• RoHS / ISO compliance. Applicable PANDUIT products comply with the material restrictions of European directives on the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS; 2002/95/EC) and Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE; 2002/96/EC). All global PANDUIT manufacturing facilities are registered to the ISO 14001:2004 and ISO 9001:2000 standards, and we are currently working towards compliance with REACH regulations (Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals) passed by the European Union in 2007.
• Design for Environment. PANDUIT includes operational energy efficiency, end-of-life, and disposal considerations for all product designs. Our product life-cycle analysis helps us choose materials that have the least possible impact on the environment when we process them, as our customers use them, and at product end-of-life and disposal. PANDUIT always chooses the greenest available technology consistent with achieving product form, fit, and function to manufacture our electrical and networking solutions. Also, our global manufacturing facilities are strategically located to reduce the environmental impact of shipping PANDUIT products worldwide.
• Lean Manufacturing. PANDUIT maximizes customer value by relentlessly identifying and eliminating waste in every aspect of our business. Our Lean Manufacturing teams have developed best practice initiatives which go beyond simple waste reduction to true pollution prevention: materials used in the production process are reviewed for environmental effect, process outputs are reviewed for reuse or recycling, and manufacturing techniques are optimized to (1) reduce or eliminate the production of waste and (2) maximize recyclability of unavoidable non-product process outputs.
