EU RoHS

LeCroy recognizes the importance of the European RoHS (Removal of Hazardous Substances) Directive legislation aimed at the reduction or removal of hazardous substances from electronic products. LeCroy products fall into Category 9 (Monitoring and Control Equipment) of the European RoHS legislation and therefore are exempt from the RoHS requirements. It was indicated that this exemption is currently being considered for extension until the year 2016 or possibly beyond.

Although our products are currently exempt from the EU RoHS requirements, we have been following an internal policy to incorporate RoHS compliant parts in our new designs to the maximum extent possible. Sound part selection is a key element of our design process and we strive to carefully consider a range of factors including performance, quality, reliability, environmental compliance and others. The dramatic increase of RoHS compliant parts in recent years has been a great benefit to LeCroy by helping us to incorporate ever increasing numbers of these parts in our new designs. We have instituted this RoHS transition plan so that we can move in a direction that will help us realize our objective of producing RoHS compliant products.

LeCroy strives to design & produce only world-class products that fully satisfy or exceed the expectations of our customers. Recent RoHS inquiries from some of our customers have demonstrated a growing interest in this area. The EU RoHS legislation has been key RoHS compliance driver for many companies. It has also demonstrated important considerations and concerns (especially long term reliability) that resulted in the adoption of the exemptions including Category 9 that LeCroy products fall within. We feel our transition plan of steadily moving towards RoHS compliance without compromising the high performance and high reliability products our customers expect is a sound approach.

We continue to monitor environmental regulations in each country that we sell our products and will take the necessary actions to ensure that our products comply with all regulatory requirements.

LeCroy plans to post updates here regarding our RoHS initiative should there be any significant changes or developments.