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| >Our Commitment
to the Environment |
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| Our Environmental Policy and Compliance with the RoHS
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“Every member of the company worldwide should take
steps to gain the confidence of our customers.”
This new slogan, which applies to our management and employees alike,
embodies Pro-face’s company-wide efforts to help maintain a
healthy environment and further refine the quality of our products.
To date, Pro-face has taken significant steps to meet increasingly
stringent requirements for environmental preservation and has sought
to comply with the RoHS Directive by adopting measures to eliminate
specified harmful substances from existing products* and products
to be manufactured and sold beginning in 2006. |
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| *It may be difficult to implement conformity to the
RoHS Directive for some products. If this Occurs, Pro-face
will substitute other products or will comply with the RoHS Directive
in new versions of the products. |
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Pro-face’s Environmental Policy
Recognizing that preservation of a sound global environment for future
generations is our fundamental duty, we remain committed to continuously
improving our environmental preservation activities. |
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Pro-face’s Environmental Commitment
Pro-face is a pioneer at adopting environmental preservation measures.
For example, we have designed, developed and marketed energy-efficient
products, reduced waste** and adopted a fluorocarbon-free substrate
method in our manufacturing processes that requires no cleaning.
In addition, we have implemented measures for reducing the consumption
of energy and resources inside the company. Since 2003, Pro-face
has been fully engaged in research into lead-free components
and has established board mounting technologies incorporating
low-melting-point, lead-free solder and tin-silver-copper (Sn-3Ag-0.5Cu)
solder for use inside the company and its affiliates.
In the second half of 2003, Pro-face
organized an internal project team to deal with the formal issuance
of the WEEE and RoHS Directives. The project team comprises individuals
from the Quality Assurance, Planning, Development, Production, Purchase
and Sales Divisions - all of whom have working-level responsibilities
- to promote elimination of the harmful substances restricted by
the RoHS Directive. |
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| **Pro-face continues to take steps to reduce waste.
For example, we use recyclable cardboard, instead of foamed materials, as a cushioning material for packaged products. |
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| RoHS Directive-compliant Products |
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Shipping schedule for RoHS Directive-compliant
products |
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New products for release beginning in January 2006 will conform
to the RoHS Directive.
Existing products will increasingly be replaced with conforming
products beginning in January 2006. |
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Model numbers of RoHS Directive-compliant products |
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In principle, model numbers of existing products will remain unchanged.
The functional specifications, performance specifications,
and appearance of RoHS Directive-compliant products will
not differ from those of existing (non-conforming) products.
(As a means of differentiating RoHS Directive-compliant
products, product revision numbers will be upgraded and
the products will bear the identification mark for RoHS
Directive- conformity.) |
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Identification mark to indicate conformity to the RoHS
Directive
All RoHS Directive-compliant products will bear the RoHS Directive conformity
identification mark (shown at left) recommended by Nippon Electric Control Equipment
Industries Association (NECA). |
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Substitute products and products of later versions
Model numbers of substitute products and products of later versions will differ
from those of existing products. |
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Lead-free soldered products |
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Among various parts that compose a product, there are certain parts where we are unable to eliminate harmful substances specified by RoHS Directive due to difficult circumstances and a lack of available alternative parts.
Despite implementation of lead-free soldering, if a product uses any part that doesn't meet RoHS Directive, it is referred to as "lead-free product".
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Mark of conformity for lead-free soldering
This mark will be displayed on lead-free soldered products. |
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Maintenance/repair parts |
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Products manufactured before the requirement for conformity
to the RoHS Directive may use maintenance/repair parts that
do not conform to the RoHS Directive. |
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| Description for RoHS Directive |
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RoHS Directive |
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According with "Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 27 January 2003 on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in
electrical and electronic equipment", the Member States will ensure that, from 1 July
2006, new electrical and electronic equipment put on the market does not contain lead,
mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) or polybrominated
diphenyl ethers (PBDE). |
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*RoHS: Restriction of the use Of certain Hazardous Substances in electrical and
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Scope |
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RoHS Directive shall apply to electrical and electronic equipment falling under the
categories 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 10 set out in Annex I to Directive No 2002/96/EC
(WEEE) and to electric light bulbs, and luminaires in households.
Attention:
Pro-face Products are out of RoHS Directive, because Pro-face products fall under
the categories 9 "Monitoring and control instruments". In the case that you sell
your products with Pro-face embedded, your product will be judged, not the embedded
Pro-face product, whether it falles within the scope of RoHS. If your product is not
"electrical and electronic equipment" or falls under categories 8 or 9, so the embedded
Pro-face products will not be required to apply RoHS Directive.
ANNEX I
Categories of electrical and electronic equipment covered by this Directive |
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Large household appliances |
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Small household appliances |
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IT and telecommunications equipment |
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Consumer equipment |
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Lighting equipment |
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Electrical and electronic tools
(with the exception of large-scale stationary industrial tools) |
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Toys, leisure and sports equipment |
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Medical devices (with the exception of all implanted and infected products) |
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Monitoring and control instruments |
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Automatic dispensers |
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Exception |
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High Voltage Equipments - A voltage rating exceeding 1000 volts for alternating
current and 1500 volts for direct current. |
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Electrical and electronic equipment to offer in a special use such as Arms,
Munitions and War material. |
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Spare parts for the repair, or to the reuse, of electrical and electronic equipment put
on the market before 1 July 2006. |
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Electrical and electronic equipment to offer as a part of a product out of RoHS Directive. |
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Electrical and electronic equipment to be defined by Community legislation on safety
and health requirements and specific Community waste management legislation,
in particular
Council Directive 91/157/EEC of 18 March 1991 on batteries
and accumulators. |
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Hazardous substances less than a maximum concentration values ANNEX II, by
weight in homogeneous materials. |
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Electrical and electronic equipment where substitution is not possible from the scientific
and technical point of view, and the Commission allowed under ANNEX III |
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Annex II
- Cadmium 100ppm by weight in Homogeneous material
- Lead 1,000ppm by weight in Homogeneous material
- Mercury 1,000ppm by weight in Homogeneous material
- Hexavalent chromium 1,000ppm by weight in Homogeneous material
- Polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) 1,000ppm by weight in Homogeneous material
- Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE) 1,000ppm by weight in Homogeneous material
ANNEX III |
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Mercury in compact fluorescent lamps not exceeding 5 mg per lamp. |
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Mercury in straight fluorescent lamps for general purposes not exceeding:
- halophosphate 10mg
- triphosphate with normal lifetime 5mg
- triphosphate with long lifetime 8mg |
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Mercury in straight fluorescent lamps for special purposes. |
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Mercury in other lamps not specifically mentioned in this Annex. |
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Lead in glass of cathode ray tubes, electronic components and fluorescent tubes. |
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Lead as an alloying element in steel containing up to 0,35 % lead by weight,
aluminium containing up to 0,4 % lead by weight and as a copper alloy containing
up to 4 % lead by weight. |
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Lead in high melting temperature type solders (i.e. lead-based alloys containing
85 % by weight or more lead), |
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lead in solders for servers, storage and storage array systems, network
infrastructure equipment for switching, signalling, transmission as well as
network management for telecommunications, |
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lead in electronic ceramic parts (e.g. piezoelectronic devices). |
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Cadmium and its compounds in electrical contacts and cadmium plating except for
applications banned under Directive 91/338/EEC [1] amending Directive
76/769/EEC [2] relating to restrictions on the marketing and use of certain
dangerous substances and preparations. |
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Hexavalent chromium as an anti-corrosion of the carbon steel cooling system in
absorption refrigerators. |
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DecaBDE in polymeric applications. |
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Lead in lead-bronze bearing shells and bushes. |
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Within the procedure referred to in Article 7(2) in RoHS Directive, the
Commission shall evaluate the applications for: |
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Deca BDE, |
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mercury in straight fluorescent lamps for special purposes, |
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lead in solders for servers, storage and storage array systems, network
infrastructure equipment for switching, signalling, transmission as well as
network management for telecommunications (with a view to setting a specific
time limit for this exemption), and |
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light bulbs, |
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as a matter of priority in order to establish as soon as possible whether these
items are to be amended accordingly. |
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Lead used in compliant pin connector systems. |
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Lead as a coating material for the thermal conduction module c-ring. |
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Lead and cadmium in optical and filter glass. |
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Lead in solders consisting of more than two elements for the connection between
the pins and the package of microprocessors with a lead content of more than
80 % and less than 85 % by weight. |
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Lead in solders to complete a viable electrical connection between semiconductor
die and carrier within integrated circuit Flip Chip packages." |
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Lead in linear incandescent lamps with silicate coated tubes. |
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Lead halide as radiant agent in High Intensity Discharge (HID) lamps used for
professional reprography applications. |
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Lead as activator in the fluorescent powder (1 % lead by weight or less) of
discharge lamps when used as sun tanning lamps containing phosphors such as
BSP (BaSi2O5:Pb) as well as when used as speciality lamps for diazo-printing
reprography, lithography, insect traps, photochemical and curing processes
containing phosphors such as SMS ((Sr,Ba)2MgSi2O7:Pb). |
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Lead with PbBiSn-Hg and PbInSn-Hg in specific compositions as main amalgam
and with PbSn-Hg as auxiliary amalgam in very compact Energy Saving Lamps
(ESL). |
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Lead oxide in glass used for bonding front and rear substrates of flat fluorescent
lamps used for Liquid Crystal Displays (LCD). |
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We have posted on our website the manufacturing start date regarding eliminating
harmful substances (European RoHS Directive
Restricted Substances).
As always we have taken into consideration all clients who are concerned with
Green Procurement. Any further updates regarding the production schedule
will be posted on our website.
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Production Schedule for Conformable Products |
-Main Unit (20KB) Last Update: 2008/4/18
-Options(52KB) Last Update: 2008/4/18
The list shows products prior to January 2006, which were not compatible with the RoHS Directive-conforming.
From January 2006, Pro-face products were made compatible with the RoHS Directive-conforming. These products should not be on the list. |
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