HazMat Solution for Canada Including RoHS & WEEE Directives Compliance

In Canada, as around the world, product companies are facing the introduction of the European Union's Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) and Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) directives. At the same time, the so-called "lead-free" restrictions are just the start of the worldwide trend toward increased environmental friendliness when it comes to product manufacturing, recycling and disposal.

To meet the changing compliance needs of Canadian product companies, IHS has evolved its industry-leading Hazardous Materials/Substance (HazMat) solution to equip you for full RoHS and WEEE compliance and more. As a Canadian company requiring product compliance, the IHS hazardous materials solution offers you centralized, Internet-based tools for every stage of your product lifecycle:

• design and development decision support
• electronic and component parts management and maintenance
• HazMat, RoHS and WEEE compliance reporting

Reduce HazMat-Related Risks with an Evolving Solution

Canadian companies producing products for distribution in Europe that are not RoHS or WEEE compliant face a new set of hazardous material-related business risks: lost sales, obsolete inventory, public labeling as non-compliant, penalties, and more.

At the same time, additional environmental restrictions, often more stringent, are being established by organizations (e.g., JIG A and B) and within countries such as Canada. For example, the national end-of life program being developed by Electronics Product Stewardship Canada (EPS Canada) is already backed by 16 Canadian electronics product industry leaders such as Apple, Canon, Dell, HP, Sony, and others.As a result, Canadian product companies need a HazMat solution that evolves along with the ever-changing environmental regulations and restrictions of today and tomorrow. The IHS hazardous materials solution is built on the 45-year IHS tradition of establishing relationships with information providers and integrating external information flows into its data solutions. That is why companies such as GE Healthcare, CSI Wireless, and Sun Microsystems, among others, turn to IHS to reduce their hazardous materials-related risks.

Not only does the IHS HazMat solution evolve according to your needs, it also provides restrictions flexibility that frees you to concentrate on the design, manufacturing and distribution of your Canadian products. For example, during the design phase of a new electronic component, you can customize the easy-to-use IHS interface to only refer to those hazardous materials-related restrictions that apply to your particular product.

Seven Other Ways Canadian Companies Benefit from the IHS HazMat Solution

Beyond mitigating your RoHS and WEEE non-compliance risks, there are seven additional ways your Canadian products company will gain a competitive edge through the IHS HazMat solution:

1. Reduce expenses by efficiently leveraging external services for procuring and maintaining the HazMat content you need
2. Maintain and improve the quality of your products by ensuring manufacturing compatibility of parts
3. Minimize supply chain disruptions due to Pb-free transitions
4. Minimize confusion between lead-free and lead-based parts by understanding part numbering changes and labeling
5. Reduce design cycle time by speeding research and parts procurement
6. Support design engineers, component engineers, and procurement professionals
7. Easily access and format the compliance and substantiating information you need for creating Material Declarations for your product

Other time and cost-saving benefits include boosting engineer efficiency through immediate access to multiple sources of component information from a single interface; BOM-level view of product; and sharing reports, BOMs, layouts, searches and other data between team members.

Ensure Your Canadian HazMat, RoHS and WEEE Compliance

As a product company operating in Canada, your reasons for compliance may be many: protecting your European market; competitor differentiation; satisfying your customers' requirements. Regardless of your motivations, the IHS HazMat solution provides the verified data, reliable information tracking, and powerful reporting functions you need to ensure your hazardous materials, RoHS and WEEE compliance.

Contact IHS today for more information or to schedule a free opportunity analysis.