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Dear Valued Customer,
Being an innovator isn’t easy. It requires us to see into the future, keep up with changing codes and standards and pioneer new products that our customers need. The power of innovation has been our key to success for the past 110 years.
With a team of highly qualified engineers, we take on challenges of all sizes, in order
for our products to meet or exceed the strictest codes and standards. We not only invent the most innovative products, we make sure they perform to higher quality standards than our competition. That is why I am not reluctant to announce our plans for the approaching 2010 lead-free requirements.
California and Vermont have already passed separate legislation to limit the lead content of plumbing fixtures and fittings products to a maximum weighted average of 0.25%, effective January 1, 2010. I am certain other states will soon follow their lead.
A few of our competitors were uncertain how they would support these mandates. At Viega, we already prepared for it. A large majority, 66% of our potable water products already meet the upcoming 2010 lead-free requirements. All of our PEX tubing, PolyAlloy insert fittings, ProPress copper fittings, ProPress Stainless fittings and pipe, MANABLOC and MINIBLOC meet the approaching lead-free requirements.
The Viega products (bronze fittings, bronze valves and brass insert fittings) that do not comply with the new lead-free requirements, will eventually be added to our product lines as we approach 2010. In 4Q 2009, we will launch our first Zero Lead product offering.
The Zero Lead alloys we have chosen have excellent resistance to corrosion and dezincification. Our Zero Lead fittings will be certified to NSF/ANSI Standard 61 Annex G as containing less than 0.25% lead. Other products may look like ours, but I guarantee they do not measure up to Viega’s standards for quality, performance and reliability. Once again, our Zero Lead products will not only meet industry standards, but our products will exceed them.
Thank you for sharing in my excitement as we approach the launch of this new product offering. If you would like additional information, visit our Zero Lead website at zeroleadfacts.com. We created this website as a tool, to help guide you through upcoming lead-free mandates.
Sincerely,
Dan Schmierer
CEO Viega
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ZERO LEAD identifies Viega products meeting the lead-free requirements of California and Vermont law, effective January 1, 2010, as tested and listed against NSF- 61, Annex G |
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