Over 350 AMX Products Certified
Earth-Friendly and RoHS Compliant

AMX is proud to be a frontrunner of earth-friendly companies by certifying over 350 of our products in compliance with the European Union’s Restriction on Hazardous Substance (RoHS) directive, which mandates the use of non-earth-friendly chemicals and metals in electronic products.

The RoHS directive mandates that effective July 1, 2006, all products sold into the EU must significantly curtail the use of Lead, Mercury, Cadmium, Hexavalent Chromium, Polybrominated Biphenyls and Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers. Per the directive, the maximum allowed concentration by weight in homogeneous materials is 0.1 percent for each material, with the exception of Cadmium, which is 0.01 percent.

“Europe is a strategic market for AMX, so compliance with the RoHS directive was not an option for us. Our ‘Green’ initiative began nearly two years ago, when we began working closely with more than 350 supplier partners globally to determine which parts would need to be replaced for each and every product – a significant undertaking to say the least,” said Rashid Skaf, AMX president and chief executive officer. “AMX distributors and dealers in Europe can rest assured that the AMX products they need will be available to them.”

While these restrictions only apply to Europe, AMX is moving forward in attempts to certify that all its products shipped worldwide are Earth-friendly and RoHS compliant once existing inventory is depleted. 

Read the full RoHS announcement.