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Health & Safety
Rubadue Wire is committed to protecting our employees, customers, and our environment. Safety is our first priority. The foundation of our safety program is a systemic dedication to focus on safety in all aspects of the business. We analyze and investigate all functions and tasks to determine the safest possible process. Through extensive training, communication and procedures we ensure that safety is part of our culture.
Rubadue Wire VDE Certificates
ISO Certifications
Environmental Compliance
Rubadue Wire Co., Inc. and its employees are committed to the use of environmentally friendly products and processes. As a result of this commitment to help protect our global environment, virtually all Rubadue Wire products manufactured and shipped since 2005 have met and continue to meet the requirements of the Restriction on Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive and the existing Reach SVHC. Rubadue Wire is also proud to claim our continuing compliance and certification to ISO 14001 environmental standards.
RoHS - Restriction of Certain Hazardous Substances Directive
European Directive 2015/863/EU, 2011/65/EC
RoHS Compliance - The amendment to the RoHS 2 directive (2015/863) added four new substances to the list of restricted materials. Those materials are Bis(2-Ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), Benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP), Dibutyl phthalate (DBP), and Diisobutyl phthalate (DIBP). Rubadue Wire does not use these four substances in the manufacturing of its parts or components. To the best of our knowledge, none of our raw material suppliers use these substances in the manufacturing of their products. Rubadue Wire does not use Polybrominated Biphenyl (PBB) and Polybrominated Diphenyl Ether (PBDE) flame retardants as intentional ingredients in the manufacturing of any parts or components. To the best of our knowledge, none of our raw material suppliers use these substances in the manufacturing of their products.
European Directive 2011/65/EC also prohibits the use of certain amounts of lead, cadmium, mercury and hexavalent chromium. Rubadue Wire products do not exceed the maximum allowable contents of these "heavy metals" in the manufacturing process. To the best of our knowledge, none of our raw material suppliers use unacceptable amounts of these substances in the manufacturing of their products.
We conduct random analysis testing of our products to ensure RoHS compliance, but we do not routinely analyze our products for substances not purposely added.
REACH - Registration, Evaluation, and Authorization of Chemicals
Registration, Evaluation, and Authorization of Chemicals (Reach) entered into force in June 2007 for the intent of protection to human health and the protection of the environment. The Reach SVHC list now includes 247 substances and is updated with new substances every six months.
REACH also addresses the continued use of 151 substances defined as "Substances with Very High Concern" (SVHC). Rubadue Wire Co., Inc. does not intentionally use or add any of the 151 (SVHC) above 0.1% weight and we have also confirmed with our raw material suppliers that these substances are not intentionally used or added above 0.1% weight.
Rubadue Wire Co., Inc. is a producer of "articles" and therefore must rely on suppliers for pre-registration. When a new list of SVHC is released, Rubadue Wire Co., Inc. takes due diligence with its supply chain to determine compliance.