recently, the u.s. general cable (china) announced that its shide 4 aluminum alloy cable products have been adopted by the eu "on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment" (rohs directive), indicating that the products in the raw materials, zero accessories, production processes and process management, have reached the green requirements. from general cable's point of view this move, its just a response to the current trend - the development of irreversible environmental protection wire and cable.
environmental issues become the focus of significant environmental cables
when in november 2013, chinese premier li keqiang met to attend the china international cooperation on environment and development 2013 annual meeting of the foreign representatives said that the current chinese people have become increasingly demanding environmental quality, environmental protection has been highlighted as an important livelihood issues. it is understood that in 2013 the country introduced the intensive environmental policy, national environmental battle has begun.
conventional cable manufacture, use, waste treatment process will produce a lot of dioxin, lead, cadmium, halides and other pollution substances, the environment is very unfavorable. according to the china electronic components industry association secretary-general zhu ronghua oec introduced in the 2013 china international wire & cable asia summit in october 2013 held in shanghai, green cable with non-toxic to humans and the environment (toxicity), no pollution, high safety and reliability, long life, easy to break the cycle of economic recovery mode and other features.
on the "environmental risk wire and cable and strategies" seminar held in 2013, the world's leading inspection, verification, testing and certification organization sgs consumer testing services, general manager du jiabin noted that environmental issues are increasingly becoming the focus of attention, the ecological environment the importance of the increasingly prominent, manufacture green products for enterprises of great significance.
general cable (china) president tam ping man believes that only more and more companies in the products and operations continue to try green practice and innovation, the entire cable industry to achieve sustainable development, showing a vigorous development trend of green.