• Environmentally Friendly Products and Services:


• Environmental Labeling
• Evaluation by Life Cycle Assesment
• Chemical Substances

Compliance with RoHS Directive

The RoHS Directive (Restriction of the use of certain Hazardous Substances in electrical and electronic equipment) enforced in July 2006 prohibits the use of lead,
mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chronium, PBB and PBDE in all electrical and electronic products sold in the EU. Although this directive does not affect monitoring and control instruments, the Yamatake Group is committed to providing environmentallyconscious products and has therefore been promoting the substitution of the six prohibited substances.
    In fiscal 2003 we began developing technologies for leadfree solders as a companywide project, and have been promoting leadfree solders with our target of complete conversion by the end of fiscal 2005. We are on schedule in terms of the mounting technology for leadfree solders and the system for their mass production. The conversion to leadfree solders for each product is also progressing on schedule. However, to complete the conversion as originally scheduled may be difficult due to the delay in adopting leadfree solders in electronic parts, and inventory management of purchased nonleadfree parts. We are presently revising the schedule and will continue with the conversion to leadfree solders.
    Since launching our project for managing chemical substances contained in our products in May 2004, we have been moving forward with making the framework for the management and use of chemical substances. In fiscal 2005 the "eCOMAST " ystem was adopted to manage chemical substances in our products. We are promoting the survey of chemical substances in products, such as electrical and electronic parts, and mechanical parts and materials, and the development of a database.
Forexample, the use of prohibited chemical substances in such products and materials is investigated and veri fied by fluorescent xray analysis.
    Following the plan by each business line, we have completed the substitution for the six prohibited chemicals so that the products subject to the RoHS Directive now comply with this directive.

Responding to customers

Owing to the RoHS Directive to take effect shortly, the number of customer inquiries regarding chemical substances in fiscal 2005 totaled 629, a significant increase from the previous year.
    In the future, we will prevent adulteration and contamination by prohibited chemical substances contained in our products. To comply with environmental regulations, we plan to launch activities for establishing a system of managing chemical substances for satisfying customer needs, based on the Japan Green Procurement Guidelines. Also, with the China version of the RoHS Directive expected to
take effect in March 2007, we are aware that regulations for chemical substances in products will become stricter.Efforts are being made across the Group to respond to tougher regulations.

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