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Product category: Embedded Computing and Control
News Release from: Kontron UK
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 17 January 2006

Lead-free becomes the norm at board
level

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All Kontron board-level products are now RoHS-compliant as standard, and solutions containing lead are only available as special customer-specific orders.

Kontron's order system for board-level products has now been converted to become RoHS-compliant on an order-related basis Lead-free products complying with RoHS are now standard, and solutions containing lead are only available as special customer-specific orders

At the same time, existing customers for which RoHS-compliant products cannot be delivered will be informed about redesign options.

(This mainly affects older solutions with the ISAbus).

Thanks to Kontron's one-of-a-kind PCI-to-ISA bridge that can be soldered without using lead, redesigns for ISA will still be possible.

For VME, too, lead-free solutions of every commonly used performance class are available.

Detailed RoHS product information, including the lead content of all products, was supplied in Kontron's July 2005 product catalogue.

The Kontron website includes comprehensive information regarding the issue of lead-free/RoHS, and a special e-mail contact form is also provided where customers can inquire about the status of the products they use, including those that are customer-specific.

All system solutions will also be RoHS-compliant by 30th June 2006.

Some details have not yet been resolved, such as front coatings and related display technology.

"We are very happy to be one of the first companies in this industry to be able to provide customers with suitable solutions six months before the directives come into force".

"Looking back, we can say that conversion to RoHS is complex and requires much detailed work".

"Although 95% of the solutions could be found quickly, the remaining 5% represent a challenge that requires a certain amount of time to meet", Norbert Hauser, Kontron's Marketing Vice-President, commented on the achievement of this important milestone in RoHS conversion.

Immediately after the lead-free/RoHS directives were adopted in 2003, Kontron introduced an RoHS working group to ensure that all Kontron board-level products would be lead-free by January 2006.

Through prompt and thorough conversion to RoHS, Kontron can provide customers with the certainty that they will be able to get their own products converted in time.

For Kontron, however, conversion to lead-free production is not simply a legal requirement, but also an active contribution to a lasting, environmentally friendly business. Request free introductory details about products from Kontron UK ...

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