General RoHS Questions
Haibing writes: Question 1: My questions are centered around RoHS judgments. That is, how I can judge whether a contract manufacturer is RoHS c...
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SMTA Due Diligence Workshop
Folks, SMTA is sponsoring a mini-conference on “due diligence” for RoHS compliance. This April 18 event is being lead by Harvey Stone of t...
You and 3,000 Other Advertisers
"Consumers and business-to-business clients have distinct preferences in how they prefer their communications. And when people are bombarded with...
No Such Thing as Completely Lead-Free
Folks: A reader writes: Dr. Ron I attended your seminars last year at the SMTAI Technical Conference in Chicago and Boston and discussed with you LF i...
B2B Marcom: An Unmitigated Disaster
"An astonishing 84% of B2B marketing campaigns actually result in a fall in market share and brand equity." I read this quote in a newslette...
Try Marcomming THIS Audience!
I always enjoy a challenge. That's why I jumped at the chance to talk about the custom of Chinese New Year with a local 3rd grade class. Wow! This...
Dr. Ron's Article on "The Twin Paradox" hits newstands
Folks, My article in Scientific American on the “Twin Paradox” has hit the newstands. It is a special issue, so it does not automatically ...
Mixed Lead-free and Leaded Reliability: A Hot Technical Topic at APEX
Folks, My friend and colleague Jim Hall of ITM pointed out that the reliability of “mixed” (i.e. lead free and leaded solder and fi...
Tin Pest in Scandinavian Church Organ Pipes
Annika writes: Dear Dr. Ron, I’m a chemist and a PhD student working in the field of atmospheric corrosion of lead and lead-tin alloys in histor...
The Big Show
You’ll be hearing from Team Indium as we report from the floor of APEX – one of our largest exhibitions – this week. We’ve wo...
Super Bowl Pointers ... for a B2B Trade Show???
The USA Today ran an interesting article the other day titled, “SUPER DON’TS“ Here it is in it’s brief entirety: 1) Don’...
Software Systems that Help in Managing the WEEE/RoHS Compliance Process
Folks, If one really thinks about it, management of the entire WEEE/RoHS process(and China RoHS and other stuff to come)is a daunting task. There are ...