Midas Pattern
6th September 2010
Company Profile
RoSH, WEEE and REACH directives
RoSH Directive
'The Restriction of the use of certain Hazardous Substances is a directive for the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic devices. These directives lay down actual bans or limit values for particular substances that endanger people and the environment (banned substances directive)'
The RoHS Directive (Restriction of the use of certain Hazardous Substances in electrical and electronic equipment) will ban the placing on the EU market of new electrical and electronic equipment containing more than agreed levels of lead, cadmium, mercury, hexavalent chromium, and certain listed flame-retardants from 1st July 2006.
All raw PUR mouldings produced by Midas Pattern Company Ltd are compliant with the RoHS Directive: a very small number of paint finishes may not be compliant; we can advise our Customers accordingly and supply further details and information on request.
WEEE Directive
'The Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment is a directive that governs the recovery and recycling of waste electrical and electronic devices (E scrap recycling directive)'
From 1st January 2006 Midas Pattern Company Ltd are fully compliant with the WEEE (Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment) regulations concerning the disposal of electrical and electronic components.
REACH Directive
The REACH (Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals) regulation can into force on 1st June 2007
REACH is an EU-wide reform of the regulatory environment in which chemicals are used. The aim is to improve the protection of human health and the environment through the better, and earlier, identification of the properties of chemical substances. A further benefit will be to enhance the innovative capability and competitiveness of the EU chemical industry. REACH is intended to establish an integrated system for Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals. It extends the stringent testing which has been required for chemicals introduced since 1981 to those already in use (estimated at 30,000 substances).
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