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Reasons for RoHS failure

As the future scope of RoHS is a matter of debate following the December 2008 and September 2009 proposals it is worth looking at the main reasons for non compliance since the introduction of RoHS in July 2006.

Hand soldering remains the biggest issue along with the contamination of dual production lines.

However, the other main reason for compliance failure is the interpretation of test reports as well as fraudulent declarations.

Far East imports present a significant challenge as does the growing problem of counterfeit products.

While there have been very few prosecutions there has been £25 million worth of product withdrawn from the market due to non compliance.

Having said all of that there is a compliance rate of between 80% and 100% across industry.

US take note!

 

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