Lite-On Technology Corp. (TW 2301) today announced that it has completed the worldwide first Printed Circuit Board Assembly Product Category Rule (PCR). This PCR complies with ISO 14025 standards addressing the characteristics of Printed Circuit Board Assembly (PCBA) Product manufacturing, with inputs from major companies of the industry. The PCBA PCR can act as a reference for global electronics and electrical machinery applications when completing Product Carbon Footprint Declaration (PCFD) and Environmental Product Declaration Type III (EPD).
Taking into consideration of its Global Corporate Citizenship responsibility to produce environment-friendly products, Lite-On invited the Foundation of Taiwan Industry Service to cooperate on completing the PCBA PCR this year. Lite-On convened a meeting this year to gather the opinions of the stakeholders of the industry. The PCBA PCR was certified by the Environment and Development Foundation authorized by the Global Type III Environmental Product Declarations Network (GEDnet). The PCBA PCR will be posted on the GEDnet website (http://gednet.org/ ).
About Lite-On Technology Corporation
Lite-On Technology Corp. was founded in 1975, and was Taiwan’s first LED product manufacturer. Since it was incorporated, Lite-On has established many firsts among companies in Taiwan, including being Taiwan’s first listed electronic company when it became listed on Taiwan’s stock exchange in 1983, which symbolizes the Company’s entrepreneurial spirit of being “the first”. In 2002, four listed companies including Lite-On Electronics, Lite-On Technology, Silitek and GVC were consolidated as an unprecedented event for Taiwan’s stock market. Lite-On has successfully maintained a “profitable growth” strategy, and has focused on the development of core Opto-Electronic components, including Power Supply, Optoelectronics, Mechanical Competency, and Connected Devices & System Solution Business Groups. Lite-On products are extensively used in 4C fields of computers, communication, consumer electronics and car electronics. While taking into consideration environmental needs and future industrial development trends, the Lite-On Group has leveraged its information & communications technology strengths in recent years to expand into new energy industries and has realized increased efficiency in new energy supply chains in various industries, including solar power for energy creation products, power inverters for energy conversion products, new LED lighting resources and high-efficient power supplies that are energy saving products, and electric vehicle power systems and battery modules for energy storage products, all of which will be new forces driving the Lite-On Group’s further growth. Making every effort to be a good corporate citizen, while simultaneously concentrating on sales and profits as engines of growth, Lite-On has succeeded in putting active CSER programs into practice. In 2011, Lite-On was selected as a member of DJSI, while not only won the Commonwealth Magazine’s “Corporate Citizenship Award” for five consecutive years but was also awarded 2nd place in the “Most Admired Companies” in the electronic industry for 2 years in a row. In 2010, Lite-On also won Global Views Monthly’s Five Stars Award of Social Responsibility Award, in the A section for listed tech firms.
Contact:
Julia Wang Director, Investor and Public Relations
Tel: +886-2-8798-2888
LiteOnTech.IR@liteon.com