RoHS/weee and end-of-life (eol) redesign
Restriction on Hazardous Substances (RoHS) also known as Lead-Free Design and End-Of-Life (EOL) Redesign are two related areas of expertise A2e Technologies can provide to your company.
We are experts at redesigning products to be form and function compatible with older boards and systems while ensuring long-term manufacturability and RoHS compliance.
We can take your legacy boards and/or systems and quickly redesign replacements for them so you can continue to ship product.
Lost original documentation, design files and personnel are not an obstacle to proceed. When required, our ability to reverse engineer both hardware and software of legacy systems in order to redesign new products is equaled by none.
We can work with you to achieve your goals. Whether they are lower cost, increased performance, enhanced functionality, etc... A2e can design a solution that allows you to be more competitive.
Areas of expertise
RoHS Compliance Service
Europe's RoHS compliance deadline of July 1, 2006 will affect every company that sells product for use in Europe. California is also initiating its own version of RoHS which is expected to be implemented around January 2007. Other countries are joining in as well. Component manufacturers are already eliminating supply of parts that are not compliant and releasing new, sometimes incompatible, replacements.
These legislative developments are creating a hard deadline at which point current products will become obsolete and difficult to manufacture due to unavailability of components. Many products will have to be terminated or re-designed to be compliant.
EOL Redesign Service
End-Of-Life issues affect all products over time. With RoHS regulations, this process has been accelerated for many products. However, outside of RoHS, many companies still experience EOL issues. By using parts brokers and grey-market sources, companies can continue to manufacture products based on obsolete components for some time. However, this cannot last forever. A2e, working with our customers, has been able to demonstrate significant cost savings (parts, manufacturing, warranty, and support) as a result of replacing an aged design with a new one.