TAIPEI, Taiwan, November 15, 2005—RAID storage expert Infortrend® today announced that it is following all the steps necessary to achieve compliance with the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive in electrical and electronic equipment that was recently passed into law by the European Union. This Directive aims to protect human health and the environment by restricting the use of certain hazardous materials in new equipment. By applying its own considerable efforts and expertise and working closely with its customers and suppliers, Infortrend plans to achieve compliance on or before the July 1, 2006 deadline, while maintaining an uninterrupted supply of quality products.
“Infortrend is committed to continually improving our processes and providing high quality products. We recently expanded our facility in Taiwan to give us the space we needed to accommodate the advanced manufacturing capabilities that will help us maximize production volume as well as comply with RoHS regulations,” stated Tony Lai, VP of Production Division for Infortrend Technology, Inc. “We are currently investigating, evaluating, and qualifying our production materials to ensure that all Infortrend products meet the new RoHS standards for a clean and healthy environment.”
Infortrend’s manufacturing, engineering, Asia Pacific sales, marketing, technical support, and administration are based in its Taipei, Taiwan facility. Infortrend has also established offices in Santa Clara, California, U.S.A.; Beijing, China; the United Kingdom; and Tokyo, Japan to provide sales, marketing and technical support in these markets.
Infortrend is a leading provider of cost-effective, high performance storage networking solutions. The company’s products include EonStor® storage systems, and RAIDWatch® software for virtually all storage interfaces including SAS, SCSI, iSCSI, SATA and Fibre Channel. With exceptional expertise in firmware, driver, and ASIC design, Infortrend manufactures and markets feature-rich products through a worldwide network of OEMs, distributors, and storage integrators for high availability storage applications. Founded in 1993, Infortrend is traded on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (Taiex), ticker number 2495. For more information, visit www.infortrend.com.
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