Thomson Lab Services’ Product Safety and Compliance division offers over 100 years total experience in product development, safety, and compliance.  Our experience in UL and IEC standards and testing can be utilized to pre-test your product in order to facilitate low risk UL / IEC submission.   Our expertise in FCC rules and regulations and testing can be utilized to verify compliance of your product. When submission to a Telecommunications Certification Body (TCB) is required, our lab can verify performance of your product before it is submitted to the more costly TCB facility.   Due to Environmental concerns, lead content of your product must be negligible.  Thomson Lab Services is considered a leader in the research and selection of lead free solders and pastes.  Reference current article on lead-free wave solder selection in STM by Thomson Lab Services (Local Copy of SMT Article - PDF format). We offer vast experience in lead-free applications and implementation.    In July 2006 the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive along with the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) legislation in the European Union will restrict the use of certain hazardous substances in new electronic and electrical equipment. (California as well as other states in the U.S.A. are purposing similar legislation) Our Materials division is capable of ensuring that levels of restricted compounds are within limits.