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New business emerging at ODM Wistron, and recycling getting traction

Wistron has hired around 1,000 R&D engineers since mid-2010, preparing for its new businesses, including tablet PC, cloud computing and recycling. Wistron notebook growth to exceed growth at Compal and Quanta.
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RoHS Recast: What’s in store for 2.0?

Anything not exempted from the scope of ‘Electrical and Electronic Equipment’ is subject to the Recast provisions. An entirely new eleventh category will be added to Article 2. Not a part of RoHS legislation, but closely linked to it, is EU CE marking.
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New challenges as China REACH regulation matures

Understand how China REACH changes impact your company. China knows what works in global market supply chains and what doesn’t. Do you?


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6 REACH compliance steps for aerospace, defense foreign military sale

U.S. Department of Defense has no program in place for completing substance registrations. Hundreds of substances are at risk in the supply chain. If your supplier has not pre-registered a non-exempt substance then you are currently putting an illegal product on the EU market. Your choices are to either get the supply chain to register the substance immediately or register it yourself via an EU affiliate or representative.
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REACH Compliance: 7 ‘must do’ steps for auditing suppliers

There is no 'one-size-fits-all' approach. REACH is a new regulation with at least 15 unique legal requirements that did not exist before. REACH also comes with a bundle of exemptions that …
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The SVHC list amid electronics company requirements and REACH

The new reality under REACH is that it is no longer acceptable to not know what substances are in your articles. In particular, for any …

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7 Potholes along the REACH road to global supply chains

REACH is a major driver for a more integrated approach to compliance with entire supply chains coming together to facilitate ..
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REACH: Seven (7) steps to better pre-registration

Determine which substances are exempt from registration: Substances manufactured / imported in quantities less than 1 ton per year, such as radioactive substances; waste substances, are all covered by exemptions which eliminate the need for registration. After you have conducted…
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RoHS: Ask your EMS provider these five questions

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Even if you have an excellent RoHS program and your EMS provider has an excellent RoHS compliance process, all it takes is one component for a product to be non-compliant. What is your EMS provider’s process if a non-compliant part is found on finished boards?
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3 Myths about REACH you need to know

REACH does provide a variety of exemptions for certain products and applications. For example, if you sell a printed circuit board, the same circuit board may be used in automobiles (not exempt), medical electronics devices in direct contact with human body (exempt) and in airplanes (possibly exempt on a case-by-case basis in some EU Member States if a specific defense exemption is granted).
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