Touch Panels feature RoHS-compliant construction.

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Lead (Pb)-free touch panels in 4- and 7-wire resistive touch panel line are manufactured with gold-plated, flat, flexible cable. Products include film-glass and film-film-plastic touch panels in sizes from 1.9-17.3 in. Options such as high-transparency panels, anti-reflection coatings, anti-glare treatments, and circularly polarized filters are also available, making series suitable for high-ambient light and outdoor applications.



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Fujitsu Announces RoHS-Compliant Touch Panels



SUNNYVALE, CA -- May 17, 2005 -- Fujitsu Components America, Inc. today announced that it will immediately begin converting its touch panel products to RoHS lead-free compliant status to meet its customers' environmental programs. Completion of production changeover is scheduled for the end of December 2005. Contact Fujitsu Sales for details.

The change will affect all products in Fujitsu's 4- and 7-wire resistive touch panel line. The panels will now be manufactured with a Gold-plated, flat flexible cable to replace the current Tin-Lead plated flex cable.

The new devices are drop-in replacements for the company's existing touch panels, however, a Gold-plated connector is necessary for terminating the new Gold-plated flex tails to avoid corrosion at the connector contact points.

The new RoHS lead-free compliant touch panels will have new part numbers to differentiate them from the existing products. Pricing will be the same, or similar, to the current offering.

Fujitsu offers film-glass and film-film-plastic touch panels in sizes ranging from 1.9 to 17.3-inch (diagonal) for applications including desktop, notebook and palmtop PCs; intelligent kiosks; portable instrumentation; automotive, voting machines; process control; medical and financial equipment; and Point-of-Sale terminals. The company also offers high-transparency panels, anti-reflection coatings, anti-glare treatments and circularly polarized filters, which are particularly suitable for high-ambient light and outdoor applications.

Company Information

Fujitsu Components America Inc. markets and distributes electronic components throughout North, Central and South America. Products include relays, connectors, keyboards, touch panels, pointing and input devices, KVM switches and thermal printer mechanisms. The company is headquartered at 250 E. Caribbean Drive, Sunnyvale, California, 94089. For product information, contact FCAI via telephone at 1-800-380-0059, by email at marcom@fcai.fujitsu.com or via the World Wide Web at www.fcai.fujitsu.com.

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