ZESTRON Now Meets RoHS and WEEE Directives
"ZESTRON is now fully prepared to meet the RoHS and WEEE guidelines. For over 15 years, ZESTRON has actively been avoiding the use of any hazardous or dangerous raw materials that could be deemed harmful, and ZESTRON's cleaning agents are free of all hazardous materials, including lead. ZESTRON's cleaning technologies (i.e. MPC Technology) are designed to be used in closed-loop systems, reportedly enabling long bath life and little to no wastewater generation when compared to surfactant-based products." Source: SMT
Four Steps to RoHS Compliance
"The steps are outlined in a manual, “RoHS Legislation and Technical Manual,” that Newark provides at its lead-free site, RoHS Express. Newark produced the manual in response to a surprising number of visits to the company’s RoHS Express site what was launched last month. “We’re getting 6,000 unique visitors per month,” said Tallentire. “We’re seeing everybody from multi-national companies who have well-define RoHS compliance plans to those who know absolutely nothing.”" Source: Reed Electronics
RoHS Assembly Seminar in Vancouver Area
"Kester announces that it will host a lead-free seminar titled, "Project 2005: Achieving Lead-free RoHS Assembly" on Tuesday, July 26, 2005 in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. The seminar will be held at the Ramada Plaza Vancouver Airport. The Project 2005 seminar series is designed to assist the electronic industry in the successful transition to lead-free soldering and RoHS compliancy. It will address key lead-free assembly issues and give you technical, practical and proven information to transition in a timely fashion so your company can maintain reliability and production yields. The seminar is purely technical and void of commercialism." Source: emsNOW
RoHS Compliant Miniature 2.5mm x 2.5mm Dual 150mA LDO Regulator
"Micrel Inc., an industry leader in analog, high bandwidth communications and Ethernet IC solutions, today announced the MIC5264, a new dual LDO regulator offered in a miniature 2.5mm x 2.5mm MLF(TM) package. The device gives designers a solution that offers a 30 percent size reduction from previous generation products. The MIC5264 is lead-free (RoHS compliant) and currently sampling. Pricing starts at $0.49 in 1K quantities." Source: Micrel Inc. via Yahoo
ZESTRON Meets New RoHS and WEEE Guidelines
"ZESTRON has announced that it is fully prepared to meet the new hazardous substances (RoHS) and waste disposal (WEEE) guidelines. For over 15 years, ZESTRON has actively been avoiding the use of any hazardous or dangerous raw materials that might be considered harmful. ZESTRON's cleaning agents are free of all hazardous materials including lead. ZESTRON's cleaning media therefore fulfills all environmental requirements and exceeds most workers' safety standards." Source: emsNOW
US Conec Moves to RoHS-Compliance
"US Conec has announced the availability of RoHS-compliant components. The company manufactures singlemode and multimode MT-style and custom multi-fiber ferrules, including its MTP MPO-style connector family, as well as its Concours optical flexible circuits and fan-outs. The company also provides high precision molded parts for optical packaging, termination equipment for high-density fiber interconnections, and connector cleaning products. In response to the European Union Directive on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electronic equipment (RoHS), the company says it has worked with its raw material and sub-component suppliers to ensure compliance with all material requirements of the legislation." Source: Lightwave Web Exclusive
Military Facing Obsolescence Issues by RoHS
"The defense industry thought it was off the hook when the RoHS directive was released. The military was exempt from compliance, which meant engineers would not have to struggle with tin whiskers – those tiny metal hairs that form easily on pure tin and can break off and short out a component. The exemption also meant the military would not have to defy the directive outright as leaders had threatened. With RoHS, however, those commercial parts are going green. The military won’t buy the green versions of the commercial parts for fear of tin whiskers. And while many of the commercial parts suppliers insist they will continue to produce leaded parts for the military market, those parts will be produced for a significantly smaller market and will likely rise in price if they continue to be available at all." Source: DesignNews.com
Total Parts Plus Increases RoHS Data Coverage
"Total Parts Plus' material content database has expanded its coverage for electronic and non- electronic components to more than 2.5 million part numbers. Data coverage includes full and partial content information, Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) compliancy flags, lead-free identification, exemption tracking, compliant alternates, tin whiskering data and reflow temperature." Source: Total Parts Plus via Yahoo
Intermec Announces Compliance With European Union's RoHS and WEEE Directives
"Intermec Technologies Corp. said today it will meet the July 6, 2006, deadline for compliance with the European Union's Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (RoHS) directive, as well as the December, 2006 deadline for the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) directive. Intermec products offered for sale in the European Union after July 6, 2006, will comply with the RoHS and WEEE directives." Source: BusinessWire
Artesyn Announces RoHS Initiative
"Artesyn Technologies, Inc. has announced a new RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances) initiative. Through the initiative, the company will substantially reduce the lead, mercury, hexavalent chromium, cadmium, brominated flame retardants, and other hazardous substances used in the manufacture of its telecom products. Artesyn is one of the first OEM suppliers to wholeheartedly embrace RoHS, and is ahead of the directive's introduction in Europe, in July 2006. Artesyn's Communications Products (ACP) division plans to ship its first RoHS-compliant products in August 2005, with the company's Power Conversion division following by the end of the year." Source: ECNASIAMAG.com
More on the RoHS Compliance Webinar
"Kester has announced that it will host a RoHS Compliance Webinar in conjunction with Celestica and DEK, scheduled to take place Wednesday, June 29, 2005, at 11:30 a.m. EDT. The one-hour webinar, RoHS Compliance - One Year and Counting, will be presented by EMSNow." Source: EMSnow.com
RoHS Compliant Product Development Made Easy
"Omnify Software, a leading provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software for mid-market electronic, medical, mechanical, and defense OEMs, today announced LuminentOIC, a leading supplier of metro transceivers, CWDM & DWDM solutions, and Fiber-to-the-Premise (FTTP) solutions, is using Omnify PLM to manage product development across the enterprise and design products to meet the European Union (EU) Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directives." Source: BusinessWire
RoHS Holds a Strong Impact on the Competitive Landscape in the SMT Industry
"Frost & Sullivan will host an exclusive outlook Wednesday, June 22, 2005 at 3:00 pm EDT to provide industry participants an overview of the Surface Mount Technology (SMT) industry. This interactive outlook will discuss some of the latest happenings and trends occurring in the SMT industry. With RoHS around the corner this outlook will discuss its impact on the competitive landscape in the SMT industry." Source: BusinessWire
Green Electronics Take Root
"Two new environmental rules that will soon be implemented by the EU are aimed at reducing the number of electronic items such as computers, fridges and cellphones that end up in European landfills, as well as eliminating some of the toxic substances they contain. With the first of the two rules set to come into effect in August, and with similar regulations to roll out in other countries in the near future, there are many challenges companies face in adapting to the changes, as well as opportunities." Source: TaipeiTimes.com
Compact Diodes Are RoHS Compliant
"Easby Electronics has several new series of RoHS-compliant ultrasmall surface-mount rectifier diodes. With a footprint reduced by 78% and packages just 0.9mm high, they are ideal for automatic insertion in compact portable devices." Source: ElectronicsTalk
RoHS Webcast
"Celestica's Chief Technology Officer, Dan Shea, will be presenting at a key RoHS compliance webcast on June 29th. Dan will provide an overview of the business and technology challenges of RoHS compliance including: reliability challenges; the risk of relying on product exemptions; supplier readiness and issues associated with hybrid assemblies." Source: EMSnow
RoHS Compliant Thermal Printers
"Seiko Instruments Inc., Micro Printer Division (MPD), has detailed a comprehensive program to eliminate hazardous substances from its printer products. The effort includes full compliance for EU restrictions on use of lead, mercury, hexavalent chromium, cadmium, and PBB and PBDE flame retardants by the end of fiscal 2005." Source: Seiko Instruments Inc. via Yahoo
Test-Point Series is RoHS Compliant
"Components Corp has released its TP-107 Series of low-profile, surface-mount, printed-circuit-board test points. Engineered for high-density SMT printed wiring boards, the RoHS-compliant TP-107 Series is both safe and long-lasting, according to the company." Source: EDN.com
Web Site for RoHS Compliance Launched
MVR International Inc., a Florida-based distributor of electronic components, announced the launch of www.mvr-green.com, a Web site dedicated to the European Restrictions on Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive and other environmental laws emerging worldwide." Source: SDCexec.com
Critical Components of RoHS Compliance: Communication and Information
"Representatives from more than 80 companies met on June 9th at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare for the NEDA Industry Summit: Negotiating the Economic, Legal and Logistic Challenges of RoHS and Lead Free Compliance. The meeting was a follow up to the one held in January and a key example of NEDA's efforts to keep the industry informed of important issues. Of special interest was the information on the pending IPC Materials Declarations Form standard IPC 1752." Source: EMSnow
New High Power pHEMT Transistors are RoHS Compliant
"TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. today announced the introduction of 10 new discrete Power pHEMT transistor devices in two families for a wide variety of amplifier applications including aerospace, digital radio, or wireless base stations. All devices are RoHS and lead-free compliant." Source: BusinessWire
WCTbid, Symphony Consulting Partner on RoHS
"WCTbid, a provider of hosted, lifecycle inventory asset management solutions, today announced a partnership with the supply chain consulting firm Symphony Consulting aimed at combining the companies' knowledge of inventory asset management and WEEE and RoHS directives to help manufacturing companies comply with the European Union (EU) requirements." Source: Supply & Demand Chaine Executive
Lead Free Conference in Barcelona
"The implementation of RoHS consists of many truths and options and for the first time in the history of this conference "new truths" were presented by experts from Japan, Singapore and Israel. This was especially obvious regarding the choice of solder paste where it was uncovered that SAC is not the only option available in the market and used. Another clear truth is that the interpretation of RoHS is not always consistent in different parts of Europe and other parts of the world." Source: emsnow.com
Artesyn Technologies Announces Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Initiative
"Artesyn Technologies, Inc., a leader in power conversion and embedded board solutions for infrastructure applications within the communications marketplace, today announced a new RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances) initiative. Through the initiative, the company will substantially reduce the lead, mercury, hexavalent chromium, cadmium, brominated flame retardants, and other hazardous substances used in the manufacture of its telecom products. Artesyn is one of the first OEM suppliers to wholeheartedly embrace RoHS, and is significantly ahead of the directive's introduction in Europe, in July 2006. Artesyn's Communications Products (ACP) division plans to ship its first RoHS-compliant products in August 2005, with the company's Power Conversion division following by the end of the year." Source: Artesyn Technologies via biz.yahoo.com
IBM Taps Solution to Ensure RoHS Compliance
"IBM is set to use an environmental compliance and product lifecycle management (PLM) solution from Synapsis Technology to support IBM's environmental compliance requirements for all its product lines. IBM's Integrated Supply Chain Group, responsible for procurement and vendor management, manufacturing and distribution, will be integrating Synapsis Environmental Material Aggregation and Reporting System (EMARS) into the company's extensive systems environment to support the European Union Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directives as, well as its own internal compliance specifications." Source: Supply & Demand Chain Executive
Help Meeting E.U.'s RoHs Deadline
"Genesis Electronics Manufacturing, Inc. (GEM) announced plans to provide lead-free (RoHs) compliant electronic manufacturing services beginning this year. The RoHS (Restriction of Certain Hazardous Substances) initiative is a requirement for electronic products shipped to the European Union by July 1, 2006. "The implementation of lead-free manufacturing processes will provide our OEM customers the ability to provide lead-free, RoHS compliant product to their respective global market places," said Scott Mauldin, VP of Operations. "This shift in materials and manufacturing methods ranks among the largest technical challenges our industry has faced in the last twenty years. GEM plans not only to change our internal processes but to provide technical assistance to our customers as they re-engineer their products to meet this requirement."" Source: EMSnow
RoHS-Compliant, Low-Profile SMT Test Points Series
"Announced today by Components Corp., a world leader in the design and manufacture of circuit board hardware technology, is the 100% RoHS-compliant TP-107 Series of low-profile, surface-mount printed circuit board test points. The TP-107 Series is engineered specifically for employment by fabricators of high-density SMT printed wiring boards who demand reliable, safe and durable testing both during and after manufacture, as well as the capability to easily, quickly, and accurately identify faults. The unparalleled superiority of the device"s bond to the PCB is the result of Component Corp"s unique forming process. This proprietary process, which consists of forming the flat wire design in a spiral wrap at the mounting base, effectively doubles the surface area of the mounting base to enable a more rugged connection when adhered to the solder pad. Therefore, an excess of 18 pounds of force would be required to dislodge the test point. Additionally notable is the TP-107s" singular loop design which provides a positive and secure location for miniature spring-loaded clips, probes, and hooks." Source: ArriveNet
New RoHS Manual Gets Down to Details
"Newark InOne, a subsidiary of global Premier Farnell plc, now offers a downloadable RoHS Legislation and Technical Manual on its RoHS Express Website, which was launched in May 2005 to provide design engineer and component buyers with a continuously updated, in-depth source of RoHS-related information and news. This easy-to-follow, 22-page manual contains an introduction to RoHS, a step-by-step guide to compliance, detailed information about the substances affected, a chapter on soldering and a closing environmental section." Source: SMT
RoHS Details
"Newark InOne, the leading small-quantity distributor of electronic components and test equipment in North America and a subsidiary of global Premier Farnell plc, now offers a RoHS Legislation and Technical Manual in a downloadable format on its RoHS Express website at www.newarkinone.com/rohs. RoHS Express was launched in May by Newark InOne to provide design engineer and component buyers with a continuously updated, in-depth source of information and news relating to the upcoming European Union directive." Source: TMCnet
Dell Adds 2 New RoHS Compliant Desktops
"Dell recently announced its two new OptiPlex products - OptiPlex GX520 and GX620 - designed to enhance the deployment flexibility, performance and reliability of its corporate desktop line. The two new systems feature lead-free power supplies, motherboards and chassis, which is in compliance with the European Union (EU) Restriction on the use of certain Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive." Source: CHannelTimes.com
500GB RoHS Compliant HD
"Maxtor Corporation, a worldwide leader in hard disk drives and consumer storage products, announces that the company will be shipping its next-generation 3.5-inch 7200RPM 3.0Gb SATA and ATA 133 hard drives with capacity points up to 500GB in the third quarter of this year. The new 500GB hard drives will include a host of new features to meet the distinct needs of each brand's application area. The features will provide significant improvements in areas such as performance, thermal optimization, data management and security, interface and AV stream detection. The 500GB hard drives will also be RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances) compliant." Source: eHomeUpgrade
Replacement Integrated Circuits are RoHS-Compliant
"Innovasic, Inc., a developer of replacement integrated circuits, today announced it has released RoHS-compliant versions of its replacement integrated circuits for the AMD® Am186/Am188 family of 16-Bit and 8-Bit Embedded Microcontrollers. Production units are now available for immediate shipment. Innovasic is the only vendor to offer these parts in the specific packaging required by the European Economic Union (EEU) for compliance with the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive." Source: Thomasnet
Green Devices Here Before RoHS Requirements
"Aeluros today announced the immediate availability of green variants of its Puma 10 Gbps physical layer IC devices. These products address the increasingly sensitive commercial and political pressures for environmentally friendly products. Aeluros aligns lead-free, green, and RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances) requirements under the unified 'green' designation, and Aeluros' products eliminate lead and the other 5 RoHS-restricted substances (lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, PBB and PBDE) from the package molding, solder balls, package substrate, and die attach epoxy. This leadership position represents a continuation of Aeluros' efforts to emphasize customer interest well ahead of legislative requirements." Source: PRNewsWire
Hot-Air Levelling Flux for Lead-Free PCB Solder Finishing
"AMI DODUCO, a Technitrol Company, offers the printed circuit board (PCB) industry a new flux material for hot-air levelling using lead-free solders. Hot-air levelling of tin/lead solder is the traditional surface finish for PCBs, but effective July 1, 2006, the European Union's Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive will prohibit the use of lead in electrical and electronic appliances throughout the European Union. Solders containing lead must be replaced by lead-free alternatives such as tin/copper/nickel alloys. These solders, however, require a higher working temperature than conventional tin/lead materials." Source: BusinessWire
Lead-Free RoHS Assembly Seminar in Toronto
"Kester announces that it host a lead-free seminar titled, "Project 2005: Achieving Lead-free RoHS Assembly" on Tuesday, June 21, 2005 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Kester Project 2005 has been created to offer only proven, practical information in reference to both Lead-Free Assembly and RoHS compliancy. It is the most complete seminar of its kind in the Americas. The seminar will present the various complexities of assemblies and what your company needs to do to comply with the European WEEE and RoHS Directives. This seminar offers information and case studies to make these products reliable with lead-free while being RoHS compliant." Source: emsNOW
Who Will be Eliminated From the EU Market?
"Most enterprises' understanding of WEEE and ROHS is only on the area of accordingly increased product costs, believing that they will get smaller profits in trade than ever before, far away from realizing their potential challenges upon China's relevant industries. WEEE and ROHS cover a wide range of products under their jurisdiction, including most of our country's electrical and electronic products and electromechanical products exported to EU. Have Chinese enterprises get prepared for WEEE and ROHS? A survey conducted by the Ministry of Commerce shows that currently domestic enterprises are not prepared yet." Source: ec.ce.cn
Dell Rolls Out Pb-Free Chassis to Meet RoHS Goals
"Dell today made a series of announcements concerning its continuing environmental efforts. The company stated that it exceeded a 2004 product recovery goal and outlined aggressive environment goals for the current year. The company is also refreshing its corporate desktop line and making an advance toward the RoHS directive." Source: CircuitsAssembly
RoHS/WEEE Supply Chain Transition Workshop
"Symphony Consulting, Inc., a supply chain consulting and training company located in Silicon Valley, announced the launch of a new one-day workshop that helps Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) take concrete steps towards mitigating revenue and inventory risks associated with the European Union’s RoHS/WEEE directives. Although most companies have already begun to address technical compliance issues associated with these two directives, industry experts believe that spot shortages in components and capacity throughout the electronics supply chain will lead to a revenue shortfall for many OEMs. Even companies that are exempt from this regulation will be affected as their supply base goes through the RoHS transformation." Source: eMediaWire
Cookson SCS Materials and Services Now RoHS-Compliant
"Specialty Coating Systems (SCS), a business of Cookson Electronics, announces that their Parylene conformal coating services and raw materials, or SCS Parylene dimers, are now RoHS-compliant. "We conducted independent laboratory testing to validate compliance of the SCS Parylenes," says Alan Hardy, SCS electronics and automotive market manager. "SCS provides Parylene coating services and dimer to manufacturers of electrical and electronics equipment on a worldwide basis through a network of 10 coating facilities. SCS understands the importance and implications of the RoHS directive for our customers, and wanted to be proactive in announcing the compliance of SCS Parylene services and dimers well before the July 2006 deadline."" Source: SMT
Dot Hill Deploys Agile Product Governance and Compliance for RoHS Compliance
"Agile Software Corporation, a leading provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) solutions, today announced that Dot Hill Systems Corp., a leader in the innovative design and delivery of storage networking solutions, has deployed Agile Product Governance & Compliance (PG&C) across its enterprise to increase the efficiency and ease of ensuring compliance with the European Union (EU) Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive." Source: PRNewsWire
RoHS Compliant DC-DC Converter
"Ericsson’s RoHS compliant PKJ-N DC-DC converter is expected to be used in the design of RF power amplifier systems in mobile basestations. There are two versions - 30.2V/8.3A/250W, and 28.2V/11A/310W. The firm’s metal-to-metal package technology gives a device efficiency of 91.5 per cent at half load and 91 per cent at full load." Source: ElectronicsWeekly.com
95% of Alpha Wire parts RoHS compliant by July
"Alpha Wire International has announced that 95 per cent of its 10,000 wire, cable and tubing part numbers will be RoHS compliant by July 2005 and that these can be specified and ordered immediately." Source: emsNOW
RoHS Compliance - One Year and Counting
"There is just one year until the EU's RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances) legislation deadline takes effect, and the need for electronics companies to address the many challenges of RoHS and implement product conversion strategies is immediate. As 30 percent of electronics industry revenue is generated in Europe, and similar legislation is emerging in numerous other geographies, organizations must act now, or face significant business risks. This webinar will give attendees invaluable insight into what the leading EMS providers and OEMs are doing, or should be doing, to prepare for this critical requirement. Questions concerning the business aspects and process/product aspects of this issue can be asked at the end of the webinar." Source: emsNOW
The RoHS "Greening" of the Supply Chain
"It's hard not to get a little panicky over Europe's impending Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS). Consider the scope: The world's largest catalog distributor of electronic components, NewarkInOne, stocks more than 165,000 parts that commonly contain the banned materials. The distributor's database maintains specs, data sheets, inventory and price information on four million devices. "Our estimate is that 70 percent of the parts we stock will be affected by RoHS," says NewarkInOne's president, Paul Tallentire. He expects an even bigger impact on the four million devices in the database." Source: Electronic Business Online