Professional PCs: RoHS-compliant by January

"As of July 1, 2006, the EU’s RoHS Directive (restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment) prohibits the sale in all member states of devices which exceed stringent limits for content of a variety of dangerous substances, including lead, mercury and cadmium. Fujitsu Siemens Computers is fully prepared and will even meet RoHS criteria as early as January. Back in 1992, the company established its first internal guidelines for environmentally conscious design. The Augsburg plant’s nine production lines produce 2.4 million internally developed PC mainboards annually. Six of these lines have already been converted to lead-free soldering, and green mainboards now represent 40 percent of total production. All models in the company’s recently introduced ESPRIMO Professional PC range will comply with RoHS as of this coming January, with all consumer products slated to follow by the end of spring." Source: i-newswire.com