RoHS

The Restriction of Hazardous Substances - EU Directive 2002/95/EC is now in force in the EEC.  It restricts the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical or electronic equipment sold or used in the European Union after July 1, 2006. These substances include lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls, and polybrominated diphenyl ethers.

As at 1st March 2007 Precision Test Systems' range of equipment is category 9 as defined by the directive and is exempt from the RoHS  directive.  This means our equipment is not and does not have to be RoHS compliant.

However, it is expected test equipment will need to comply with the RoHS directive by 2010. Thus Precision Test Systems is slowly making all of its equipment RoHS compliant.  All new designs use RoHS compliant components and existing designs are switching to RoHS compliant components where possible.

WEEE

The Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Regulations come into full force in July 2007.  Precision Test Systems' range of test equipment is covered by WEEE.  Precision Test Systems has joined a compliance scheme so meets the requirements of this directive.

Further news about WEEE will follow.

Contact Precision Test Systems for more details: Email info@ptsyst.com