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Four New Substances Added to the Candidates List for 2020
Today, The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has added four new substances to the Candidate List for the REACH regulation. ECHA has added three new substances to the Candidate List due to their toxicity to reproduction and a fourth due to a combination of other properties…
SiliconExpert Business Intelligence As-A-Service
New! SiliconExpert Custom Data As-A-Service Offering Imagine a high-level dashboard with all the insights and analytics related to your organization’s entire part library. Imagine having: Visibility across all business units for cost-saving purposes.If two business units are using the same part, then there is an…
Regulation and Compliance updates
China RoHS 2 Compliance Deadline
On May 16, 2019 the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) published a joint statement on the reform of the China RoHS System known as the “Arrangement for Implementing the Conformity Assessment System of the…
SiliconExpert Innovation Demos @ DMSMS 2019
Join Us for a SiliconExpert Innovation Demo Session at DMSMS 2019 and Earn a $10 Cash Card SiliconExpert is excited to be a sponsor, exhibitor, and presenter at this year’s DMSMS 2019 in Phoenix, AZ, December 2-5, 2019. On Tuesday and Wednesday (December 3 and 4),…
Intel Apologizes for Delays in CPUs’ Shipments AGAIN!
Intel has been having chip shortage issues since mid-2018 and still has not managed to catch up with the ever-increasing CPU demand. Towards the end of 2018, Intel officials stated that the 14nm shortages are linked to the company’s efforts to launch the 10nm generation of chips,…
Regulation and Compliance updates
New! EU RoHS Exemptions
Read Now!Two new RoHS Exemptions Have Been Published On 5 November 5, 2019, The European Union has added exemptions, 43 for Bis(2-Ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) and 44 for lead.Please see the below Annex III for additional details. This was officially published in the Official Journal of the European Union,…
Taiwan’s Yageo To Take Over US Rival Kemet’s Outstanding Shares
On Nov 12, 2019, Yageo Corporation announced its intention to acquire the outstanding shares of KEMET’s common stock for $ 27.20 per share in an all-cash transaction with total equity valued of $ 1.64 billion US dollars. The purchase price represents a premium of 26% to KEMET’s volume-weighted average price…
Regulation and Compliance updates
Cobalt Report Template 2.0 Now Available for Download
The Cobalt Reporting Template is a free, standardized reporting template developed by the Responsible Minerals Initiative to identify choke points and collect due diligence information in the cobalt supply chain. CRT 2.0 is available for download Here. For a list of currently identified Cobalt Refiners, Click Here….
Staying Informed and Proactive
Staying Informed and Proactive on Today’s Electronic Industry Key Insights to Drive Awareness and Education to Our Valued Customers SiliconExpert prides itself on being a trusted advisor to our customers. A key component of that relationship is staying on top of market movement and industry-relevant…
Raising the Tariffs on Imported China Goods
25% to 30% Tariff Increase Coming October 15 Just announced, the United States will begin the process of raising the tariffs represented on List 1, 2 and list 3 approximately from 25% to 30%. These three lists of goods will impose a tariff of approximately $250 billion of goods imported from…