Tin Pest: Still a Forgotten Concern in Lead Free Assembly
Folks, I am still surprised that so few people are concerned about tin pest in lead-free assembly. Below is an excerpt from a paper I wrote on the top...
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Summer Intern Leaves Us (again)
For the second time, we at Indium wish our Marcom intern, Dana, the best of everything as she returns to school. No, she didn’t fail and have to...
SMTA Webinar Wednesday August 10, 2005 on RoHS WEEE Compliance
Folks, I am giving a webinar on developing a plan for RoHS/WEEE compliance for SMTA on Wednesday August 10 at 1PM EDT. a......
Dr. Ron's Student Sean Furey Wins Scholar Athlete Award
Folks, One of my favorite students at Dartmouth’s engineering school is Sean Furey. He is a great student and athlete and is the only person s...
Status of WEEE Implementation by Country
Folks, Many are struggling with the “How To’s” of WEEE registration in the almost 30 EU countries. Buy USA has come to the rescue ...
China RoHS: The Snowball is Growing
Folks, Many of us are so busy focusing on WEEE/RoHS in Europe, that we forget that China has a WEEE/RoHS program of its own. While clearly......
Dr. Ron's Student interviewed by "The Dartmouth", ESPN
Folks, Elise Morrison, from my July 8 posting was recently interviewed for The Dartmouth, the nation’s oldest college newspaper. I thought som...
Some still Unaware of WEEE/RoHS
Wu writes: I saw your article in SMT, Hoping for WEEE and RoHS Exemptions . What are WEEE and RoHS?br......
Mike K says Dr. Ron's RoHS opinion is "vague, probably inaccurate, not too "educated", and not all too helpful"
Mike K, President of a Consulting Firm writes: Ron, Your response to “George” in SMT is vague, probably inaccurate, not too “educ...
Almost vBlogging
Thanks to my friends at PCB007, I was interviewed at Semicon West 2005. The recorded interview is available on the PCB 007 website. Barry......
Third Industry Blog Launched
Speedline Technologies has joined the ranks of electronics assembly industry B2B bloggers. Congratulations and Welcome! From their press release , a...
Sophie Morvan's "Little Tikes" Tricycle is Likely Exempt from RoHS
Folks, This weekend, my 18 month old grandaughter Sophie Morvan, visited my wife and I for a long weekend. My son, Jonathan, 27 years old, a Divinit...