RoHS Environmental Policy

Moving toward a Green Supply Chain

Portwell is taking an active role in protecting the environment through its compliance with industry and legislation regarding the restriction on use of Lead and other hazardous substances. As a major Mission-Critical Application Platform Provider, Portwell partners with industry suppliers, a critical part of our supply chain, who share the company's commitment to the environment.

As part of this effort, Portwell is progressively offering devices that are Lead-free and considered to be "green" in compliance with Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) legislation defined by the European Union's (EU) Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) directive. This includes the restriction of Mercury, Cadmium, Hexavalent Chromium, Polybrominated Biphenyl (PBBs) and Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PDBEs).

Since July 2004, Portwell has been involved in transiting to lead –free, this has required a massive effort and presented numerous challenges. Portwell are now aligned with various industry peers and suppliers to clarify standards and processes to eliminate lead. In fact, since May 2005, Portwell has been recognised by the Industrial Development Bureau, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and the R.O.C to be a proactive industry leader, Portwell were the first company with full government funding to implement the cleaner production project among all our competitors. Further to this, Portwell has worked closely with industry consortia to go through the WEE and RoHS transformation. Portwell not only has the best administration, R&D team and production process, but also a fastidious commitment to quality. In addition to this, the green supply chain has been built up at Portwell to develop green products that meet the present qualifications and requirements.

Portwell RoHS compliance schedule

Stage 1:	Purchase Lead-free equipment and identify Lead-free part number,
	August, 2004
Stage 2:	Lead-less sample run, September, 2004
Stage 3 :	Pilot run, February, 2005
Stage 4:	Purchase XRF inspection equipment and 95 percent of the Lead-free
	components and materials used, August, 2005
Stage 5 :	100% Lead-free mass production, Q3, 2005