Japan Green Services
Electronic design, consulting, and IT services for Japan Green compliance
Intertek Ageus Solutions is the North American leader in Japan Green, RoHS, and WEEE compliance, providing manufacturers with the expertise to meet and surmount the challenges presented by these and other emerging environmental regulations.
Intertek Ageus Solutions' electronics design and manufacturing experience provides guidance and services to meet each of the major focuses of Japan Green and the Japan Green Procurement Standardization Initiative (JGPSSI).
Identification and Control of Hazardous Substances
The cornerstone of Japan Green compliance is the identification and control of the hazardous substances in electronics products. Intertek Ageus Solutions' expert consulting and operation staff collects, reviews, and categorizes the required prohibited, restricted, and controlled chemicals for all components of your electronics product.
The gathered data meets the requirements of the Joint Industry Guide (JIG), JGPSSI, and evolving IPC standards.
Standard JGPSSI services:
- Material declaration for all components
- All prohibited, restricted, and controlled chemicals
- Full component by component audit trail
- Substitution of non-compliant components
- Electronic design verification of all chemical data and hazardous substances exemptions
- Recycling information and materials
- Data gathering to JGPSSI, Joint Industry Guide (JIG), and evolving IPC standards
- Intertek Ageus Solutions works with suppliers to develop compliant programs and products
Environmental Assessment of Products
The environmental assessment of products for Japan Green has many levels. Intertek Ageus Solutions' provides guidance and steps to compliance in the areas of energy reduction, materials for recycling, and packaging requirements. The Japan Green environmental assessment requirements are comprehensive in scope and span world wide legislative requirements.
Intertek Ageus Solutions' expertise:
- Batteries requirements and compliance
- Packaging requirements and compliance (including evolving EU legislation)
- Energy reduction requirements
- Plastics and PVC requirements and compliance
- Requirements for manuals and accompanying documentation
Information Disclosure
Japan Green has two major information disclosure requirements: Disclosure of the presence of hazardous substances and information on dismantling, recycling, and treatment. Intertek Ageus Solutions' material declaration database provides top level material declaration for electronics products and provides XML outputs compatible with emerging IPC declaration standards.
Hand-in-hand with their material declaration experience and data system, Intertek Ageus Solutions has the expertise and skills to work with you to meet your recycling and dismantling requirements.
Information disclosure services:
- "Rolled up" material declaration
- Support with specific customer requests
- Data output in XML format to support evolving IPC standards
- Recycling information roll up
- Support and guidance with dismantling instructions
Project Management
Intertek Ageus Solutions is well aware that Japan Green is not a simple matter of data gathering and presentation. Modern electronics are extremely complex and use components from a diverse supply base.
To support the overall Japan Green program, Intertek Ageus Solutions assigns an experienced project manager as a direct interface and central organizer.
The project manager provides:
- A direct Intertek Ageus Solutions contact
- On-call technical and consulting service
- Timelines and overall project planning
- Issue and action tracking
- Regular teleconferences with project manager and technical experts
- Weekly status reports
Ongoing Services
Environmental compliance is not a passing fad and Intertek Ageus Solutions' services are structured for long term compliance and support. Intertek Ageus Solutions' data system is adaptable, structured for easy additional new parts and products, and has an object oriented approach able to produce a range of output formats necessary to meet evolved electronics and IT standards.
Typical ongoing services:
- Data access through secure html site
- Ongoing consulting and IT support
- Addition and evaluation of new components and products
- Data "roll-up" and output to evolving standards
- XML output to support evolving IPC standards
Intertek Ageus Solutions core strengths come from years of experience in the electronics design and manufacturing forums. Many companies have unique requirements or formats necessary to meet corporate requirements. The experts at Intertek Ageus Solutions are well versed in the variety of demands on the electronics industry and have put together a team and infrastructure with adaptability to meet custom demands.
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