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| Environment Management System |
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We obtained ISO14001 certification of International Organization of Standardization at the Head Quarters and Okaya factory, and are promoting environmental protection activities in the Kyocera Group Integrated Environmental Management System.
Our offices in Osaka, Nagoya, and Omiya were also certified by ISO in 2005, thus we are aggressively involved in the activities across the board. The concrete activities are such as reducing disposal of wastes, saving energy, saving resources and participating the local clean-up activity let alone working for lead-free plating and downsizing products. |
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| Environment Policy |
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We determine our environmental policies based on our management philosophy, put the priority on global environmental protection and are doing business activities with emphasis on the following matters.
1. Adherence to in-company environmental standards where the first priority is placed on the global environmental protection.
2. Effective use of resources and innovation of process technology
3. Development of environment-friendly products and products in which environmentally harmful substances are reduced
4. Cooperation toward environmental public policy, and participation in and support to social contribution activities
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| Environmentally Correspondent Products |
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| What is RoHS directive? |
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This Directive prohibits, effective July 1, 2006, electrical and electronic equipment put on the market in the European Union from containing specified chemical substances exceeding the specified value.
[Specified chemical substance]
Lead (Pb) 1,000ppm, Mercury (Hg) 1,000ppm, Cadmium (Cd) 100ppm, Hexavalent Chromium, (Cr6) 1,000ppm, PolyBrominated Biphenyls
(PBB) 1,000ppm, PolyBrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDE) 1,000ppm
"Products manufactured by KYOCERA ELCO Corp. are already RoHS compliant for 5 substances but for lead."
We are in process of lead-free project.
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| Tackling lead-free plating |
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We are developing lead-free products in order to comply with RoHS directives taking effect on July 1, 2006. We firstly in the industry established the mass production line using the tin-copper dual-layer plating that mitigates whisker formation as well as the line using gold plating and tin plating as lead-free plating. (Mass production started on January in 2004.)
With tin-copper dual-layer plating, external stress can be dispersed and alleviated in order to mitigate the whisker formation due to the structure of two types of tin-copper plating, matt type and semi-bright one. For details, please refer to the following PDF file.
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| Controlling System |
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To control environmentally hazardous substances, we are struggling hard with “Design that takes in no environmentally hazardous substances”, “Manufacture that contains no environmentally hazardous substances”, and “Control that delivers no environmentally hazardous substances”.
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Design that takes in no environmentally hazardous substances |
Materials used in our products are entered in our database only after they are verified that they contain no environmentally hazardous substances prior to development and design. Development and design are conducted using these materials listed in the database only to realize “Design that takes in no environmentally hazardous substance” thoroughly.
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Manufacture that contains no environmentally hazardous substances |
To achieve “Include no environmentally hazardous substances in our products” and “Adhere no environmentally hazardous substances to our products” completely, no environmentally hazardous substances are contained in our manufacturing processes through the definite control system let alone controlling on materials purchased. Especially for a wide variety of sub-materials used in our manufacturing processes, all of them are verified that they contain no environmentally hazardous substances.
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Control that delivers no environmentally hazardous substances |
Products produced through “Design that takes in no environmentally hazardous substances” and “Manufacture that contains no environmentally hazardous substances” are verified periodically to realize “Control that delivers no environmentally hazardous substances.”
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| Control Criterion |
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Connectors are disassembled into components such as insulator, contacts, and others to be verified that each of them does not contain greater amount of any prohibited substance than the specified value. |
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| Search for RoHS Condition |
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| Search by part number or Series number |
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Please select "Parts No./RoHS Condition Search" through “Parts No./ Product Type Search” in the pull-down menu on the upper right. RoHS compliance status can be checked for each part number (6 digits or more) or the one through each Series number (4 digits).
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| Search by number of pins of Series number |
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RoHS status can be checked for each number of pins on "Part No. List by Number of Positions" through "Related link" in the menu on the right of each Series product page.
(Available only for FPC/FFC connectors and Board-to-Board connectors.)
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