RoHS-directive (Restriction of Hazardous Substances)

The purpose of RoHS is to limit certain hazardous substances                      
in electrical and electronic products.The substances are:                                    

• Lead                                           
• Cadmium
• Chromium (hexavalent)
• Mercury
• PBB
• PBDE

The RoHS directive comes into force on 1 juli, 2006. Consequently, manufacturers are required to reduce their usage of the six hazardous substances to acceptable levels before that date.

WEEE-directive (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment)

The directive came into force on August 13th 2005 and involves a producer responsibility for those who according to the directive are producers. A producer shall contribute to the financing and bear responsibility that there is a fully functioning collection system for its spent products. Electronic waste shall be collected separately and therefore be marked with a crossed out wheeled bin as showed above. The symbol can be found on all Maxevis products.

Maxevis’s RoHS Compliant Facility

MAXEVIS worked extensively leading up to the July 1st 2002 RoHS deadline establishing a world class material handling and lead-free manufacturing process. The manufacturing operation has been completely reconfigured to allow for both leaded and lead-free production. Since the May of 2002 MAXEVIS has been fully compliant with the EC Directive on Restriction and Use of Hazardous Substances. Our staff is highly trained to handle and manufacture RoHS compliant products using dedicated capital equipment and work areas.

Maxevis’s customers can rest assured that a RoHS compliant product from Maxevis will satisfy the EC’s RoHS and WEEE directive.