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As a global supplier of electrical and
electronic equipment and components, our manufacturing partner Delta Electronics is committed to
developing products that meet global environmental regulations and
customer requirements.
The European Union has recently
enacted legislation on environmental requirements for electrical and
electronic equipment placed on the EU market, effective July 1, 2006,
including the following:-
RoHS-Restrictions
on Hazardous Substances. The RoHS
directives ban any new electrical and electronic equipment that contains
more than established levels of six substances:
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Lead (Pb)
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Cadmium (Cd)
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Polybrominated diphenyl ethers
(PBDEs)
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Mercury(Hg)
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Hexavalent Chromium (Cr+6
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Polybrominated biphenyl (PBBs)
WEEE-Waste Electrical and
Electronic Equipment. The WEEE
directives seek to prevent the generation of electrical and electronic
equipment waste by promoting reuse, recycling, and other measures such
as enhancing product life cycles.
Delta Electronics already provides or
is preparing to provide RoHS and WEEE compliant products based on these
directives. Delta's plants have adopted the use of Lead-free alloys
using tin with greater than 95% content. Delta has also upgraded product
materials to sustain the higher melting temperatures of Lead-free solder
alloys.
With the majority of Delta's products
already manufactured RoHS-compliant, we are on track to reach complete
corporate-wide compliance by the fourth quarter of 2005.
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