The automotive industry has introduced a manufacturer independent system, allowing the declaration of all materials used in devices and components. It is based on the "VDA List of Declarable Materials" (VDA 232 - 101). The web-based system for declaration of materials is called

• IMDS = International Material Data System.

Diotec has joined this system and published the materials of most offered products. On the website http://www.mdsystem.com/ everyone interested in this system can register himself free of charge enableing him to look for the materials of Diotec's products respectively load down an "Initial Sample Report - Substances in Assemblies".

In order to receive IMDS data for any of our products, please contact imds@diotec.com, providing your IMDS ID, the Diotec p/n and your p/n.

Questions about IMDS in common as well as how to work with it are kindly answered by the IMDS Service Centers in various countries (see IMDS website "contact").