Product Design with Low Resource Usage

Including measures such as "reducing the number of components in the product or using shared modules," "using simulation or other effective tools to reduce the number of design revisions and shorten time, thereby reducing resource consumption," and "high-efficiency, high-quality testing and verification measures."

R&D personnel should make good use of innovative and digital technologies to reduce the number of product components, lower the carbon footprint, and improve resource efficiency. Additionally, during the new product or module development stage, priority should be given to the design and planning of shared modules. By using shared modules, energy and resource consumption during procurement and transportation can be effectively reduced, enhancing supply chain operations and shortening development cycles.

Moreover, during the R&D process, continuous improvement of computer-aided design (CAD) and engineering simulation (CAE) technologies in the fields of electronics, mechanics, and optics should be pursued to verify design feasibility early, thereby reducing trial and error and avoiding resource waste. In terms of product verification, high-efficiency, energy-saving, and fully comprehensive testing technologies should be developed to reduce manpower input while ensuring verification efficiency and quality.

Component Use Control and Reduction

In raw materials, components, auxiliary materials, or packaging materials, an eco-design concept is implemented. According to Chroma's "Controlled Substances Standards for Materials," the Company's environmental controlled substances are categorized into the following five types for control. The R&D unit must adhere to these measures when developing new products:

1. RoHS restricted substances, in compliance with the EU RoHS Directive and China's "Administrative Measures on the Control of Pollution from Electronic Information Products," prohibiting or restricting the use of hazardous chemical substances.
2. REACH SVHC restricted substances, as announced by the European Chemical Agency (ECHA), substances of very high concern (SVHC) that are highly hazardous to humans and the environment.
3. Other restricted substances under relevant regulations, as stipulated by the main trading countries' laws prohibiting or restricting hazardous substances, with reference to IEC 62474 Material Declaration Standard for the electrical and electronic industry.
4. Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS), controlled chemical substances announced under the Montreal Protocol.
5. ELV and GADSL restricted substances, as defined in the EU End-of-Life Vehicles Directive and the Global Automotive Declarable Substance List (GADSL).

In addition, suppliers are required to sign an Environmental Protection Declaration and a Supplier Declaration of Non-Use of SVHC Substances and Non-Use of Conflict Minerals to ensure that products continue to comply with relevant regulatory requirements after mass production, moving Chroma's products toward sustainable management.

Reducing Overall Production Resource Consumption

Including measures such as "using better production processes" and "using improved testing, assembly, calibration, and burn-in procedures."　

To reduce overall resource consumption in production, production bottlenecks should be identified, advanced production processes introduced, and process efficiency improved. Testing, assembly, calibration, and burnin procedures should also be optimized to make each stage of operation more efficient. Through these improvement measures, resource waste can be reduced and each process can achieve optimal operational status, helping to achieve a leaner production model while ensuring production stability.

Reducing Production Waste

Including measures such as "reducing waste in the production process" and "using fewer production fixtures."

To reduce production waste, the production process and design should be improved to lower the amount of waste generated during production while increasing material utilization. Additionally, by improving processes and standardizing design, reliance on production fixtures can be reduced, extending fixture lifespan or enabling multiple reuses, effectively minimizing unnecessary waste during production, reducing environmental impact, and improving overall production efficiency.

Lightweight and Compact Product Design

Product design should prioritize lightweight and compact form factors, reducing size and weight. Innovative technologies should be used to reduce the use of heavy components and increase channel density, enabling equipment to achieve the same capacity as traditional designs within a smaller volume. Lightweight and compact designs also increase transport load efficiency, reducing per-unit product energy consumption and improving logistics and transportation efficiency.

Transport-Friendly Packaging and Product Configuration

Packaging design should prioritize ease of transport, using lightweight, modular, and eco-friendly materials, reducing the use of filler, and improving space utilization. Product configurations should avoid unnecessary accessories or components, ensuring stability during transport and making handling easier. In addition, packaging should consider stackability and ease of combination to reduce transport losses and energy waste caused by improper packaging.

Using High-Efficiency Energy Management Technologies and Low Energy Loss Components

Including measures such as "developing equipment with energy recovery functions" and "reducing energy loss during equipment use."

High-efficiency energy management technologies can achieve precise energy distribution and control, avoiding unnecessary energy waste. At the same time, selecting low-loss components, such as high-efficiency power modules and low-impedance materials, can significantly reduce energy consumption during product operation and improve operational performance. Additionally, technologies with energy recovery functions should be actively implemented to recover energy that would otherwise be lost as waste heat during operation, achieving circular energy use and reducing energy consumption and carbon emissions.

Improving Capacity and Reducing Customer Investment Costs

Including measures such as "improving customer production efficiency," "products with high operational flexibility," and "products with long maintenance cycles and low maintenance difficulty."

Through technological innovation and design optimization, products should offer high accuracy and testing (inspection) speed, incorporate smart functions, and assist customers in process control through data analysis, helping customers achieve higher output and shorter delivery cycles. Furthermore, products should offer high operational flexibility, allowing quick adjustments and adaptations to different customer application scenarios or needs, improving equipment versatility and return on investment. This can be achieved by changing modules or developing multifunctional equipment. In addition, product design should focus on extending maintenance cycles to reduce the time and resources required for frequent maintenance, while also lowering maintenance difficulty, allowing customers to perform equipment maintenance with less specialized labor and lower costs.

User-Friendly Operation and Design for User Health

By designing user-friendly interfaces, operations can become more intuitive and easier to master. Integrated software control functions can effectively improve manual operation efficiency and reduce complexity during operation steps, lowering the risk of human error and enhancing overall operational reliability and accuracy. Moreover, equipment design should pay attention to noise control during operation. By improving structural design, selecting low-noise components, and optimizing operating modes, noise levels should be continuously reduced to provide users with a quieter and more comfortable working environment. This helps prevent longterm noise exposure from affecting physical and mental health, thereby achieving a human-centric equipment design.

Selection of Sustainable, Recyclable, and Renewable Components and Packaging Materials

Priority should be given to selecting sustainable, recyclable, and renewable components and packaging materials to ensure that products can effectively reduce environmental impact at the waste stage, promote resource reuse, and lessen environmental burden.

Simplified Disassembly and Recycling Procedures

Product design should fully consider the ease of disassembly and separation of components. By adopting standardized and modular component designs, the disassembly process can be simplified, reducing dependence on specialized tools and manpower. In addition, material combinations should be optimized to avoid excessive use of difficult-to-separate composite materials, ensuring that each part can be quickly separated and sorted for processing.

For Chroma's packaging materials and end-of-life equipment recycling, disposal is performed by the user. However, for PCBA, enclosures, standard accessories, and packaging materials, the content of toxic and hazardous substances or elements (including lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls/polybrominated diphenyl ethers, and phthalate compounds) in all homogeneous materials of these parts complies with SJ/T 11363-2006 and EU Directive 2011/65/EU and 2015/863/EU. The Company's product manuals provide detailed instructions on equipment disposal.