August 19 2009 10:52:45 AM
Our Approach for EU RoHS
Our Management System for EU RoHS Compliance
System of Guarantee for Product Specification
Compliant with EU RoHS
How to Check EU RoHS Compliance of Our
Products
Our
Approach for EU RoHS
We are approaching all environmentally
relevant laws in EU timely by our organized work for environmentally relevant
substances. Of course, we supply the products that complied with EU RoHS(*)
to our customers.
(*)EU RoHS
EU RoHS is "the European Directive 2002/95/EC
on the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical
and Electronic Equipment". The RoHS Directive prohibits the use of
lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, PBB or PBDE in Electrical
and Electronic Equipment except for Applications which are exempted from
the requirements of Article 4(1) of this Directive. Each maximum concentration
for each substance is tolerated. "EU RoHS compliance" means a
status of compliance with the above restrictions.
Our
Management System for EU RoHS Compliance
In 1996, we formulated
the "Voluntary Regulation Program for Environmentally Hazardous Substances",
to establish our voluntary regulation standards. Since then, we have worked
to reduce and eventually eliminate environmentally hazardous substances
contained in our products, ahead of other manufacturers.
Our voluntary regulation program also covers
six substances designated under the RoHS Directive. We have undertaken
measures to phase out RoHS-designated substances from an early stage.
As for mercury, cadmium, PBB and PBDE, we
had already discontinued their use in our products in the 1990s, and have
prohibited new uses of these substances. We also had to eliminate the use
of hexavalent chromium used for the surface treatment and the use of lead
in terminals and other component connections. Through the below mentioned
efforts, by the end of 2004 we were able to prepare alternative for RoHS-designated
substances.
Reviewed product designs
Modified existing production facilities
/ Improved processing conditions
Introduced new machinery
Introduced lead-free surface treatment
and lead-free solder
Developed products with strong
heat resistance
In cooperation with our customers / suppliers,
in January 2006 we terminated, as a rule, the sale of products not in compliance
with the RoHS Directive.
(Except for the supply for specified customers
that request RoHS non-compliant products because of not marketing to EU)
System
of Guarantee for Product Specification Compliant with EU RoHS
We
show the necessary main matters for EU RoHS compliance as follows. At each
stage, we take measures respectively, and we ensure the RoHS compliance
Example of Supplier Guarantee
Execute audit concerning supplier
management system for EU RoHS compliance
Confirmation of containing or not
the restricted substances in each part and material by green procurement
investigation
Limit of purchase for non-verification
parts and materials by EDP
Getting guarantee document of EU
RoHS compliance
Example of Mixing Measures in
Production Process
Introduction of acceptance inspection
by analysis
Separation of EU RoHS compliant
/ non-compliant production process
Distinction of EU RoHS compliant
/ non-compliant parts and materials concerning depository and display
Example of Introducing Product
Identification Method
Distinction of operating Instruction
sheet in process
Identified display to shipping
label and package label for all shipment product (It is directly possible
to identify RoHS compliance in the distribution)
How
to Check EU RoHS Compliance of Our Products
How
to Check by purchased products
You can check by the shipping
label or package label. (like following example)
How to Check on our website
The
products on the PDF catalogs or Product Search Engine on our website are
compliant with EU RoHS. When the "Product Lifecycle Stage" on
the Product Search Engine search result is "Obsolete" or "Phase-Out",
the product may be non-compliant with EU RoHS.
When you can't check by the way above-mentioned,
please contact our sales office or distributors.
