With the gradual depletion of natural resources and the increasing awareness of environmental sustainability among consumers, AmTRAN regards sustainable products as an important development goal to alleviate the burden on the earth and ensure the provision of harmless and safe products to consumers. Therefore, we are committed to developing and promoting products that meet international environmental standards and safety regulations, including energy saving, reduced resource consumption, recyclability, and low hazard, aiming to make a positive contribution to the environment and society. During the product design phase, AmTRAN considers the potential environmental impacts throughout the product lifecycle, including production, transportation, usage, and recycling stages. Specific green design principles are formulated for the product lifecycle. Through continuous technological innovation and strategic adjustments, we aim to achieve environmentally friendly goals for the product lifecycle and provide consumers with more sustainable and healthy products.
Production Phase
- Consider product material selection, structural design, and packaging design.
- Introduce fully automated testing and calibration in the assembly production to improve quality,capacity, and reduce production costs.
Transportation Phase
- Consider product transportation loading efficiency.
Recycling Phase
- Consider the product's recycling, reuse, and regeneration rate
Usage Phase
- Consider the product's energy efficiency.
- Improve product quality and durability.
Sustainable Product Strategies
Production Phase
AmTRAN's green design thinking in the production phase includes reducing upstream raw materials, enhancing energy efficiency, and promoting recycling. We prioritize selecting suppliers of raw materials that meet environmental and low- carbon sustainability standards and focus on improving resource efficiency in production. In the manufacturing process, we strive to reduce resource consumption, maximize energy-saving performance during product use, and ensure consumer health and safety through the use of non-toxic and hazardous-free materials.
Reduce material usage in the production process to maximize resource efficiency.
- Modularize components, use standard parts, and increase commonality.
- Make panels thinner and lighter to reduce product volume and weight.
- Enhance the exterior painting process to increase the recycling rate of powder coatings.
Follow principles of using non-toxic materials and easy disassembly design for long-term non-toxicity and recycling convenience, reducing environmental impact at the product end-of-life stage.
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Ensure European-regulated products comply with EU WEEE Directive, achieving an 80% recovery rate and a 70% reuse and recycling rate.
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Use single-material plastics for structural components and label recycling marks and material content for plastics over 25g, assisting in product disassembly reports for easier recycling.
- Utilize snap-fit design to reduce the number of screws, enhancing disassembly convenience and reducing raw material usage.
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Use post-consumer recycled plastics (PCR) in product production, certified by third parties.
Develop high-efficiency, energy-saving products.
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Use LED backlight technology in TVs and monitors for energy- saving, mercury-free, an d slim design advantages.
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Adopt high-efficiency power design in compliance with national energy regulations and consider heat dissipation to achieve high-spec energy- saving product design.
Transportation Phase
To reduce carbon emissions and enhance shipping efficiency during the logistics process, AmTRAN has optimized product packaging comprehensively. Through redesigning packaging and adjusting loading methods, we effectively reduced carton usage volume while ensuring product safety during transportation. These measures increased AmTRAN's shipping efficiency by 9.9% in 2023, reducing the number of shipments.
Due to the numerous components involved in TV and monitor production, traditionally sourced globally, causing significant transportation carbon footprints, AmTRAN integrates in-house production of some components and locally procures packaging materials. In 2023, AmTRAN successfully produced 3 monitor circuit boards and 22 models of iron and plastic parts in- house and locally procured packaging materials for 20 mouse and video products, significantly reducing carbon emissions during transportation. We aim to further increase in-house vertical production and local procurement ratios.
Recycling Phase
AmTRAN demonstrates its commitment to the circular economy through the recycling processing of TV and monitor products, significantly enhancing the recyclability of products at the end of their lifecycle through design and production strategy innovations. The company adheres to the principles of using non-toxic materials and implementing easy-to-disassemble designs, considering the environmental harmlessness of products after use and greatly facilitating the recycling process. These efforts ensure that AmTRAN's European standard products comply with the EU RoHS Directive and the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE), achieving an 80% recovery rate and a 70% reuse and recycling rate.
To further improve product recyclability, AmTRAN's R&D and production departments strive to use single-material plastics for structural plastic parts and mark the recycling logo and material content on plastics weighing more than 25g to assist in material identification during recycling. Some products use snap-fit designs to reduce the number of screws, reducing the demand for screw raw materials and greatly enhancing the ease of disassembly during recycling. Additionally, AmTRAN provides product disassembly reports to customers to optimize recycling work at the disposal stage, promoting product environmental friendliness and the practice of the circular economy. More content related to recycling and the circular economy can be found in section 3.3 Circular Economy.
Hazardous Substance Management
AmTRAN's products 100% comply with the EU RoHS Directive and the EU REACH Directive Article 7(2). For specific customers' requirements for halogen-free models, we comply by sourcing components that meet halogen-free specifications, such as using non-halogen flame retardants for plastic casings to avoid the release of toxic gases, producing mercury- free LED backlight modules, and not using PVC packaging materials that release dioxins when incompletely burned, thereby reducing the impact of products on human health and the environment throughout their lifecycle. In 2023, AmTRAN did not have any incidents of non- compliance with health and safety regulations related to products and services. In light of the Australian government's plan to ban foam packaging from July 2025, the R&D department has begun planning the use of alternative materials for product packaging. For Sweden's chemical tax regulations, products using more than 25g of plastic materials do not add halogen flame retardants to enjoy tax benefits. Some products in the European market have also begun using halogen-free PCB boards and external cables.
RoHS 2.0
Percentage of Compliance in 2023
100%
- Lead (Pb), Mercury (Cd), Hexavalent Chromium (Cr6+), Polybrominated Biphenyls (PBBs), Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs), Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), Benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP), Dibutyl phthalate (DBP), Diisobutyl phthalate (DIBP) < 1000 ppm
- Cadmium (Cd) < 100ppm
REACH
Percentage of Compliance in 2023
100%
- Article 7(2) guidelines: Products must not contain SVHC (Substances
- of Very High Concern) exceeding 0.1% weight ratio
Halogen-Free
Percentage of Compliance in 2023
100%
- Bromine (Br) and Chlorine (Cl) content in single-material components < 900 ppm