MUNICH - EPCOS offers an online service to help comply with the requirements of the Administration on the Control of Pollution Caused by Electronic Information Products (ACPEIP), or China RoHS. The company offers a downloadable Excel table, which indicates which of the six substances are contained in products. EPCOS’ Website features background information on labeling requirements and a summary of the ACPEIP, as well as links to the Ministry of Information Industry of the People’s Republic of China (in Chinese), the German Electronic Manufacturers Association (ZVEI) and the American Electronics Association (AEA). The China RoHS rules go into effect March 1. Manufacturers must clearly label electronics products if they contain listed substances. Further information can be found at http://www.epcos.com/china_rohs.
HERNDON, VA – iNEMI will preview highlights of its 2007 Roadmap at the Apex trade show in Los Angeles next month.
iNEMI CEO Jim McElroy will discuss the roadmap in the Feb. 22 conference keynote, including a look a new chapter on Organic and Printed Electronics Technology.
Also at the show, the Optimizing Lead-Free Processes forum will review some of iNEMI’s Pb-free projects. iNEMI is also cosponsor of the Reliability Summit: Keeping Industry Reliability Test Protocols Current with Rapidly Changing Markets. This free one-day session will discuss current industry initiatives to standardize reliability testing, the challenges of keeping pace with new technologies and markets, and plans for a path forward.
Other iNEMI meetings at the conference include Heat Transfer; Optoelectronics; Environmentally Conscious Electronics TIG, and Board Assembly and Substrates TIGs.