There is growing public awareness of product safety after the outbreak of a number of major incidents relating to hazardous substances found in toys and other products. The governments in many countries have also tightened the corresponding product safety regulations. It is therefore very important that companies supply products that are safe to use and comply with those regulations.
UTec is dedicated to supplying products that are safe to use and environmentally friendly throughout their life cycles. To support our customers to comply with increasing international regulations on product safety, we have set up a Product Safety Project Team to study and follow safety regulations in major countries to ensure our products comply with the requirements and to provide our customers with the necessary information and documents for their compliance with the regulations in their countries. We supply products that are RoHS and REACH compliant and our manufacturing site is one of the first printer cartridge manufacturers to certify to IECQ QC080000.
By selecting UTec products, you can be assured that only safe substances are used in production and you can avoid the risk of breaching product safety regulations.
REACH Compliance
REACH is a new EU Law on safe use of chemicals. It deals with the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals. The regulation came into force on 1st June 2007. REACH replaces numerous EU laws related to chemicals and is complementary to other environmental and safety legislation.
RoHS Compliance
The European Union publicized and enforced the Directive on the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (RoHS Directive) on 13 February 2003 and 1 July 2006 respectively. The RoHS Directive restricts the use of six hazardous substances: cadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), mercury (Hg), hexavalent chromium (Cr6+), polybrominated byphenyls (PBB) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE).
IECQ QC080000 Certification
IECQ QC080000, based on the EIA/ECCB Standard 954 Electrical and Electronic Components and Products Hazardous Substance Free Standard and Requirements, provides the framework for the comprehensive, systematic and transparent management and control of processes pursuant to Hazardous Substance Free (HSF) products and production processes. An organization that has been certified to QC080000 can demonstrate that it has established an effective management system to control and manage hazardous substances in order to comply with the requirements of EU RoHS, REACH and other relevant product safety regulations.
UTec Product Safety Assurance
Environmentally Friendly Production
Green Procurement
We adopt green procurement management procedures with strict selection and monitoring of our supply sources. Total supply chain control is implemented to ensure all materials used in our products are safe to humans and the environment.
Minimization of Waste
We target zero waste in our product development and production process. Heavy investment in waste treatment facilities has been made to ensure no discharge of hazardous substances into the environment.
Resource Recycling
We are a supporter of the principles of "reduce, reuse and recycle". Remanufactured inkjet and laser cartridges are a core part of our business. More than 60 million pieces of used cartridges have been recycled in our manufacturing site over the last 5 years.
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