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Rob Spiegel

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Rob Spiegel is a contributing editor for Design News, where he covers RoHS, China RoHS, California RoHS, REACH and EuP. He also follows these subjects on Design News' Green Scene page.

Title: Contributing Editor, Design News

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U.S. RoHS bill causing controversy

A bill proposed in the U.S. House of Representatives (H.R. 2024) proposes to ban the same six substances banned in the European Union RoHS. But the exceptions are far different from the European bill, which is causing controversy among trade associations in the electronics industry. An article in EDN , a sister publication to Design News, presents comments from major players behind the... More

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Balver Zinn introduces two new lead-free solders

An article in EMT World notes that Balver Zinn will introduce two lead-free solders based on the Iowa State Patent at the Prodcutronica trade fair in Munich November 10 - 13. First is the i-SAC 387 Solder, which adds Cobalt (Co). The company notes the melting characteristic of silver containing alloys has been improved with the addition of Cobalt. The solder also includes Germanium... More

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China RoHS will be covered at IPC Green conference

Earlier this month, the Chinese government released its initial list of products subject to RoHS-like substance restrictions. The new restrictions, along with the criteria for future products to be added to the list, will be discussed in detail at the It’s Not Easy Being Green conference produced by the Association Connecting Electronics Industries (IPC) on November 10, 2009 in... More

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Embedded capacitors OK in lead-free processes

According to an article on the website of the Association Connecting Electronics Industries (IPC), embedded capacitors now work well in lead-free processes. The article by IPC online editor Terry Costlow notes that as chips and boards continue evolving to higher densities and faster speeds, there’s a growing drive to save space by embedding capacitors within the circuit board... More

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REACH tool as SaaS solution

YASH Technologies of East Moline Ill. has launched inREACH , an on-demand web-based tool for managing REACH compliance. YASH created the software as a means to simplify the complex REACH legislation into a step-by-step process. inREACH integrates six core modules for REACH compliance: Master data with product (substance) and supplier/customer management Supply chain... More
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