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The European Union has adopted the Directive 2002/95/EC on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (RoHS). Lexmark is committed to providing RoHS compliant products to the world markets by the July 1, 2006 target date of enactment in Europe.
The RoHS directive limits the amount of four metals (lead, mercury, hexavalent chromium, cadmium) and two brominated flame retardants (poly brominated biphenyl and poly brominated diphenyl ether) that can exist in a product. Some of these materials are related to basic technology of electronics and the elimination will impact technical product designs throughout the electronics industry.
Lexmark is developing new products and working closely with all of our suppliers to ensure that all materials going into Lexmark products are compliant with the RoHS directive. Lexmark is committed to continuously improving the environmental design of all of our products and services. The reduction of environmentally harmful materials such as the ones in the RoHS directive is a part of our commitment.
The Lexmark vision is Customers For Life, and we believe the best way to ensure this is by designing superior products that deliver the ultimate printing solutions for our customers.
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