Maxwell Technologies RoHS Compliance
The growing market demands and regulatory requirements within the electrical and electronics industry has increased the industry-wide awareness of hazardous substances and their usage.
The European Union has issued a directive (RoHS-Directive 2002/95/EC), effective July 1st, 2006, restricting the use of lead, cadmium, mercury, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated phenyls (PBB) and polybrominated diphenylethers (PBDE) within certain electrical and electronics equipment as specified in the directive.
Maxwell Technologies and our partners recognize our responsibility as environmentally safe suppliers of components used as a part of electronic equipment falling under the criteria specified within the directive. We are completely committed to comply with the RoHS – Directive 2002/95/EC
As per our current assessment, none of our products contain –
- Cadmium
- Mercury
- Hexavalent chromium
- Polybrominated phenyls (PBB)
- Polybrominated diphenylethers (PBDE)
Maxwell manufactures and sells certain products containing lead and currently do not meet the requirements of the directive. However as a part of being an environmentally responsible company Maxwell has developed an aggressive plan of compliance.
Maxwell is already underway in its compliance effort and has made significant headway towards compliance. We plan on manufacturing lead free products (as permitted by the directive) as specified in the RoHS Product compliance plan. Hence all the Maxwell products, which are affected by the directive, shall be RoHS compliant by end of March 2006.
Maxwell is committed to being an environmentally responsible supplier and shall continue to be compliant with existing and new worldwide environmentally safe practices and directives.
For any questions or concerns please contact info@maxwell.com
UL Recognized Components Information
The UL marks are some of the most recognized symbols in the world. It means that an independent, not-for-profit laboratory has tested samples of our certified products to specific requirements.
We are proud of our UL Component Recognized certification which is unique to our small cell BOOSTCAP® Ultracapacitors and is a first of its kind for this type of product.
Our UL certification says something about our products; it's your assurance that steps have been taken in the interest of your safety.
Our BOOSTCAP ultracapacitors that currently have UL Component Recognition are the PC5, PC5-5, PC10, BCAP0350, BPAK0350-15 and BMOD0350-15.
Our Commitment to Quality
As a manufacturer of high reliability components and systems, Maxwell Technologies knows that everything depends on the quality of our products. From that knowledge comes our ongoing commitment to manufacture products to meet the highest quality standards.
Maxwell Technologies and its employees are committed to continuously improving the processes by which we provide our products and services, so that our work meets requirements and is done right the first time.
Maxwell Technologies is an ISO 9001 certified company. In addition, the manufacturing line of our Microelectronics division is certified to QML 'Q' and 'V' specifications. The QML V certification is granted to those unique companies that meet the stringent standards set by MIL-PRF-38535 as approved by Aerospace Corporation, Jet Propulsion Laboratories and Defense Supply Center Columbus. Only 13 other companies in the world are compliant to this standard.
Download PDF of ISO9001 and AS9100 Certifications
Our European facility is certified to the ISO 14001 (environmental management standard). In addition, the European based BOOSTCAP® division is certified to ISO/TS 16949. (Quality management system standard for the automotive industry).
As part of a continuous improvement activity aimed at achieving higher and higher levels of quality performance, Maxwell is working aggressively to meet the requirements of additional formal rigorous management system standards. Our plans include implementation of the ISO/TS 16949 standard within our US-based BOOSTCAP® division as well as AS9100 (Quality management system standard for the aerospace industry) within our Microelectronics division. We are also working aggressively to achieve compliance with the ISO 14001 standard at our San Diego facility bringing the entire corporation into compliance with these environmental standards.
Customer satisfaction is a key indicator of quality and so w e seek our current and prospective customers' inputs and involvement in improving our products and services.
Our Quality Policy
Maxwell Technologies quality policy is to meet the life-of-the-application product and service needs of our customers through continuous improvement of the effectiveness of all our business processes.
Our Environmental Policy
REAP:
- Regulations – Meet all relevant environmental legislations and regulations.
- Environmental Objectives – Develop, regularly review, achieve and communicate environmental objectives.
- Achieve – Target achievement of continual improvement in all its business processes.
- Prevent – Focus on pollution prevention and waste minimization.
