All Standard Transformer & Inductor Products Meet RoHS Lead-Free Solder Requirements


Romoland, CA-July 5, 2006-As a global leader in the design and manufacture of high reliability industrial and commercial magnetic components, Datatronic Distribution, Inc., is committed to preserving our environment and acting responsibly to meet the European Union's 20002/95/EC - WEEE directives on the Reduction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) prior to July 1, 2006.

"We are proud to announce that all standard catalog transformer and inductor part numbers are now in compliance with the EU's RoHS regulations. This process required extensive efforts within our engineering and manufacturing groups. It demonstrates our strong commitment to the environment and customers in Europe and worldwide," said Randy Eller, Vice President, Sales & Marketing.

The company has been supplying RoHS-compliant products since May of 2005 and all standard products have been RoHS-compliant since May 31 of this year. "This effort signifies Datatronic Distribution's commitment to meeting the RoHS initiatives and to providing fully compliant products to our customers well ahead of the industry mandated deadline," Eller said.

The standard solder now employed by Datatronic is SN96AG4, with SN100 and SN99.3CU0.7 solders also available upon request. The company is denoting compliance on its product data sheets with a special RoHS logo that indicates the product is designed and manufactured with lead-free solder and does not contain levels of lead, cadmium, mercury, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs) or polybrominated ethers (PBDEs) prohibited by RoHS/WEEE directives.

The EU's RoHS directive excludes all devices designed for use in military, medical and aerospace applications, such as those manufactured by the company's other magnetics business unit Datatronics Romoland, Inc.. For those customers with these applications who feel their products must still meet RoHS requirements and require lead solder terminations, the company has developed a program to issue special part numbers for equivalents to their standard products.

For custom part numbers in other industrial or commercial applications, Datatronic Distribution has developed a similar review program. The company is working with customers to review their documentation, drawings, designs and materials on a case-by-case basis. Substitute material testing can be provided upon request by customers.
Datatronic Distribution manufactures a wide range of standard and custom magnetics that find application in power supplies, automotive, computers and peripherals, industrial controls, instrumentation, medical devices and telecommunications. Products include switch mode power supply transformers and inductors, RF magnetics, common mode chokes, gate drive transformers, current sense transformers, pulse transformers, wideband RF transformers, telecommunications transformers and LAN filters.

Magnetic components from Datatronic Distribution are widely recognized for their advanced micro-electronics design, including ultra fine wire winding and expertise in inductors and transformers for surface mount assembly. The company's products are qualified or certified to some of the industry's most demanding performance and safety standards, including: QS9000, ISO 9001/9002, UL, BABT, CSA and VDE
Datatronics Romoland is also a world leader in transformers and inductors for equipment supporting a wide range of aerospace, avionics, military, medical, telecommunications and portable device applications. The company designs and manufactures standard and custom magnetic components: power inductors, RF magnetics, switching transformers, telecom transformers, high-voltage transformers, LAN modules/filters, and fine-wire magnetics as small as 56 AWG.

Datatronics Romoland is widely recognized for its expertise in micro-electronics technology. The company is qualified to some of the industries most demanding performance, quality and environmental standards, such as MIL-PRF-27, MIL-PRF-21038, MIL-STD-981, NASA Space Station Approved, ISO 9001:2000, AS9100 (pending) and J-STD-001 (pending).

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