Electri-Cord Corporate Responsibility

ECM is fully aware of the European REACH Regulation EC No 1907/2006 and has dedicated programs and resources to deal with legislative requirements and business continuity concerns related to REACH.

We are regularly monitoring the continuing additions of Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) to the Candidate List, which is the first step of the REACH Authorization procedure. Please visit the ECHA website for the most up-to-date official version of the Candidate

list: https://echa.europa.eu/candidate-list-table

Be assured that if any SVHC is identified in any of our products above the threshold of 0.1% by weight we will communicate the required information to our customers (by REACH Article 59(10)).

EU RoHS Directive Regulations:

The original RoHS Directive (Directive 2002/95/EC) originated in the EU in 2002 to restrict six hazardous materials found in electrical products. It went into law on July 1, 2006.

The EU RoHS Directive (2011/65/EU), known as RoHS 2, has been in force since 2011. This directive also established the CE-marking directive, with RoHS compliance now required for CE marks on products. It also added Categories 8 and 9 for medical devices, monitoring, and control instruments providing for additional compliance requirements.

Finally, Directive 2015/863, known as RoHS 3, went into effect from July 22, 2019 and added four additional restricted substances for all electrical and electronic equipment. These substances are all phthalates, and mainly used as insulation plasticizers.

All parties involved in the supply chain of electronics and electronic equipment have a responsibility to ensure that their products comply with all requirements set out in the EU RoHS directive regulations. They should not only ensure the compliance of finished products, but also component parts which may be ordered and inventoried during the manufacturing process. ECM has strived to eliminate these restricted substances from our products. If you need certification that a product is RoHS compliant, we can provide you with any certification you may need.

ECM has strived to eliminate these banned substances from our products. If you need certification that a product is RoHS compliant, we can provide you with any certification you may need.

Section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act defines and regulates “conflict minerals.” Conflict minerals—tantalum, tungsten, tin, and gold—originate from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Their revenue directly or indirectly benefits armed groups responsible for war and human rights violations in the DRC and adjoining countries. Growing international awareness of the human rights crisis in the DRC region has brought about legislative measures that affect members of the wire and cable industry.

Our industry is impacted because these materials, such as tin, are widely used in many wire and cable products. The Dodd-Frank Act doesn’t prohibit the use of conflict minerals but rather demands transparency in the supply chain. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission requires publicly traded manufacturers to release reports disclosing the sources of the materials in question.

If your company requires information regarding conflict minerals compliance, we will be happy to reach out to our manufacturers. Please see our conflict minerals sourcing policy below:

In 1986, California voters approved an initiative to address their growing concerns about exposure to toxic chemicals. That initiative became the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, better known by its original name of Proposition 65. Proposition 65 requires the State to publish a list of chemicals known to cause cancer birth defects or other reproductive harm. This list, which must be updated at least once a year, has grown to include more than 900 chemicals since it was first published in 1987.

Proposition 65 requires businesses to notify Californians about significant amounts of chemicals in the products they purchase, in their homes or workplaces, or that are released into the environment. By providing this information, Proposition 65 enables Californians to make informed decisions about protecting themselves from exposure to these chemicals. Proposition 65 also prohibits California businesses from knowingly discharging significant amounts of listed chemicals into sources of drinking water.

Infrequently handled cords are exempt, based on the Proposition 65 wire and cable settlement taking the form of a Consent Judgment submitted to the court in San Francisco. It was agreed that Cords and Covered Products, which because of their size, weight or function, are infrequently handled (such as upon their installation in a setting where they are not typically plugged and unplugged). A list of over 200 of these types of infrequently handled products was created in Exhibit F of the Settlement Agreement.
Some examples of infrequently handled cords: building wire, printer cables, riser/plenum cable, speaker wire, telecom data cable, telecom power cable, telephone power and data cords, thermostat cable, utility cable, signal cable, power control/ instrumentation/ cable, utility wire and cable, etc.
Also exempt: cords that are internal components not normally accessible to consumers during ordinary use.

Electri-Cord Manufacturing products may contain chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm. However, as they do meet exempt criteria, are therefore deemed exempt from the above-mentioned referendum. Businesses are also exempt from the warning requirement and discharge prohibition if the exposures they cause are so low as to create no significant risk of cancer or birth defects or other reproductive harm.

Electri-Cord’s Prop 65 Statement