RoHS stands for 'Restriction of certain Hazardous Substances'. The RoHS Directive 2002/95/EC restricts the use of certain hazardous materials found in electrical and electronic products, this basically means the use of lead (PB) in any electronic item. All applicable products in the EU market after July 1, 2006 must be RoHS compliant. Although there are some exceptions to this rule, such as Lead acid batteries.

RoHS impacts the entire electronics industry and as such we need to be ready for. If we are not ready then it could optimally result in the demise of companies.

It should also be noted that’s It’s no easy change to make either, specially for production houses as it means running both leaded and unleaded production lines at the same time until all unleaded parts are flushed through the system.

At Qtroics we value both our customers and the environment so we are always keeping up to date with the latest movements in are field of expertise.

Enforcing RoHS

The National Weights and Measures Laboratory (NWML) has been awarded the contract to set up the UK’s national RoHS enforcement body. We will be delivering RoHS enforcement when the regulations are fully implemented.

We have developed this website to provide you with information and help associated with RoHS compliance and enforcement. This includes a web version of the decision tree we intend to use, an FAQ section which we are continually updating as your enquiries come to us, and a list of other useful resources that are available to you in our links section.

If you are hosting events relating to RoHS enforcement and would like input from us, please contact us to discuss. Leading up to 1 July 2006 and further into the future, we would like to support as many targeted events in the EEE sector as we can.

The official web site, for the latest information and facts http://www.rohs.gov.uk/