RoHS Statement

Raritan's Statement on the RoHS Directive

Background

On February 13, 2003, the European Union adopted Directive 2002/95/EC (download PDF).  The Directive (RoHS), restricts and prohibits the use of various heavy metals (cadmium, hexavalent chromium, lead and mercury), polybrominated biphenyls (PBB) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE) in new electrical and electronic equipment put on the market after July 1, 2006.

The newest RoHS Directive 2011/65/EU, some call “RoHS 2.0” (download PDF) and its latest amendment to Annex II (Directive 2015/863/EU) which was published on 2015/3/31 and requests that all products shipped to Europe which are in amended RoHS 2.0 restricted categories must be compliant with after 2019/7/22.

Raritan's Environmental Policy

Raritan, Inc. ("Raritan") is fully committed to protecting and enhancing the environment.  Environmental protection is integral to Raritan's continuous improvement initiatives, aimed at meeting the expectations of our customers, employees and the community in which our products are manufactured, marketed and used.

Commitment to Comply

Raritan is committed to complying with the requirements of all applicable environmental legislation, regulations, including RoHS in our products.  Raritan commits to:

• Meet or exceed the compliance requirements of all applicable environmental legislation, regulations and other voluntary requirements to which we subscribe
• Promote the prevention of pollution
• Continually improve the effectiveness of our environmental management system