On January 27, 2003 the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union authorized Directive 2002/95/EC on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment. This new directive, commonly referred to as RoHS ("ro-has") requires manufacturers to reduce usage of six hazardous substances to minimum acceptable levels by July of 2006.

The six substances affected are:
Lead (Pb)
Hexavalent chromium (Cr +6)
Mercury (Hg)
Cadmium (Cd)
Polybrominated biphenyl (PBB)
Polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE)

As a premier supplier of ICs worldwide, Vineyard offers RoHS compliant devices for customers. Going further for our part, Vineyard soon plans to offer only RoHS compliant products, eliminating non-compliant devices from its product portfolio.