...Component distributors keep rolling out new services to help their customers grapple with the challenges of meeting the July 1 deadline for the European Union’s (EU) Restriction on Hazardous Substances (RoHS) legislation.... more...

...A new feature article, "Think EU Enviro Directives Don’t Affect You - Think Again", is available as a free download from Enviro.BLR.com. The article details environmental initiatives in the European Union, which are becoming more stringent than in the U.S.... more...

...Beginning July 1, the European Union will bar import of electronic components that include lead, mercury cadmium and several other substances. The law, known as the European Directive of Restriction of Hazardous Substances, or RoHS, has vendors scrambling to meet its deadline, but it is not without implications for non-European users.... more...

...But even as manufacturers addressed these reliability concerns, other major worries have surfaced, including such logistics issues as inventory management, part number changes for compliant parts and the management of materials-content information. Meanwhile, the EU's July 1 deadline for compliance with the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive draws near.... more...

...Malta, a small island nation in the southern Mediterranean, only joined the European Union in 2004, and has had little time to figure out how to adjust itself to the overwhelming changes required by the EU's Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) and Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) directives and to transpose them into Maltese law.... more...

...Manufacturers are now having to replace traditional solders made from Sn60Pb40 with SnAg or SnAgCu and introduce these into the production process.... more...

...Swemco is reportedly the first contract manufacturer to gain compliance under QC 080000, the new international standard for RoHS compliance.... more...

...The International Electronics Manufacturing Initiative (iNEMI), will co-sponsor the third annual Tin Whisker Workshop with the IEEE Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology Society (CPMT) and the Electronic Components and Technology Conference (ECTC). The workshop is scheduled for May 30, at ECTC in San Diego.... more...

...Rabbit Semiconductor has about 615 products on the market. Building these products uses almost 4,000 component manufacturer part numbers and over 1,400 internal component part numbers involving over 300 manufacturers. This article addresses the components and materials aspects of converting existing products to comply with RoHS. It presents the magnitude of the task, details plans, explains changes to those plans and provides examples of what worked and what did not.... more...

...Although the current Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive does not include drives, ABB announced last month that it had recycled more than 11 tonnes of electrical and electronic waste from its variable speed drives in 2005... more...

...Eliminating the risk and guesswork from thermal profiling, infra-red light energy takes the board and component to a safe temperature, yet will melt the solder between them.... more...

...Most issues during the transition seem to be with Hand-soldering. As companies transition over to lead-free assembly a certain amount of hand-soldering will always be there. An article from Tech Search International last year did say that in Asia where lead-free is highly used, hand-soldering was more of a problem than lead-free SMT or wave soldering.... more...

...While some companies develop sustainability strategies based on ethical motives, most firms do so for business reasons. Sustainability strategies can decrease sustainability risk costs, augment competitive positions, protect reputations and improve bottom lines.... more...

...The United States has ceded its position at the forefront of global environmental regulation, potentially leaving U.S. companies at the mercy of overseas regulators. According to a new feature article available from Enviro.BLR.com, compliance with U.S. environmental rules is no longer enough in the global marketplace.... more...

...China has published their long awaited RoHS catalog of devices covered under their version of RoHS. The catlog covers many items that are clearly exempt from the EU RoHS, such as some medical devices and some products that may be exempt from EU RoHS such as stencil printers and electronic measuring equipment.... more...

...Cookson has seen a significant growth in sales of its Lead Free Alpha Vaculoy SACX alloy after the recent price increase for silver.... more...

...From recycling to data retention laws, the government must provide better guidance for businesses... more...

...Apple announced an expansion of its successful recycling program, offering free computer take-back and recycling with the purchase of a new Macintosh system beginning in June. US customers who buy a new Mac through the Apple Store (www.apple.com) or Apple's retail stores will receive free shipping and environmentally friendly disposal of their old computer as part of the Apple Recycling program.... more...

...More investment in collection facilities for waste electrical and electronic equipment will bring cost savings and efficiency gains to handling WEEE in the UK, according to the LGA. The Local Government Association has written to the Department of Trade and Industry in response to the Department's request for views on implementing the WEEE Directive.... more...

..."The recent increases in the prices of tin and silver have forced electronics manufacturers to look at lower cost solders to reduce the cost burden of moving to lead-free processes," said Gerry Campbell, global product manager, Cookson Electronics, on the announcement that the company has seen significant sales growth for its proven ALPHA VACULOY SACX alloy.... more...

...Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) stated that half of the products of over 30 Taiwanese IT companies whose stocks are listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) do not yet comply with the regulations... more...

...The RoHS and WEEE directives are requiring companies to change the way they design, manufacture, track and bring new products into the market. - The application of the RoHS directive has resulted in three main product classifications - high-reliability exempt, compliance required and compliance exempt - for establishing compliance strategies.... more...

...The EU is banning six hazardous substances in electronics, aiding the ecology but requiring challenging adjustments by firms everywhere.... more...

...Nearly half of the U.S. has either passed or introduced electronic waste recycling legislation, following the lead of Europe's Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) directive. Electronics manufacturers may soon find they have to evaluate and audit their recycler just like any other supply chain partner. But manufacturers and recyclers barely know each other.... more...

...BM said three high-end xSeries systems, which were Friday renamed "System x" servers, are free of the hazardous materials that the European Union is banning from computer and electronics equipment beginning July 1.... more...

...Some companies are already turning in their competitors who have not registered for WEEE. The article at the preceeding link expresses surprise and disappointment at this revelation. Wait until 1 July 2006... more...

...The North American Components group of Arrow Electronics, Inc. announced today it has added a new feature to the search tool on www.arrownac.com that enables visitors to quickly find Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) compliance status on parts in Arrow's extensive inventory free of charge. Site visitors simply enter a product number into the site's search function and the returned results indicate whether the part in stock is RoHS-compliant.... more...

...Can unleaded BGA solder balls potentially grow tin whiskers as tin plated leads do? Annealing seems to be the standard approach for pure tin plated lead devices, but what about BGAs? Are unleaded BGA joints as reliable as leaded? I hear all sorts of problems after n thermal cycles and that they are brittle.... more...

...Design Chain Associates, LLC (DCA) has had the China RoHS-related Marking and Maximum Concentration Value draft standards professionally translated in to English by an independent 3rd party translation service. We have reviewed them for consistency with the promulgated Chinese law as well as the EU RoHS directive to which they refer, and annotated them as appropriate.... more...

...Screaming Circuits' new Web site is designed to help demystify RoHS. They have been assembling prototype and low-volume printed circuit boards in a completely lead-free process since February 2006. With the deadline nearing, their Web site now has a special section focused just on lead-free.... more...

...Henkel's award-winning record continues with yet another industry accolade, which was bestowed upon the global materials leader at the recent Nepcon China exhibition in Shanghai, China, where the company's Multicore(R) LF318 lead-free solder paste received the prestigious Electronics Manufacturing Asia Innovation Award in the category of solder materials.... more...

...Nepcon Electronics Process Technology Seminars 2006 Sponsored by Electronics Manufacture & Test magazine, organised by SMART Group/LEADOUT... more...

...Those dealing in electrical and electronic goods must start planning for new rules that begin changing the landscape for UK producers, importers and retailers within three months - despite many ambiguities, according to legal experts.... more...

...The International Electronics Manufacturing Initiative (iNEMI), together with the IEEE Components, Packaging, and Manufacturing Technology Society (CPMT), will co-sponsor the third annual Tin Whisker Workshop and the 56th Electronic Components and Technology Conference (ECTC), to take place May 30, 2006, in San Diego, Calif.... more...

...Complying with legislation is often seen as a cost and even a distraction from growth but can meeting regulatory requirements actually have benefits for IT departments and the businesses they serve?... more...

...Korea issued its RoHS/WEEE/ELV-like legislation called "The Act for Resource Recycling of Electrical/Electronic Products and Automobiles" to the World Trade Organization (WTO) on March 30, 2006.... more...

...Repeated delays in the UK government's implementation of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) regulations have been welcomed by UK organisations, a poll claimed today. The new directive, which was due to come into force this year and may now be delayed to 2008, aims to ensure that used computer equipment and other electronic devices are recycled or disposed of in line with EU guidelines.... more...

...The WEEE directive has seen over 14,500 tonnes of electrical and electronic household goods such as fridges recycled since it was first introduced just 6 months ago. The initiative has been so successful that we have reached our 2008 recycling target already.... more...

...Repeated delays in the implementation of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Regulations by the government have been welcomed by UK organisations, according to a recent survey into their preparedness.... more...

...Medical OEMs are still feeling their way through the process of outsourcing product design and development projects to electronics manufacturing service (EMS) companies. Recent figures from industry experts suggest that anywhere from 13 to 25% of all medical electronics are outsourced. This article talks about how product content regulations affect EMS providers and the OEMs they serve, as well as the impact of corporate buyouts and changes in business models on medical electronics manufacturing.... more...

...Rich Nazarian is the president and CEO of Minnetronix Inc., a medical device design and manufacturing firm in St. Paul, MN. Nazarian has more than 20 years experience in the medical device development field.... more...

...We are a manufacturer of marine hydraulic steering components. These are hydraulic pumps, linear actuators and cylinders driven by 12v or 24v dc electric motors and switched using solenoid valves. This equipment goes on to be installed in marine vessels and is used to steer them via computer controlled navigation systems. I can understand that the electronics in the navigation systems will need to be RoHS compliant, but do our components?... more...

...Korea issued its RoHS/WEEE/ELV-like legislation called "The Act for Resource Recycling of Electrical/Electronic Products and Automobiles" to the World Trade Organization (WTO) on March 30, 2006. As a first look at the new legislation, the scope is very broad and inclusive and has RoHS, ELV, and WEEE aspects to it. Anything electrical or electronic (as well as parts) is included along with automobiles.... more...

...Component buyers are facing increased leadtimes with one manufacturer being quoted four months for some products. The purchasing manager at one manufacturer told Electronics Weekly that leadtimes of specific items jumped from eight to 16 weeks in the last month. It is the rising demand for components across the world which is increasing leadtimes. Part of the problem is that some of the big contract manufacturers have reduced their purchasing forecasts to two weeks.... more...

...Under the new rules, waste-generating industries will share responsibility with collectors or waste transport operators for any losses or accidents, and for misplaced or smuggled waste dumping and returns of hazardous waste by waste collectors or transport companies, until it is handed over to waste processors.... more...

...Backward compatibility refers to the ability of a lead-free component to be mounted to a printed-circuit-board (PC-boards) using tin/lead (SnPb) solder reflow processing. Forward compatibility refers to the ability of current SnPb lead finishes to be used with lead-free solder pastes during board mount assembly.... more...

..."The Waste Industry doesn't have a good safety record and shortcuts in WEEE treatment threaten to make the risks significantly higher for waste operators and their staff" highlights Phil Sprason, MD of CKS Electronics Recycling Ltd. The Health and Safety Executive recently issued a safety alert following nine reported deaths in eight weeks. Unsurprisingly, the industry was called on to review its procedures. Although the majority of deaths in the review period were vehicle related, CKS Group plc has discovered serious health risks associated with the use of so called WEEE treatment facilities, and is issuing cautionary guidance to operators.... more...

...Blade Network Technologies Inc. (BLADE), the leading provider of network infrastructure to the blade server market, announced that it shipped one of the first Restriction on Hazardous Materials (RoHS) compliant products from Solectron Corporation's Charlotte, N.C. facility, which has been RoHS certified by the independent global trade association IPC.... more...

...Ireland has taken just seven months to collect enough waste electrical and electronic equipment to reach the target level for Europe's WEEE Directive. The Directive requires the separate collection of 4kg of waste electrical appliances for every head of the population, material that must then be recycled. The system of collection and recycling is funded by electrical manufacturers and retailers.... more...

...Clearing non-RoHS ready inventory has resulted in a drop in ASPs (average selling prices) and gross margins for motherboard companies, noted Gigabyte, which has announced a decline in gross margin from 17.18% in 2003 to 12.54% in 2005.... more...

...IS your company compliant with RoHS? Eighty-four percent of all Hong Kong electrical and electronic manufacturers were RoHS compliant by September 2005 with 93.3% expecting to meet the deadline by July 2006. Australian businesses need to be RoHS compliant to compete with Asian countries that are ahead of the curve on RoHS.... more...

...Ron Lasky, Ph.D., PE, senior technologist at Indium Corp., and visiting professor at Dartmouth College, presented a "Rapid Implementation of RoHS Compliant Assembly" workshop for area OEMs, EMS providers, and suppliers. Indium Corporation of America and the Cook Engineering Design Center, Dartmouth College sponsored the workshop.... more...

...European Union member states are not the only European countries heavily engaged in becoming green, nor are non-EU states latecomers. Switzerland, for example, began to abide by both the EU’s Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) and Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) guides in 1998, probably before they were written.... more...

...IRELAND has comfortably exceeded its targets under the EU’s Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment (WEEE) Directive.... more...

...According to a survey conducted by evertiq there is still alot of players on the European electronics market who still haven't reached RoHS compliance.... more...

...Newark InOne, a Chicago-based distributor of small-quantity electronic components, has introduced an interactive Restriction of Hazardous Substances catalog that features 40,000 products that are compliant with the European Union’s RoHS directive, which takes effect on July 1 of this year.... more...

...United Technologies Electronic Controls needed approval from the Huntington Common Council Tuesday night for tax abatement on more than $2.8 million in equipment. The company needs to upgrade its equipment for exporting to Europe.... more...

...The Department of Trade and Industry is inviting all sectors involved in the electronics recycling chain to put forward names of individuals to join an advisory committee. The committee will act as a sounding board for a range of complex issues which the Department is now looking to develop. This comes in the wake of the paper published by the Department last month outlining the findings of the review into how the UK should implement the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive.... more...

...Newark InOne, a subsidiary of global Premier Farnell plc and the leading small-quantity distributor of electronic components and test equipment in North America, announces the launch of its exclusive RoHS catalog as an interactive online vehicle.... more...

...'The waste industry doesn't have a good safety record, and shortcuts in WEEE treatment threaten to make the risks significantly higher for waste operators and their staff', highlights Phil Sprason, MD of CKS Electronics Recycling.... more...

...Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, Inc. (SSI), one of the leading developers of analytical instrumentation in the U.S., today announced the availability of its new free white paper 'Understanding RoHS.' The paper is available for download from the Shimadzu Scientific Instruments web site at www.ssi.shimadzu.com.... more...

...As manufacturers move production facilities to low cost economies and as they explore new export markets they are running into a welter of new and expanding health, safety, employment and environmental regulations they have not previously faced.... more...

...Frost and Sullivan has selected Aegis Industrial Software Corp as its 2006 company of the year in the surface mount technology (SMT) software sector for its role in helping clients to successfully transition to a lead-free manufacturing process.... more...

...Cornet Technology, Inc. (CTI), a principal provider of video, voice, and data communications, video conferencing and surveillance products, and IT services, today announced that it has set in motion a corporate-wide environmental protection plan aimed at compliance with the European Union’s (EU) Directive on the Restriction of the use of certain Hazardous Substances (RoHS) in electrical and electronic products.... more...

...Infor ERP solutions enable electronics manufacturers to track and report product content accurately all along the chain as items are manufactured. "We provide our customers the means to collect and electronically store compliance declaration documents, linked to their bill of materials," said Frichol.... more...

...According to businessworld.ie the collection of electrical and electronical waste in Ireland has surpassed the EU target of the WEEE directive.... more...

...Now a new EU directive will require businesses to reuse and recycle their redundant electrical equipment rather than dump it landfills. The European Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment (WEEE) Directive will come into force later this year, and non-profit recycling company Maxitech.biz has been praised by Secretary of State for the Environment Margaret Beckett MP for the help it is offering businesses anxious to ensure they do not fall foul of the new law.... more...

...Synapsis Technology, Inc., a provider of environmental compliance and Product Lifecycle Intelligence(TM) solutions, today announced that it has formed a strategic partnership with SSA Global(TM), a leading global provider of enterprise business software and services. Through this agreement, SSA Global will resell Synapsis' patent-pending Environmental Material Aggregation and Reporting System (EMARS(TM)).... more...

...A leading USA supplier of high-precision, noncontact capacitive and eddy-current displacement sensors will adopt requirements of European RoHS, even though its products are exempt.... more...

... how I can judge whether a contract manufacturer is RoHS compliant or not? Does a manufacturer need to have a certificate, like a UL certificate." There's a new standard out (released in May, 2005) EIA/ECCB-954, "Electrical and Electronic Components and Products Hazardous Substance Free Standard and Requirements," that identifies procurement routes, traceability, handling and corrective actions for electronics designers and manufacturers.... more...

...Fastening specialist TFC has announced new measures to help its customers ensure that the components they source comply with the new Restriction of Hazardous Substance (RoHS) regulations, which become UK law on July 1st.... more...

...RoHS and WEEE Specialists (RAWS) has announced XRF testing capability to complement its RoHS materials testing line up. With the widest range different RoHS testing options available in the southern hemisphere RoHS and WEEE Specialists are a one-stop-shop for RoHS and ELV homogeneous material testing.... more...

...According to Metalast, the TCP-HF process should cost approximately the same as hexavalent chromium in volume applications. It is applied using very little energy and the coating and chemicals pose almost no health hazard if properly handled and disposed. However, more testing is in progress. OSHA has just reduced the maximum safe exposure limit for hexavalent chromium by over a factor of 10 which will likely spur more interest in alternatives.... more...

...Over 14,500 tonnes of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment has been collected for recycling in less than 7 months under the new WEEE scheme, Environment Minister [Ireland] Dick Roche announced today.... more...

...a contract notice for a public contract has been launched in the Tenders Electronically Daily B-Brussels: environmental services on 25 March 2006 under the reference "2006/S 59-060807". The objective of the study is to complete the information needed to inform an analysis of options for review of the Directive and to provide that analysis, in particular by giving a thorough evaluation of the impacts, efficacy and efficiency of the Directive from an environmental and economic, and as far as possible, a social perspective, by analysing the management (collection, treatment) of different categories of WEEE. The information and analysis will be used as the main content of a future impact appraisal of options for review of the Directive. Further details can be obtained via the contract notice.... more...

...Lead-free is mandatory but ever since the earlier introduction of lead-free solder paste there has been the question of how advanced a reflow oven should be. Kaisertech, supplier of the Dima range of ovens, says the success of a reflow oven is not measured by size or the amount of heating zones but by the ability to create every possible reflow profile.... more...

...“Since its introduction in early 2004, sales of SACX(TM) have grown steadily, and over the last 6 months we have experienced spectacular growth as our customers are looking for the high performance, reliability and value they find only in SACX(TM)," said Gerry Campbell, Cookson Electronics' Global Product Manager.... more...

...An estimated NT$20 billion (US$625 million at US$1:NT$32) worth of products from 164 Taiwanese suppliers may fail to meet Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive, which will become effective on July 1 this year, according to the Ministry of Economic Affairs... more...

...Electronics distributors are trying to determine what impact the upcoming ban on the use of lead and five other substances will have on their business. Many think the Restriction on the use of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive will cause supply problems, but aren’t sure if it will impact their revenue.... more...

...Swedish plans to ban damaging flame retardants have suffered a serious blow following the release of an independent study into possible economic effects.... more...

...Location: Austin, Texas; Dates: 4/11/2006 - 4/11/2006; Description: "Thriving in a RoHS/WEEE Environment" provides updated, current, topical, and deep insights in to how governments, industry, and companies like yours are, and are not, getting along wiith environmental regulations from the EU, China, the US, and elsewhere.... more...

...The DTI has released for comment its implementation proposal for the WEEE Directive in the UK. "There are no real surprises [in the proposal]," Alan Dukinfield of recycling firm RID told Electronics Weekly. "There is a network of designated collection points at civil amenity sites, and producers are responsible for collecting the waste from there."... more...

...Dell today announced it plans to triple the amount of product recovered from customers by the end of 2009 and released its annual sustainability report outlining current progress and future goals for the company's corporate responsibility efforts.... more...

...The specialists at Intertronics have noticed that being RoHS compliant and lead-free brings all sorts of new issues - so if you have sorted out your machine soldering changes they believe that now is the time to look at your hand soldering, either as part of your normal assembly process, or during rework and repair.... more...

...Lantronix Inc, a company that develops device networking technology based on the 802.11b/g wireless LAN standard, reckons to be the first in its sector to be compliant with the EU’s Reduction of Hazardous Substance (RoHS) requirement.... more...

...About $625m worth of products made by Taiwanese companies this year will fail new European safety standards, Taiwan's economic affairs ministry has warned. The products represent some 10 per cent of Taiwan's exports to Europe, according to a report from the China Economic News Service this week... more...

...In its recent analysis of the world SMT screen printers and glue dispenser markets, Frost & Sullivan named Speedline Technologies the 2006 Competitive Strategy Leadership Award recipient for its pioneering technology innovation and aggressive efforts in positioning itself among leaders in the surface mount technology (SMT) market.... more...

...I am giving an updated version of my one day workshop on WEEE/RoHS compliant assembly at The Thayer School of Enginnering at Dartmouth on Wednesday, April 12, 2006 from 10AM to 4PM. It will be held in the Jackson Conference Room in Cummings Hall. It is free (including lunch) and is sponsored by Indium Corp and the Cook Engineering Design Center at Dartmouth.... more...

...Henkel will showcase several innovative solutions and Pb-free compatible material systems at the Nepcon UK 2006 Lead-Fee Experience.... more...

...Kester has announced that Peter Biocca, senior market development engineer, will present during the RoHS Compliance Workshop sponsored by Stanley Supply & Services Road Show 06.... more...

...A seminar on the RoHS Directive with a focus on design is being offered by electronic design automation software and skills training specialist Premier EDA Solutions.... more...

...Update 2 April 2006 - The 5th stakeholder consultation on RoHS exemptions is open for comments until 10 May 2006. As with the 4th, the outcome is largely in the hands of those who take the time to read and comment.... more...

...polls such as Roper's Green Gauge tell us that a high percentage of consumers (around 42%) still feel that environmental products don't work as well as conventional ones.... more...

...The recent implementation of a Reduction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive in China has has very different results than a similar directive implemented in the EU, according to AMR Research analysts, Eric Karofsky, Qin Deng and Bill Swanton.... more...

...mention RoHS to a specialty audio manufacturer and the air just might turn blue with intemperate language. "Do you know any way to visually examine for a cold solder joint if you're not using lead solder?" I heard one high-end manufacturer ask another recently. "No," came the succinct response.... more...

...Kester will provide lead-free resources, technologies and products in booth 2E48 at the upcoming NEPCON China/EMT China 2006 trade show and exhibition, scheduled to take place April 4 to 7, 2006, in Shanghai, China.... more...

...Manufacturers share growing concerns about the long-term reliability of lead-free solders and what lies beyond the implementation deadlines. Each directive has its own technical and manufacturing issues... more...

...This year, Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) is the big target, requiring companies to eliminate six types of contaminates from their products. The big question is will this be a WEEE redeux, with implementation extensions after the July 1 deadline? "I would be willing the bet that there will indeed be some changes in the implementation deadline for RoHS because, quite honestly, industry is having a very difficult time meeting the letter of the law and many companies are simply falling behind," says Geoffrey Bock, an engineer with TUV Rheinland of North America.... more...

...China's ministry of commerce accused the US, the European Union and other trading partners of putting up barriers to its exports, including toys, textiles and televisions. Regulations on environmental protection, intellectual property rights and technical standards are being used to block Chinese products, the Beijing-based ministry said in a 296-page report released on its website on Friday.... more...

...The nation's electronics industry could lose up to 10 percent of its output value to the EU as many manufacturers have yet to comply with the EU's new environmental regulations, which come into effect in July, according to a recent estimate by the Industrial Development Bureau.... more...

...The rapid shift to RoHS compliance by many component manufacturers is simplifying life for OEMs in the high-volume consumer sector, but it's turning into a nightmare for companies that are exempt from the RoHS directive and now find leaded parts in short supply.... more...

...tthe Industrial Development Bureau of Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) stated that there are still 164 Taiwanese companies that have not yet obtained certification for their products yet, according to a Chinese-language Economic Daily News (EDN) report.... more...

...The UK’s Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has issued a list of implementation proposals for the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive.... more...

...The SGS website is a valuable source of information on the RoHS Directive, with comprehensive details of exemptions from the directive.... more...