Going Up: Etratech to the Rescue

In our last video blog, we showcased our introduction to Etratech’s facilities and capabilities. Today, we’re going to let one of our customers speak for us.

Peelle, a manufacturer of freight elevator doors since 1905, was having issues with installation times, reliability issues, and those associated costs. As you might expect, with elevators, reliability and quality are critical parameters – there’s no cutting corners. Peelle settled on Etratech as their choice to not only deliver the quality, reliable controls they needed, but also to provide full concept-to-manufacture service.

For a company that has installed elevator doors in the White House, the Pentagon, the Empire State building, and many other famous buildings worldwide, only the best would do. We sat down with Peelle’s engineers and learned what other challenges we needed to overcome as a team. They included manufacturing to meet a host of national and international regulations, making installations easier, and modifying the product itself to fit the control solution. Also key? Making the controls easier to operate then your everyday TV remote.

What solution did we come up with? Watch the video to learn, and then visit our YouTube channel to stay updated on our future videos and testimonials.

‘Resource efficiency’ is the goal of the EU’s new WEEE directive

The EU (European Union) recently updated its Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment  (WEEE) regulations with a new directive: By 2020, at least 85 percent of electronic equipment waste must be recycled, according to a report from ITPro.

WEEE regulations are in place to prevent harmful materials from polluting the environment and, with the new directive, they also require manufacturers to recover rare metals used in computers, laptops, smartphones and other electrical devices.

The new laws also mandate that by 2016, 45 percent of electrical equipment sold in the EU has to be recycled, and all types of e-waste, rather than just certain categories, are regulated.

EU Environment Commissioner Janez Potocnik said, "In these times of economic turmoil and rising prices for raw materials, resource efficiency is where environmental benefits and innovative growth opportunities come together. We now need to open new collection channels for electronic waste and improve the effectiveness of existing ones."

At Etratech, we know recycling is critical to the sustainability of our planet. We also recognize the importance of being an environmentally conscious business. Etratech is RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances) and WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) compliant. Contact us for more information.