Identifying the source of your supplied metals is the main purpose of Conflict Minerals Compliance. A Smelter is the first stop for raw materials once they have been mined or recycled by the provider.
The first airplane to take flight was built by the Wright brothers  in Ohio USA and was transported first to North Carolina and flown  for its first time there.
Dayton, Ohio. The Wright brothers, Orville (August 19, 1871 â January 30, 1948) and Wilbur (April 16, 1867 â May 30 1912), were two Americans credited with building the world's first successful fixed-wing aircraft and making the first controlled, powered and heavier-than-air human flight on December 17, 1903.