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Dated: 25 July 2023
PFAS (per-and polyfuroalkylsubstances) Statement
Knowles Precision Devices
is a leading supplier of electronic components, supporting the European Regulations, and customer
requirements of our industry.
REACH directive
Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the
Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), which established a European Chemicals
Agency and amended Directive 1999/45/EC, including legal text published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
REACH Annex XV Restriction report (Proposal for the Restriction on the manufacture, placing on the market and use of PFASs)
The chemical scope of the restriction proposal is defined as: Any substance that contains at least one fully fluorinated methyl
(CF3-) or methylene (-CF2-) carbon atom (without any H/Cl/Br/I attached to it) with a few noted fully degradable exceptions.
PFAS restricted substances
Knowles declares that the product listed below have no intentionally added PFAS as previously defined by the OECD and
now defined in the REACH Annex XV restriction report, and shown again in the above text.
Table 1: Product Lines
Product line
Description
PFAS
(Knowles Syfer Brand)
Multilayer Capacitors
All None Intentionally Added
(Knowles Syfer Brand)
Radial Leaded Multilayer
Capacitors
All None Intentionally Added
(Knowles Syfer Brand)
Ribbon Leaded Multilayer
Capacitors
All None Intentionally Added
(Knowles Syfer Brand)
Filters
All None Intentionally Added
The statement is prepared to the best of our knowledge, omissions and errors excepted.
Sean England
Product Compliance Manager
Knowles Precision Devices
Sean.England@knowles.com