The Restriction of Hazardous Substance the European Union’s Directive 2002/95/EC . This Directive will lawfully prohibit placing new electrical and electronic components, equipment and other usages containing more than levels of lead, cadmium, mercury, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyl (PBB) and polybrominated biphenyl ether (PBDE) into the European Union from 1 July 2006.

Wired Communications is a proud supporter of the RoHS Directive as well as several other environmental initiatives being enacted globally to reduce the effects of hazardous substances used in the production of electrical and electronic products that maybe potentially harming the environment.  We are actively implementing processes and procedures to control and eliminate the use of the directive’s restricted substances in all products that are manufactured from our sources.

Lead is mostly used and thus requiring the most attention.  This is also the case for the entire electronics industry. Any cable sold with the RoHS qualification should be manufactured as such: LEAD - Significant use in terminal finish for connectors/components, PWB board finish and solder for PWB assembly; use as UV/heat stabilizer in PVC cable jackets. MERCURY - Not used. CADMIUM - Very limited use as colorant for plastic materials. Hexavalent CROMIUM - Limited use as corrosion protection for retention hardware (e.g. screws, washers); limited use as conversion coating for metallic housings. PBB - Very limited use as flame retardant in plastic materials. PBDE - Very limited use as flame retardant in plastic materials.

(These statements and the information contained in this document do not constitute a warranty of quality nor regulatory compliance of any product. The information is strictly based on information obtained by Wiredco at the time this document was published.)