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REACH is not Overreaching
Feb. 24, 2012 - EBN. Mike Kirschner puts REACH in context for manufacturers in this first part of a two-part editorial.
California Jumpstarts Green Chemistry Regulation
July 20, 2011 - EBN. At last week's Green Ribbon Science Panel meeting, the new director, Debbie Raphael, former co-chair of the Green Ribbon Science Panel, provided a near-term timeline and stated that her intention is to put a regulation in place that is, in her words, "practical, meaningful, and legally defensible."
RoHS Recast New and Improved?
June 15, 2011 - TTI. Ken Stanvick discusses how much improvement or significant change we might expect as a result of the RoHS Recast.
Tracking Parts Origin: The Next Supply Chain Challenge
April 13, 2011 - TTI. Tom Valliere discusses the need for material origin tracking in the supply chain.
REACH changes that will impact you and your supply chain
February 23, 2011 - TTI. Tom Valliere discusses REACH changes that will impact you and your supply chain
MarketEye: Rare Earth Elements - not so rare, yet
December 22, 2010 - TTI. Rare Earth Elements (REE) and their availability have often been in the news recently. There seems to be a lot of confusion and misunderstanding of what these are, where they are used and what the supply issues are. Tom Valliere clarifies some of these issues.
How RoHS Recast Impacts OEMs
December 20, 2010 - Electronics Advocate. RoHS amendments simplify product scope but add a more stringent process for demonstrating product compliance. Medical OEMs also may miss compliance deadlines. Ken Stanvick explains.
EBN: DCA Expectations & Predictions for 2011
December 8, 2010 - EBN. What environmental (and social) performance-related requirements can the electronics industry expect from regulators, NGOs, and competitors in 2011? Here’s both what we at Design Chain Associates LLC (DCA) know, and what we guess, will happen.
EBN: The Truth About Rare Earths, Part 2
October 28, 2010 - EBN. The supply of rare earth metals is constrained – but don't panic, because there are numerous alternatives for guaranteeing your corporate needs.
EBN: The Truth About Rare Earths, Part 1
October 25, 2010 - EBN. Rare earth elements are not as rare as their name implies, but China has cornered the market, pushing prices higher and creating shortages.
EBN: What You Need to Know Now About New Environmental Regulations
October 13, 2010 - EBN. Electronics companies risk being overwhelmed by new and emerging environmental and regulatory requirements.
MarketEye: Conflict Minerals
October 20, 2010 - TTI. Tom Valliere covers the new US disclosure law for publicly held companies, its challenges, and its effectiveness (or lack thereof).
MarketEye: US Electronics E-Waste Laws Create a Nightmare Scenario for Product Manufacturers
August 10, 2010 - TTI. Ken Stanvick describes how the increasing number of state-by-state and inconsistent WEEE-like regulations across the United States are making manufacturer's lives difficult, and what you can do about it.
MarketEye: Catch the Wave—The Coming Onslaught of Environmental Regulations and Their Impact on the Electronic Industry
June 15, 2010 - TTI. Tom Valliere expands the discussion beyond the supply chain and content reporting to examine the bigger picture and how current and proposed environmental regulations are likely to affect not just our supply chains, but our very products and the infrastructure used to manufacture and distribute them.
US E-Waste Laws a Nightmare Scenario for Product Manufacturers
June 7, 2010 - Circuits Assembly. It would appear that many of the same issues facing manufacturers that place products on the market in the EU are being repeated in the [United] states' legislation.
Why substance restriction regulations fail
May 31, 2010 - Chemical Watch [subscription required]. Effort to develop a chemical industry standard is driven by the need to share comparative data. We argue against including further substance restrictions under the proposed recast of the EU Directive on the restriction of hazardous substances (RoHS) in electrical and electronic equipment without an alternatives assessment clause.
MarketEye: Environment and the Supply Chain
April 28, 2010 - TTI. You'll learn the impact the greening of the supply chain is having on the industry from DCA's Tom Valliere, in his article covering social and environmental regulations.
MarketEye: How Big is Your Carbon Footprint?
February 15, 2010 - TTI. What's all the buzz about carbon footprints? Get answers to questions regarding this hot topic in this MarketEye post from Design Chain Associates.
EU REACH: The Continued March of Candidate SVHC Lists and the Authorization Process – What’s Next?
March 5, 2010 - InCompliance Magazine. What is next for REACH and what does it all mean to manufacturers of electronic components and products?
MarketEye: EU REACH - Candidate SVHC Lists and the Authorization Process - What's Next?
December 14, 2009 - TTI. While the European Union’s REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, and Restriction of Chemicals) regulation has been in force for over a year and a half, it is rolling out in a slow and determined fashion.
MarketEye: The Recasts of EU RoHS and WEEE Directives - Update October 2009
September 28, 2009 - TTI. The recasts of the EU RoHS and WEEE Directives continue to unfold. Since the initial recast proposals were presented for adoption, amended versions were proposed in September 2009 by the Environment Council of Ministers of the European Union.
MarketEye: Elections for New European Parliament: Impact on Environmental Policy Making
August 13, 2009 - TTI. At the beginning of June 2009, citizens of the EU’s 27 Member States voted in elections for a new European Parliament. Although the turnout was fairly low (less than 50%), the results were remarkable.
MarketEye: A Quick Look at California's Green Chemistry Initiative
June 6, 2009 - TTI. This post reviews the current status and issues in the development of this chemical regulatory framework by Mike Kirschner. JIG-101 ed. 2 is also reviewed.
MarketEye: The Evolution of Environmental Compliance Reporting
April 6, 2009 - TTI. In the April 2009 post from Design Chain Associates Joel Russeau, data services manager, discusses the ever-changing nature of compliance reporting. He covers the RoHS and REACH directives.
The Greenest Notebook Computer...Fact or Fiction?
February 25, 2009 - Green SupplyLine. Apple's making some pretty extraordinary claims; how true are they?
MarketEye: Introduction to the MarketEye Environmental & Supply Chain Page
February 13, 2009 - TTI. Tom Valliere & DCA now have an ongoing bi-monthly column on environment at passives distributor TTI's website. Check it out!
When Product Safety and the Environment Appear to Collide: The Defeat of the Candle Flame Ignition Requirement
January 2009 - Conformity. In 2000, the U.S. National Association of State Fire Marshals (NASFM) began to promote the idea that electronics in the home could be susceptible to ignition by a candle flame, and proposed that electronic enclosures should be designed to resist ignition from such an event. This is the inside story of why that was a bad idea, and how a world-wide coalition of scientists, researchers, NGOs, firefighters, and others rescued the electronics industry from creating an environmental disaster.
Impact of Environmental Regulations on Electronics Manufacturers
December 2008 - International Conference on Resource Recycling. Mike Kirschner discusses how and why the industry is unprepared for environmental regulation of its products.
One Bad Apple: Counterfeit parts and subassemblies have a major impact on the electronics industry
November 2008 - CIE. Tom Valliere considers the effects of counterfeits on the electronics supply chain.
REACH Compliance for Non-EU Article Manufacturers
July 2008 - Conformity. An article by Michael Kirschner of DCA discussing some of the more serious issues REACH will have for product manufacturers based outside of the European Union. Click here for the PDF version of the article.
Manufacturing industry challenges and responses to EU, California, and other product-targeted environmental regulations
May 31 2008 - UC Berkeley. Submitted as part of the California-EU Regulatory Cooperation Project Workshop.
Why electronics companies need to worry about REACH
September 2007 - Electronics Supply & Manufacturing. Electronic products are manufactured with and from literally thousands of chemical substances. Most substances will be subject to registration under the REACH legislation, and certain substances of very high concern will be subject to authorization, which could eventually result in their restriction.
Pending environmental legislation in California may impact the electronics industry
DCA reviews 9 of the pending bills in the California legislature for impact on the electronics industry.
RoHS In China
An April 2007 update of the DCA-written article previously published in Conformity's October 2006 issue.
RoHS audits prove due diligence
DCA's Quality Black-Belt Judy Szabo authored this article about auditing your business processes to ensure your continued ability to ship RoHS-compliant products to Europe.
Ahead of regulations
A DCA-written editorial on why the electronics industry is not viewed as "green" and thoughts on how to address the challenge.
Substance Regulations, more law! (Think you escaped RoHS unscathed? Think again!)
A short DCA-written article that covers China RoHS and REACH.
RoHS In China - An Introduction
A DCA-written article that covers what it is, why it's not really a "RoHS" (yet), and what you need to be doing to ensure compliance with it.
Bisphenol-A and phthalates banned from electronic toys
In June 2006 San Francisco passed Ordinance 120-06 on Child Product Safety. It amends The City's Health Code by prohibiting the manufacture, sale, or distribution of any toy or child care article that is intended for use by a child under three years of age if it that product has been made with or contains bisphenol-A or certain phthalates. How does it affect electronics in toys? DCA answers that question.
Full Disclosure
Everyone complains about material disclosure for RoHS. Mike Kirschner explains what the disclosure requirements REALLY are, what the challenges are, and how to address them in this article published in the February 2006 issue of Circuits Assembly.
China to postpone RoHS legislation
Co-authored with a legal team from Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, this article is based on a conversation we had with Mr. Huang Jianzhong of China's Ministry of Information Industry regarding the material restriction, testing, and labeling law commonly known as "China RoHS".
Wishing Won't Make It So
Wall Street Journal - Business Europe. The "train wreck" facing the electronics industry on August 13, 2005 -- owing to many companies' failure to keep up with increasing global requirements for environmental performance -- was completely avoidable. It raises concerns about the level of fiduciary duty exercised by business leaders who should have done a better job of seeing it coming, and of preventing it. An Editorial by DCA, Natural Logic, and Technology Forecasters.
Avoiding Design Chain Land Mines in the High Tech Startup
Are you planning your supply chain prior to the start of product development? If not, read why you should.
Intelligent Part Numbering Systems for Off-The-Shelf Components
Does an intelligent part number methodology make sense in an era of more powerful tools?
Aligning Design and Supply Chains
Read the seminal paper on improving engineering, procurement, and supply chain efficiency by ensuring you know how to make the right decisions on suppliers and components during product development.
