Centon Electronic supports the objectives of REACH, which is to improve the European Union’s chemical regulatory system, and to protect the health and safety of the public, and the environment.

REACH is the European Union’s chemical regulation that went into effect in June of 2007 and should be completely phased in by 2018. Manufacturers and importers of chemical substances in excess of 1 ton per year in the EU (European Union) are required to register these substances.

Centon Electronics, does not import, supply, or produce any substances on the REACH SVHC list, and therefore no obligation of registration applies.

Centon is currently RoHS compliant and complies with RoHS and Centon certifies those components used in manufacturing of the Lead Free parts are Pb-free and meets the current Directive 2011/65/EU, aka Restriction of Hazardous Substance Directive. Please note that Centon’s RoHS Compliant product does contain electronic ceramic passive parts that may use lead-oxide which are exempt from Directive 2011/65/EU – reference, Article 4, Section 2 and Section 7 of the Annex.

The following metals are not used in the manufacturing process of Centon's RoHS complaint products: