Environmental requirements & legal compliance
RoHS – REACH – WEEE
As a manufacturer of high-quality printed circuit boards, we attach great importance to legally compliant, environmentally friendly, and safe manufacturing processes. Our production complies with the most important European environmental and product protection directives:
WEEE Directive
The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (2012/19/EU, WEEE) aims to prevent waste and promote recycling and recovery.
Although printed circuit boards as individual components are not directly covered by the WEEE Directive, we support our customers by:
- Environmentally friendly product design
- Recycling-friendly materials
- Transparent information for end-of-life disposal
REACH Regulation
With regard to Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006 REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorization of Chemicals), we agree with the statement issued by the German Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers' Association (ZVEI). According to this
statement, unpopulated printed circuit boards are products that do not need to be registered under REACH.
RoHS compliance
The EC Directive 2011/65/EC (RoHS – Restriction of Hazardous Substances) and, in addition, Directive 2015/863 (from July 22, 2019) – known as RoHS 3 or RoHS III – regulate the use of hazardous substances in devices and components.
We manufacture all printed circuit boards in compliance with RoHS. This means that
our products do not contain any hazardous substances such as lead, cadmium, or mercury above the permissible limits.
Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act (ElektroG)
In Germany, the above-mentioned directives were transposed into German law by the "Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act (ElektroG)".
Since July 1, 2006, substance bans have been in place for lead (Pb), mercury (Hg), cadmium (Cd), hexavalent chromium (Cr VI), polybrominated biphenyls (PBB), and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE).