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2022 Press Release

Local veteran-owned company recognized for hiring Veterans, e.g., Universal Thin Film Lab Corp., to receive HIREVets.gov Medallion Award.

Universal Thin Film Lab Corp. is a recipient of the 2022 National HIRE Vets Medallion Award. HIRE Vets Award recognizes companies for their concentrated efforts in recruiting and employing Veterans. The awarding body for the HIRE Vets Medallion Awarded is Veterans’ Employment and Training Service, US Department of Labor.

According to the conferring body, Universal Thin Film Lab Corp. will join a list of exclusive companies that have demonstrated a deep commitment to hiring and training veterans. The HIRE Vets Medallion Award is the only federal award recognizing exceptional achievement in veteran employment nationally. By meeting the criteria required for a Gold Medallion Award, Universal Thin Film Lab Corporation demonstrated both patriotism and recognition of the values veterans bring to the workplace.

CEO Carmelo Comito said that he is honored by the recognition. “As a military veteran, I understand the issues that military service members face when transitioning to civilian life. These men & women have an amazing drive to serve this great country. Military service provides a wonderful life purpose and a brotherhood that is hard to replicate in civilian life. Much of our work at UTFL supports our nation’s ongoing military missions. It is an opportunity to still serve the ideals that we hold in high esteem. As a company, we strive to make the lives of all of our employees as fulfilled and rewarding as possible, but as a veteran-owned and operated company undertaking military work, we feel an obligation to provide an environment where our fellow veterans can thrive in a new and different chapter of their lives.”

Universal Thin Film Lab Corp. and the United States Government prohibit trafficking in persons. The U.S. Government’s policy prohibiting trafficking in persons is available at 48 CFR § 52.222-50 and is summarized below under the heading: “Summary of U.S. Government Policy of Prohibiting Trafficking in Persons.”

Universal Thin Film Lab Corp. is committed to a work environment free from human trafficking and slavery, which includes forced labor and unlawful child labor for purposes of this policy. Universal Thin Film Lab Corp. will not tolerate or condone human trafficking or slavery in any part of our global organization.

Universal Thin Film Lab Corp. employees, subsidiaries, contractors, subcontractors, vendors, suppliers, partners, and others through whom Universal Thin Film Lab Corp. conducts business must avoid complicity in any practice that constitutes trafficking in persons or slavery.

Universal Thin Film Lab Corp. (UTFL) certifies that Thin Film Coatings supplied by UTFL follow and conform to the European Union's Restriction of Use of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (RoHS) Directive 2002/95/EC and 2011/65/EU (RoHS2).

Said products have no intentional addition of:

• Lead (Pb)

• Cadmium (Cd)

• Mercury (Hg)

• Hexavalent Chromium (Cr)

• Polybrominated Biphenyls (PBB)

• Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDE)

• Bis Phthalate (DEHP)

• Butyl Benzyl Phthalate (BBP)

• Dibutyl Phthalate (DBP)

• Diisobutyl Phthalate (DIBP)

Any trace impurities of these substances are below the threshold limits as specified by the RoHS directive; specifically, Cr+6, Hg, Pb, PBB, PBDE, DEHP, BBP, DEP, DIBP do not exceed 1000 ppm (0.1%), and Cd does not exceed 100 ppm (0.01%). This declaration is based on our analysis, vendor-supplied analysis, material certifications, or laboratory tests of the component materials used in manufacturing our products. Universal Thin Film Lab Corporation believes to the best of its knowledge that the above statements are accurate as of the date of this certification and the statements and certifications of suppliers or service providers that the Company may have relied upon in the preparation of this statement. Therefore, within the above-defined limitations, this certificate may be relied upon by the distributors and customers of RoHS-designated products of Universal Thin Film Lab Corp.