaborate with other complementary programs and initiatives in this area.
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