Best Practices/IT issues
Six steps to sustainable environmental compliance
With many more global environmental regulations emerging, companies need to find a way to better manage environmental compliance. Find out what six steps your company needs to take, while avoiding costly activities and associated risks. Read full story »

Hazardous Materials
Still a long way to go
The countdown to RoHS is on, and many companies -particularly small ones - still have a lot of work to do. With five months before the EU's RoHS directive goes into effect, results from a survey conducted by ESM and DCA indicate that many companies will not meet the July 1 deadline. Read full story »

Recycling and Reuse
OEMs are forcing changes in the aftermarket services sector
As OEMs consolidate operations into fewer hands, the repair and aftermarket services business is becoming a major battleground for the world's top EMS providers. Celestica vice president of aftermarket services discussed related issues with ESM. Read full story »

Managing the Change-Over
Environmental compliance poses several business risks
The electronics industry has to address environmental regulations including EU's RoHS, WEEE, EuP and REACH directives as well as China RoHS and expected legislation from Taiwan, Japan and South Korea, or deal with the possibility of severe penalties as a result of non-compliance. Read full story »

Hazardous Materials
A guide to collecting hazardous materials data
One of the biggest challenges - and headaches - associated with RoHS compliance is gathering materials composition data. The new IPC-1752 standard will ease the process, but your company needs to know how to collect and report the data. Read full story »

Best Practices/IT issues
WEEE and RoHS could be mere warm-up exercises for a new design culture
Ecodesign is about to rock your world. A raft of new environmental regulations in Europe, Japan, China and parts of North America is forcing fundamental changes on the electronics supply chain. But Ecodesign is not a compliance activity, it's an integrated, cross-functional strategy. Read full story »