Polamco designs, manufactures and markets a broad range of interconnect products, primarily for the military/ aerospace markets. Most Polamco products fall outside of Restriction of use of certain Hazardous Substances (RoHS) limits and are therefore exempt from the directive. Many Polamco products are free of the substances that RoHS controls. Systematic review, and where necessary, the introduction of alternative materials in existing product ranges, will ensure compliance of products from Polamco.

Recent and pending exemptions under RoHS regarding specific applications of lead, mercury, cadmium and hexavalent chromium are relevant to Polamco products that contain these substances.

Military and customer specifications may call for specific plating and other requirements that include controlled substances. If required nearly all of our plated products are available in treatments that are free or essentially free from substances controlled by RoHS. Customers seeking alternatives should contact Polamco with application requirements.

Polamco has also conducted a careful review of the scope defined under Article 2 and the list of products in Annexes 1A and 1B of the directive covering Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE). Based on the review, Polamco does not design, manufacture or sell products subject to the WEEE directive.

For further questions, please contact Paul Rees at Polamco directly.

Further information with regard to the RoHS directive

1. DTI update www.dti.gov.uk or www.dti.gov.uk/sustainability/weee/index.htm

2. Envirowise www.envirowise.gov.uk