A1-ESD Equipment GmbH
Material Compliance and Product Conformity
Our statements on REACH, RoHS, the EU POP Regulation and further substance related requirements for the articles we supply, together with the route to obtain article specific information.
Our role in the supply chain
A1-ESD Equipment GmbH is a trading company. Under the applicable product and substance legislation we act as a distributor. We do not manufacture articles, we do not assemble them and we do not modify them.
Information on material composition is available to us only to the extent that manufacturers provide it. We pass this information on unchanged. We do not carry out our own analytical testing.
What this means for youWe answer on an article by article basis, based on the current declaration issued by the respective manufacturer. We do not issue blanket declarations covering our entire range, because our catalogue contains articles from several hundred manufacturers and substance related statements are only reliable at the level of the individual article.
REACH and substances of very high concern
The European Chemicals Agency ECHA maintains the Candidate List of substances of very high concern (SVHC). It is updated twice a year and currently holds 253 entries, as of 4 February 2026.
Information to business customers
If an article contains a Candidate List substance in a concentration above 0.1 percent by weight, we inform our business customers under Article 33(1) REACH without being asked and on an article specific basis. The notifications we receive from manufacturers are decisive here. Unless a manufacturer notifies us otherwise, we assume that the articles we supply do not exceed the threshold.
Information to consumers
Under Article 33(2) REACH consumers are entitled to ask whether an article contains a Candidate List substance above 0.1 percent by weight. We provide this information free of charge within 45 days of receiving the request.
Safety data sheets
For substances and mixtures such as cleaning media, fluxes or heat transfer fluids we provide the manufacturers' safety data sheets in their current version. They are available for download with the relevant articles.
RoHS, restriction of hazardous substances in electrical equipment
As a distributor under Article 10 of Directive 2011/65/EU, before making electrical or electronic equipment available on the market we verify that it bears the CE marking, that the required documents and instructions are supplied with it and that the manufacturer and the importer have complied with their identification requirements. We do not make equipment available where we are aware of a non conformity.
The EU declaration of conformity is issued by the manufacturer. We forward it on an article specific basis. For many articles it is available directly on the product page in the documents section.
Part of our range falls outside the scope of the RoHS Directive, for example tools without an electrical function, consumables and packaging. For these articles neither a CE marking nor a RoHS declaration of conformity exists.
EU POP Regulation, persistent organic pollutants
The POP Regulation implements the Stockholm Convention into European law and restricts the manufacture, use and placing on the market of persistent organic pollutants. For the distribution of articles, Annexes I and II are the relevant parts.
According to the information available to us from our upstream suppliers, the articles we supply do not contain substances listed in Annex I or Annex II of Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 above the limit values set out there. This statement is based on manufacturer information and applies unless the respective manufacturer notifies us otherwise.
SCIP database
Under the Waste Framework Directive, suppliers of articles containing a Candidate List substance above 0.1 percent by weight submit the relevant data to the ECHA SCIP database. Articles that are passed on unchanged may be covered by a simplified notification referring to the notification made by the upstream supplier.
We share manufacturers' SCIP numbers on request, as far as they have been provided to us. If no SCIP number is available for an article, we request it from the manufacturer and report back to you.
Waste electrical equipment, batteries and packaging
The mandatory information under the German acts on electrical equipment, batteries and packaging is collected on a separate page. It also covers the registration of manufacturers with stiftung ear and the licensing of our packaging: Disposal and Environment.
We take back waste equipment and waste batteries from our deliveries within the statutory framework. Please agree the return with us in advance so that transport and disposal can be organised properly.
Conflict minerals
Regulation (EU) 2017/821 addresses Union importers of tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold and of their ores. A1-ESD Equipment GmbH does not import minerals or metals within the meaning of this Regulation into the Union and is therefore not an addressee of its obligations.
Where manufacturers provide reports based on the Responsible Minerals Initiative templates, such as CMRT or EMRT, we forward them on request.
Supply chain due diligence
A1-ESD Equipment GmbH is below the employee thresholds of the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act and of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive. We are therefore not directly subject to them.
We answer enquiries from customers who are themselves subject to these rules as far as we are able. We source predominantly from established European and Japanese manufacturers and we expect our suppliers to comply with applicable labour, environmental and human rights legislation.
Upcoming requirements
PFAS restriction under REACH
The restriction proposal on per and polyfluoroalkyl substances is under assessment by the ECHA scientific committees. No final legal act has been adopted so far. Seals, hoses and fluorinated heat transfer media would be among the products affected. We follow the procedure and query composition data from the manufacturers concerned.
Ecodesign Regulation and digital product passport
Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 introduces product group specific requirements and the digital product passport in stages. As soon as delegated acts apply to the product groups we carry, we will make the data carriers and information provided by the manufacturer available through our product pages.
Requesting information
To give you a reliable answer we need details of the specific article. Please send us the following:
- A1-ESD Equipment GmbH article numbers, alternatively manufacturer name and type designation
- order or delivery note number and the period of supply
- your customer number with us or your invoicing address
- the specific topics you need covered, for example REACH, RoHS, POP, SCIP or conflict minerals
- your deadline, if you are bound to one
Processing
Information under Article 33 REACH and the forwarding of existing manufacturer and conformity declarations are free of charge. We normally process enquiries within ten working days. If a declaration first has to be requested from the manufacturer, processing takes longer and we will keep you informed of the status.
We send our replies by email in our own document format. We do not register on third party portals. For completing customer specific forms, for full material declarations and for analytical testing we reserve the right to charge on a time and material basis.
A1-ESD Equipment GmbH, Keldersstrasse 15, 42697 Solingen, Germany
Commercial register Wuppertal HRB 29665
This page was last reviewed on 13 August 2026. The statements reflect our knowledge at that date and are based on declarations issued by manufacturers. They are neither a warranty of properties nor legal advice. The applicable version of the legislation referred to prevails. We review this page after every update of the ECHA Candidate List.