In automotive engineering, a great number of materials are used in
manufacturing, operation and processing whose selection and proper
use influences the quality, safety and environmental compatibility of
the vehicles and other components throughout the entire product life
cycle.
There are materials and classes of materials listed in the German
Automotive Industry Association (VDA) list of materials and
constituents in components and manufacturing materials that are
subject to declaration, which, according to current information, pose
risks to humans and the environment during their use phase as well as
subsequent recycling and disposal and are to be avoided if at all
possible
The list was compiled based on
Legal provisions
Environmental protection and occupational safety regulations for avoiding possible
risks to persons and the environment that can result from materials
used in manufacturing, operation and processing
The ethic of responsibility for the VDA with respect to people and the
environment, expressed in its motto "We act with environmental
awareness".
This list focuses above all on substances that may pose particular risks.
These include:
Carcinogens
Teratogens (substances that cause birth defects)
Mutagens (substances that cause genetic mutation)
Sensitizers
Toxic and very toxic substances
Environmentally hazardous materials
Application of the VDA list to NORRES hoses: There
are no VDA-listed substances in the synthetic materials used by
NORRES in the manufacture of hoses in product groups 330, 331, 332,
351, 352, 355, 356 and 357 (in both standard ?-0000 as well as
?-1001, -1103 and -5100 versions). The same applies to the
entire selection of CONNECT connection parts.
In particular, the heavy metals listed in EU End of Life Vehicles
Directive 2000/53/EG (ELV) ? lead, cadmium, chromium (VI), and
mercury ? are used neither in the plastic materials nor in the steel
wires of the aforementioned product groups.