Molex Offers Data and Certificate of Environmental Compliance for Every Published Part on its Website

Molex Incorporated has announced a new update to its website that allows users to easily find REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, and Restriction of Chemicals) substance information and a RoHS (Restriction on the Use of Hazardous Material) certificate of compliance for every part published on its website.

The Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals Regulation, otherwise known as REACH, requires substances manufactured in or imported into the European Union to be registered. It is not specifically a product substance restriction requirement like RoHS, but rather a regulation that is designed to ensure substances have been properly evaluated and registered and to notify end-users of any products which may contain Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC).

Users can find the REACH SVHC content for each part number in the product environmental compliance section on the right-hand side of the part number datasheet. Users will find listed either 'Contains SVHC: No' or a detailed list of each SVHC contained in the part.

In addition, users can download a PDF file of the RoHS certificate of compliance that lists the RoHS compliance status for every part number online. The certificate can be found on the list view results screen or on the part number datasheet in the link marked 'RoHS Certificate of Compliance (PDF)'.

"The ability for customers to easily find important environmental product information on Molex.com is very important to us," said Joel Eurich, Global Environmental, Health & Safety Manager, Molex Incorporated. "REACH and RoHS data is essential to making the right product purchase and we hope the new, easy-to-use update on our site will save our customers time." Currently, users can only download the certificate by part number, but by the end of the year, customers will be able to get a RoHS certificate of compliance for a list of part numbers. Then, users will be able to copy a list of Molex part numbers into the site and receive back a PDF with all of the part numbers' RoHS compliance status listed in a part table.

To find Molex's position statement regarding REACH and other environmental topics, visit Molex's ECOCARE site at www.molex.com/eco-care.html.

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