Posted On: November 13th, 2005 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

Concern for Counterfeit RoHS Compliant Components

Don writes: At a RoHS software demo yesterday (EMA Design Automation) the subject came up about counterfeit RoHS compliant parts. Have you heard anyth...

Posted On: November 9th, 2005 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

More Anecdotes Re German WEEE Registration

Folks, More anecdotes from Carl Erhardt and friends. “A company sent a member of their staff to Munich to register their products for WEEE in Ge...

Posted On: November 7th, 2005 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

California RoHS Compliance Date 1 Jan 2007

Folks, Thanks to loyal reader Carl Ehrhardt some interesting info Re California’s “RoHS” has come to light. The info was further ref...

Posted On: November 4th, 2005 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

Germany Still Claims to Have a WEEE Registration Date of November 24, 2005

Folks, In addition to wrapping up Oktoberfest, Germany still claims to be enforcing November 24, 2005 as the date by which products need to be registe...

Posted On: October 31st, 2005 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

The World is Flat

Folks, I just finished reading (actually listening to) Thomas Friedman’s The World is Flat. This provacative book is a must read for those that ...

Posted On: October 26th, 2005 | By: Rick Short

It's Here!

I awoke today to snow. Grabbed this shot while walking into the Indium offices at our global headquarters in Upstate New York. Won’t be long unt...

Posted On: October 25th, 2005 | By: Rick Short

Walk The Line

Is it just me or are you psyched about the upcoming Johnny Cash tribute movie, Walk The Line? If you don't know Johnny Cash, then read this brief ...

Posted On: October 23rd, 2005 | By: Dr. Ron Lasky

Trends Observed at Workshops and IPC's Leadfree Electronics Assembly Forum

Folks, In the last 3 weeks I have given “Lead-Free” (Really WEEE/RoHS Compliant Assembly) workshops at Toronto, Salt Lake City, Manchester...

Posted On: October 22nd, 2005 | By: Rick Short

We Share Your Pain

An important part of customer service is to share the user experience. And an important component of Marcom is to convey to the customers that your co...

Posted On: October 17th, 2005 | By: Rick Short

Vlogging is Way Harder Than Blogging

Vlogs (video blogs) are the simple combination of everything bloggy with video. Sounds easy, but it can be pretty rough. On top of The 4 Ps of Bloggin...