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Regulation and Compliance updates
Candidate List Update: Four New Substances Added to the Candidate List
On June 25, The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has added four new substances to the Candidate List for the REACH regulation. The additions include three substances that are toxic to reproduction and one endocrine disruptor. The Candidate List now contains 209 substances. Please see the…
Trinamic and Maxim Integrated Bring Together the World’s Best Motion Control Solutions
According to Maxim Integrated’s news, Maxim Integrated has recently announced the acquisition of Trinamic. Trinamic translates digital information into physical motion to deliver motion control solutions. Trinamic’s motion control expertise and Maxim Integrated’s analog process technology and power design skills enable a new class of intelligent…
Regulation and Compliance updates
Ensure You Are Using the Latest Conflict Minerals Template 6.01
On May 13, 2020, the Responsible Minerals Initiative (also referred to as RMI) released its latest version of the Conflict Minerals template, CMRT 6.0. This template replaces version CMRT 5.12.CMRT Version 6.0 – What’s New? Corrections to all bugs and errors Update to ISO country, state,…
The New SiliconExpert P5 Platform: Optimizing Product LifeCycle Plan
Celebrating 20th Anniversary with Launch of New SaaS Platform and Services for Parts, Bill-of-Materials, and Supply Chain Management. With a deep focus on security and data integrity, SiliconExpert’s next-generation SaaS software helps many of today’s top global technology companies manage their product lifecycles. The P5 Platform…
Live Webinars: The 5 P’s Every Product Lifecycle Plan Should Have
The new SiliconExpert P5 Platform combines billions of data points on electronic and mechanical components, enhanced navigation, and robust analytics for rich user experience. With new artificial intelligence and machine learning-based cloud infrastructure, SiliconExpert delivers an even more secure platform with a strong focus on data…
Battling the Pandemic with a Brigade of Software Solutions
A global race is on to develop smartphone apps and other types of mobile phone surveillance systems to track and contain the spread of COVID-19. It is a well-known fact that one of the main challenges in controlling the COVID-19 infection is actual awareness of…
Regulation and Compliance updates
The European Commission Approves to Postpone the MDR Application Date by One Year
European Commission has approved to postpone by one year the date of application of the Medical Devices Regulation (EU) 2017/745 to allow the Member States, health institutions, and economic operators to prioritize the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. The European Parliament postponed the enforcement date…
Innovative Ideas Help Fight the Spread of Coronavirus (Part 2)
A large number of initiatives have risen to the occasion, encompassing schemes that support startups, developers that propose technical solutions, and requests for institutions to share their data with the scientific community. These are some examples of products which have been adopted by innovative ideas…
Regulation and Compliance updates
Proposed Additional Restricted Substances for RoHS
On April 20, 2018, Oeko-Institut launched a stakeholder consultation on seven substances being evaluated to review and amend the list of restricted substances in RoHS Annex II under the project (Pack 15) The substances under review include: Cobalt SaltsNickel Sulphate and Nickel SulfamateIndium Phosphide Beryllium and…
COVID-19 Impacts on Component Pricing and Lead Time
As COVID-19 impacts develop, the ability to understand and analyze the available data has become more and more crucial to many industries. Every minute, new data is released all around the world, growing in volume, variety, veracity, and velocity. Data analytics professionals standardize, organize, and synthesize massive amounts of information…