You make sure you are focusing your business to be consistent with current financial regulations and existing trade policies. Yet, products that once owned more than 90% of some markets are now, for the first time, indefensible.
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Tag Archives: Regulations
Manufacturing trade war or overdue market correction?
China electronic manufacturing tariffs, USA reshoring, Vietnam, Philippines, Mexico
Some EMS providers are forecasting direct labor in Mexico will be 30% cheaper than direct labor in China in five years. Vietname direct labor is also changing.
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Moving high mix electronics assembly from Mexico to China
Question: I am looking for an EMS or ODM with factory in Mexico. I have a low volume, high mix product line I am planning to move to Mexico from China. Can you send me a list? I am also …
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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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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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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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