RoHS Compliance Statement

As you may be aware, Directive 2002/95/EC of The European Parliament becomes effective as of July 1, 2006. Article 4(1)(2) of the Directive read as follows:

  1. Member States shall 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). National measures restricting or prohibiting the use of these substances in electrical and electronic equipment which were adopted in line with Community legislation before the adoption of this Directive may be maintained until 1 July 2006.
  2. Paragraph 1 shall not apply to the applications listed in the Annex.

Line 6 of the Annex to the Directive contains an exemption which reads as follows:

  1. 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.

Based upon the above information, all products produced by OMEGA SHIELDING PRODUCTS Inc. (excluding subsequent surface finishes containing lead, cadmium or chromium as specified by our customers) are in compliance with Directive 2002/95/EC of The European Parliament. Should you require additional information, please contact our customer service department at 1.973.366.0080 or sales@omegashielding.com. In the USA call toll free at 1.800.828.5784.

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