Legislation & Skills

EW asked a panel of executives: "Are you confident that the industry will move painlessly towards lead-free manufacturing?"

Directive tackles the problem of hazardous conducted emissions

Avnet Electronics Marketing will offer customers a database of hazardous materials created by i2 Technologies

Legislation is complicated and confusing, with accurate information hard to come by

Industry is facing a big interoperability challenge over the planned introduction of biometric passports

Packaging firm using a tin-silver-copper alloy for solder balls

Study commissioned by EC to look at exemptions to RoHS Directive

Defra is planning to ban PFOS, used by semiconductor firms in photolithography

UK-based manufacturers says Pb-free legislation threatens to make them less competitive

Can buyers rely on certificates of conformance when the issues of component obsolescence or counterfeiting could be making them...