Venkel Ltd. just released the new CRG – RoHS 6/6 “Green” resistor new product offering this month on September 3rd, 2014. This new resistor series is a general purpose Thick Film Resistor. It incorporates new construction materials whereby Lead in the glass and Lead Oxide in the resistive element is now eliminated. The glass frit contained within the resistive element (RuO2) no longer contains any Lead or Lead oxide and will meet the RoHS 1000ppm or 0.1% threshold without taking the 7C-I exemption.
Although the exemption is not set to expire until July of 2016, numerous customers have requested that we have a complaint alternative available now. Depending on each company’s situation, some must have a strategy in place in order to get new products tested, verified and released. Many companies want to get ahead of the game on this mandate so no bottlenecks or delays will occur prior to or after the deadline.
The new CRG series resistors are available now. This series enables you to have your products fully RoHS 6/6 (if that specific resistor product line was the only commodity preventing you from being fully RoHS 6/6 compliant). Please let us know if you have any questions regarding this new product release and if samples are needed for qualification purposes and we will do our best to accommodate you
Nathan Bailey