Specialized Disclosure Report (sd)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM SD

Specialized Disclosure Report

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Powell Industries, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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Delaware	001-12488	88-0106100
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(Commission File No.)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

8550 Mosley Road Houston, Texas		77075-1180
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Michael W. Metcalf, 713-944-6900

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

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



x	Rule 13p-1 under the Securities Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13p-1) for the reporting period from January 1 to December 31, 2017.

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Item 1.01 Conflict Minerals Disclosure and Report

Conflict Minerals Disclosure

Powell Industries Inc. has included the Conflict Minerals Report (the "Report") as an exhibit to its Form SD for the period from January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018. Unless the context otherwise indicates, “Powell,” “the Company,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to Powell Industries Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries.

For the year 2018, certain of our operations manufactured, or contracted to manufacture, products for which 3TGs, as defined below, are necessary to their functionality or production (“Covered Products”). Conflict minerals are defined in Section 13(p) as (A) cassiterite, columbite-tantalite (coltan), gold, wolframite, and their derivatives, which are limited to tin, tantalum and tungsten (together with gold collectively referred to as 3TGs), or (B) any other mineral or its derivatives determined by the Secretary of State to be financing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo ("DRC") or any adjoining country that shares an internationally recognized border with the DRC. Accordingly, we have conducted a reasonable country of origin inquiry that was designed to determine whether any of the 3TGs in our Covered Products originated in the DRC or an adjoining country (Angola, Burundi, the Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda or Zambia), or were from recycled or scrap sources.

A summary of our RCOI and steps of due diligence on the source and chain of custody of any 3TGs in our Covered Products is included in our Conflict Minerals Report, which is filed as Exhibit 1.01 hereto and is publicly available at the Company’s website at www.powellind.com , under the section entitled “Investors.”

Forward-Looking Statements

The Report contains forward-looking statements which express a belief, expectation or intention, as well as those that are historical fact, are forward-looking statements, including statements relating to our compliance efforts and expected actions. The words “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” and “anticipates” and similar expressions are used to identify these forward-looking statements. These statements are not guarantees of future actions or performance and are subject to various risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Undue reliance should not be placed on these statements, which are only effective as of the date of this report, and the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement.

Item 1.02 Exhibit

We have filed our Conflict Minerals Report as Exhibit 1.01 to this Form SD.

Item 2.01 Exhibits




Exhibit No.		Description

Exhibit 1.01		Conflict Minerals Report for the calendar year ended December 31, 2018

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the duly authorized undersigned.