LTK taps Underwriters Laboratory for RoHS Compliance

"LTK Industries Ltd., a Hong Kong-based cable and wire producer, has chosen Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL) of Northbrook, Ill. to establish its compliance with the European Union’s Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive. UL’s Restrictive Substances Compliance Solutions (RSCS) program is designed to help companies meet RoHS requirements through materials testing and surveillance of global components suppliers. The RSCS program is also designed to assist with its customers’ compliance declaration procedures. As the RoHS deadline of July 1, 2006 nears, OEMs and component suppliers in the electronics industry have become concerned about their ability to demonstrate compliance. They are also concerned about collecting and managing the compliance data required by European governmental bodies. The exact nature of the data required by governmental bodies overseeing compliance remains unknown." Source: reed-electronics.com