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We have products certified in more than 200 countries.

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We have certified or registered 3000+ client products worldwide.

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We have 15,000+ vendors in our component database.

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Our Mission

To be advocates and trusted advisors for our clients, at a fraction of the cost of hiring and maintaining an in-house staff of specially trained engineers. We get your technology into global markets.

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Our History

Lead Free Design is a privately held, international consulting company. Founded in 2003 and based in Colorado Springs, we are specialists in getting technical products into global markets.

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Our People

We are a team of experienced engineers and professionals with years of design, testing, manufacturing and materials experience, from industry leading companies.

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Our Main Services

RoHS Compliance

We analyze your electronic products, provide RoHS compliant documents and testing, and maintain them for you, all at a fraction of the cost of doing it in-house. RoHS is no longer limited to the European Union. We specialize in worldwide RoHS certification, including China RoHS.

RoHS Conversion

If analysis shows non-compliant parts in your product, we recommend substitute parts with form, fit and function analyses. If RoHS compliant versions of your original components are not available, we can convert your existing leaded parts into lead-free compliant parts.

Medical RoHS Conversion

We are specialists in Medical RoHS conversions. To ensure FDA compliance, medical devices require special methods and in-depth documentation. We protect your existing FDA certification and 510(k) with full verification and validation procedures, along with component lifecycle analysis.

REACH Compliance

REACH compliance is now a requirement for almost all products sold into the EU. A September 2015 EU high court ruling requires analysis and reporting on more than 170 chemicals. We specialize in cost effective REACH compliance for electronics and related equipment.

Regulatory Compliance

Many countries have additional requirements for before you are legally permitted to place products into their markets. We offer creative and cost effective solutions to meet Packaging Directives, Battery Directives and WEEE. Regulatory compliance is complicated. We make it easy.

Safety Testing

To ensure that your products meets safety certification, we can help you with product requirements and safety testing. Our testing laboratories feature advanced test equipment that can measure your product to make sure it meets all requirements for your planned markets.

EMC Compliance

We provide immunity, radiated and conductive emissions testing for worldwide compliance. We specialize in complicated EMC testing and mitigation, from initial design to final product certification, for FCC, CE, China CCC and all international standards.

WIreless and Telecom

Wireless and telecommunications are many of the fastest growing industries. We specialize in pre-compliance, product testing, product and system certifications, and international approvals. We are experts in the new CE RED requirements and certification.

Global Market Access

We get your technical products into worldwide markets as a complete package. We provide technical and country access analysis, planning, obtaining personnel and technical resources, costing, lab testing, and globals access submissions into every country.

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What is REACH?

The REACH Regulation (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals) was published in 2006. The list of SVHC’s (Substances of Very High Concern) currently consists […]

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RoHS Substances Explained

While there are sometimes heated discussions about the economic impact of environmental laws, it might be helpful to summarize what the ten current [...]

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RoHS Certification and Compliance

RoHS Compliance Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) is a group of international environmental laws requiring the re-design of many electronic devices. We at […]

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Medical Devices No Longer Exempt

Medical devices are no longer exempt from the RoHS and REACH Directives. If you haven’t converted to RoHS and documented REACH completely, you […]

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Waiting Until You Get Caught

We’ve helped clients in emergency situations, and then followed with lower cost, lower stress planning for compliance going forward. Stuff happens. But this […]

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EU REACH Enforcement Project Launched

REACH is now being aggressively enforced via the SCIP database and Market Surveillance Regulation. If you are selling into the EU and do […]

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What is WEEE Recast?

Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive 2002/96/EC (WEEE) set collection, recycling and recovery targets for electrical goods and is part of a legislative […]

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What is RoHS?

Originally, RoHS (“Restriction of Hazardous Substances”) was the term applied only to EU RoHS.  It is now a generic term for any country’s […]

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Straight Answers: China RoHS

(Q:) OK, I’ve read everything I can about this new China RoHS “law”.  Give me the salient points. As of March 1, 2007: […]

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