RoHS Compliance Makes Electronic Products Safer for the Environment
Downers Grove, IL (August 2005) - Legislation pushing for "environmentally friendly" products in the industry has become a reality in Europe with the RoHS and WEEE directives, and Contemporary Controls is responding with compliant.products. Joe Stasiek, Sales Manager for Contemporary Controls, believes the new European guidelines are noteworthy developments. "We are taking a proactive approach to achieving compliance by the required July 2006 date as stated by the European Union," says Stasiek. "We will continue to support our customers in shipping product worldwide. And we want to help keep the Earth "green."
The European Union says that Member States shall restrict their use of hazardous substances (RoHS) in electrical and electronic equipment. A second directive, WEEE, seeks the prevention of waste electrical and electronic equipment, and in addition, the reuse, recycling, and other forms of recovery of such wastes so as to reduce the disposal of waste.
Contemporary Controls and its other manufacturing sites (in Europe and in China) have developed plans for fully converting to a lead-free process. All new product developments will be lead-free.
Stasiek says our customers will be encouraged to review the RoHS Compliant Product Roadmap posted on the company's main website, www.ccontrols.com, to be ensured that a product of interest is scheduled to be converted to lead-free. "If not, we will make a recommendation on a possible substitution if practical," says Stasiek.
He adds that questions regarding a specific product should be directed to the sales department. "We will do whatever is possible to assist our customers during this transition period," says Stasiek.
