| Europe's Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive limits the amount of hazardous substances such as lead, cadmium, mercury, hexavalent chromium, and polybrominated biphenyl (PBB) that may be contained in products sold to Europe after July 1, 2006. While the health of the world's environment is protected, the impact of these restrictions is far-reaching, affecting product design, manufacture, distribution, procurement and sales in our industries.
Die-Tech has implemented two strategies to
ensure the compliance of its products. The first is to set standards
for our vendors. We then perform continuous sample testing of
both the raw material and our finished products. All base metals
used in Die-Tech products are RoHS compliant.
Die-Tech's second strategy concerning RoHS compliance is to consult customers concerning their plating options. When a purchase order arrives, an internal team consisting of an engineer, a sales professional, a customer service representative and our pipeline manager, review the request and make recommendations for RoHS compliant plating to the customer based on their individual application and process.
These recommendations cover the range of tin to lead ratios from 60/40 tin/lead through products with less than 0.1% lead by weight including precious metals which are lead free. Once the customer selects metals and plating
options to meet their needs, Die-Tech tests the product to certify
compliance.
Europe's RoHS directive is just the tip of
the iceberg; similar legislation is pending all over the world.
In the United States, many states are passing comparable environmental
legislation. Are your current raw materials and plating RoHS
compliant? If you're
not sure, it
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