Environmental Policy implemented at HMS

HMS has developed an integrated management system (environment and quality) which comply with the EU directive on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment, RoHS.

HMS Environmental Policy:

HMS aims to follow regulations regarding environment and work with continuous improvements with the ambition to decrease the environmental influence.

Alternatives with a minimum of environmental influence shall be chosen at long term investments.

During product development it shall be verified that no environmentally controlled substances are part of the hardware. Alternatives with a minimum of environmental influence shall be chosen.

Reusable and recyclable packaging materials shall be chosen for freight.

An implemented management system as well as capability to supply environmental friendly products is appreciated at evaluation and selection of suppliers.

All staff in the company is responsible to take care of the waste in a non-polluting way.

Information specific for RoHS compliance can be found here. Click here.

 

Environment related substances
Management regulations for the environment-related substances to be controlled which are included in parts and materials are shown below:

Cadmium (RoHS) and cadmium compounds

Lead (RoHS) and lead compounds

Mercury (RoHS) and mercury compounds

Hexavalent chromium (RoHS) compounds

PBB; Polybrominated biphenyls (RoHS)

PBDE; Polybrominated diphenylethers (RoHS)

Integration of Anybus NP30 ASIC technology - Reduction of power consumption

With the development of HMS's communications ASIC NP30, new products such as Anybus CompactCom benefit significantly with a reduction of power consumption provided by the NP30. Since the release of CompactCom, HMS has now fully integrated NP30 technology with the Anybus-IC single chip product range and has commenced with an integration program for the Anybus-S and Anybus-M, master and slave families of embedded interface cards.

For more information regarding HMS's enviromental policy, please contact:

Katarina Lecander
Quality Manager
Tel: +46 35 17 29 11
Email: kal@hms.se