Newark Launches RoHS Site

Newark InOne, the Chicago subsidiary of the London-based Premier Farnell, has launched RoHS Express, an online resource to help design engineers and component buyers comply with the emerging environmental laws such as the European Union’s Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) legislation set to go into effect on July 1 of next year. Newark launched the site in response to a growing number of questions coming from customers. “Our customers are asking, ‘How does RoHS affect me?’ Some asked it six months ago, some asked it yesterday,” said Steve Hopkins, Newark’s VP of RoHS business development. “The next thing they ask is, ‘What components are exempt?’ The maintenance buyers think they’re exempt, but that’s not necessarily so.” Source: Reed Electronics