Total Parts Plus to Offer Complete Component Material and Substance Content Information.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers FT. WALTON BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 17, 2003 Total Parts Plus, an online component management company, announced plans to supply component content information in compliance with the new Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directives The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE Directive) is the European Community directive 2002/96/EC on waste electrical and electronic equipment which, together with the RoHS Directive 2002/95/EC, became European Law in February 2003, setting collection, (WEEE WEEE Waste from Electric and Electronic Equipment (directive) WEEE Waste Electrical and Electronics Equipment WEEE Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment and ROHS (Reduction Of Hazardous Substances) European Union regulations enforceable on July 1, 2006 that set maximum concentration limits on hazardous materials used in electrical and electronic equipment. Standards). Beginning July 1, 2006, The Restriction on the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (ROHS) will ban electrical and electronic equipment with hazardous materials such as lead and cadmium cadmium (kăd`mēəm) [from cadmia, Lat. for calamine, with which cadmium is found associated], metallic chemical element; symbol Cd; at. no. 48; at. wt. 112.41; m.p. 321°C;; b.p. 765°C;; sp. gr. 8. . This new standard is designed to reduce the dangerous chemical waste arising from the recycling of electrical and electronic equipment. "We have been preparing for the new standards coming into effect and have already started comprising a database to support all requirements of the WEEE standards listing," said Total Parts Plus Director of Operations, Todd Montgomery. "Our intention is to support material information that is not limited to just "lead-free" but also the other 5 banned chemicals and 14 reportable chemicals." Europe will implement the standard in 2006, tailed closely by China and Japan, with the U.S. expected to follow suit. Total Parts Plus will offer the service as an inclusive feature in its web based Coming from a Web server. See Web application. tool services. The component content service will eventually be implemented into an individual service that will cater to the specific needs of customers and include information on all materials. About Total Parts Plus Total Parts Plus offers obsolescence ob·so·les·cent adj. 1. Being in the process of passing out of use or usefulness; becoming obsolete. 2. Biology Gradually disappearing; imperfectly or only slightly developed. management products, services, and solutions including Parts Manager, Parts Plus, Parts Xpert, PCN 1. PCN - Program Composition Notation. 2. (communications) PCN - Personal Communication Network. Manager, and Partnership Opportunities. With customers in over 15 countries worldwide, Total Parts Plus continues to be the fastest growing obsolescence management tool on the market. The web-based tools are offered to the electronics industry to help alleviate supply chain problems of lengthy and costly search for critical parts information. For more information on Total Parts Plus please visit the Total Parts Plus Web site at http://www.totalpartsplus.com/ |
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