General information on LINAK's compliance with WEEE and RoHS directives
Many companies within the EU are working hard to comply with two directives from the European Union - WEEE and RoHS. These directives are concerned with waste handling and reduction of hazardous substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment. As a producer of this kind of products, the directives impact directly on LINAK. In this area of our website we would like to give more information on the directives and of LINAK's compliance with them.
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The WEEE directive (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) is aimed at all original equipment manufacturers. As a component and system supplier LINAK is not falling under this description. LINAK products are, however, in many cases the only EEE products in the application. We have therefore decided to mark all LINAK actuator systems with the mandatory crossed out wheelie bin seen to the right. The deadline for adding the bin was 13 August 2005, which was met by LINAK.
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The RoHS directive (Reduction of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment) impacts on LINAK in a much more direct way. The following substances are banned from Electrical and Electronic Equipment, effective 1 July 2006: Lead, Hexavalent Chromium (Chrome VI), Mercury, Cadmium, Polybrominated Biphenyles (PBB), Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDE).
The vast majority of LINAK's products were compliant with the directive to start with, but we of course had to take action on those that were not. After many months of focused work, all LINAK products are now RoHS compliant, meeting abovementioned deadline.
For official statement, please refer to this pdf
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You can read more about RoHS here:
If you would like additional information on the WEEE and RoHS directives, please contact your local LINAK subsidiary or distributor.
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LINAK is an international company, founded on a simple idea - electric linear actuation.
We provide products that improve people's quality of life and working environment.
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