RoHS Compliance
RadiSys is an ISO 14001 registered company. As part of this registration, we strive to be environmentally responsible by developing environmentally conscious products, manufacturing processes and recycling practices. RadiSys has initiated this environmental policy to protect the environment and to conduct our operations within the electronics design and manufacturing industry in a responsible manner. Our objective is to comply with all applicable environmental legislation.
RadiSys strives to comply with the environmental legislation listed below; however this is not a complete list of all the environmental legislation to which RadiSys complies.
| Subject | Legislation And Description |
| RoHS | Directive 2002/95/EC on the Restriction of Certain Hazardous Substances |
| China RoHS | SJ/T11364-2006 Marking for Control of Pollution Caused by Electronic Information Products and GB 18455-2001 Packaging Recycling Marks |
| WEEE | Directive 2002/96/EC on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment |
| REACH | Regulation EC 2006/1907 Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals |
| Batteries | Directive 2006/66/EC on Batteries and Accumulators and Waste Batteries and Accumulators |
| Ozone Depleting Substances | Montreal Protocol |
| Chemicals | Directive EU 76/769/EEC Restrictions on the Marketing and Use of Certain Dangerous Substances |
Subject: RoHS compliance – Directive 2002/95/EC
Compliance strategy: All parts are evaluated for RoHS compliance by a RadiSys Supplier Engineer. Written VOE (verifiable objective evidence) from the manufacturer is required for all RoHS compliant parts. RoHS compliance status and VOE archiving is managed with Agile (our PLM software tool). IPC-1752 class 1 (yes/no) forms are used to provide customers with written assurance of RoHS compliance. RadiSys has a process to provide IPC-1752 class 5 full disclosure material declarations, however there is a fee associated with this level of service.
Subject: China RoHS – SJ/T11364-2006 and GB 18455-2001
Compliance strategy: RadiSys complies with China’s product marking standard. Each product is marked with the appropriate label, which in most cases includes the Environment Friendly Use Period. Our products also include the material disclosure table in English and Chinese. Shipping packaging includes the appropriate recycling label.
Subject: WEEE compliance – Directive 2002/96/EC
Compliance strategy: RadiSys is a supplier of embedded components, circuit board assemblies and/or systems to our customers. The WEEE Directive places the primary responsibility for managing the required recycling process on the final producer of a product, which is ordinarily the RadiSys customer. In order to assist our customers in meeting the WEEE Directive’s requirements, RadiSys can provide the necessary reporting requirements (product weight, disassembly instructions, etc.) upon request. In addition, all RadiSys product is marked with the crossed out wheelie bin symbol as required by the directive.
Subject: REACH compliance – Regulation EC 2006/1907
Compliance strategy: RadiSys is a producer of articles as defined in the legislation. As a producer of articles, pre-registration/registration is not required. RadiSys has completed a preliminary evaluation of the candidate list for substances in articles >0.1% by weight. The results of this evaluation are available upon request.
Subject: Batteries – Directive 2006/66/EC
Compliance strategy: RadiSys products contain button cell batteries as defined in the directive. These button cell batteries comply with the material content requirements of the directive. Recycling requirements are handled as part of WEEE compliance, see above.
Subject: Ozone Depleting Substances – Montreal Protocol
Compliance strategy: RadiSys does not use ozone depleting substances in the manufacture of our products.
Subject: Chemicals – Directive EU 76/769/EEC
Compliance strategy: None of the substances, where applicable, are used by RadiSys or in RadiSys products above applicable maximum concentration values.
Please send questions to: orgRoHS@radisys.com