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Stray Balloon Causes Massive Power Outage in German Factories
On September 17, 2021, a massive power outage hit Dresden, Germany. Not only did this affect over 300,000 households and businesses, but it impacted the largest semiconductor fabrication facilities in Europe. The cause – a single stray toy balloon landed on a switchgear of a…
COVID-19 Impact Updates | Industry News
Typhoon Chanthu Disrupts Supply Chain in East Asia
Super Typhoon “Chanthu”, an enormous category 5 disaster, is damaging portions of the Philippines, Taiwan, China, South Korea, and Japan. Not only does this typhoon have massive impacts on the human lives in the area, but also disrupts the already unstable state of semiconductor supply…
EU releases first public database of SCIP
Approximately 6,000 companies in the European Union have met compliance by notifying the ECHA about products containing substances of very high concern (SVHC). This now contributes to over 4 million article notifications in the EU’s public database of substances of very high concern in products (SCIP). Now, for…
COVID-19 Impact Updates | Industry News
Multi-Layer Ceramic Capacitor Industry Threatened by COVID-19 Surge
The recent surge in COVID-19 cases in Asia have caused two of the top three global producers of ceramic capacitors to shut down major factories in Japan and Malaysia. Global supplies are extremely tight in the Multi-Layer Ceramic Capacitor (MLCC) industry, as manufacturers are scrambling…
Industry News | Regulation and Compliance updates
EPA: New Rules on PBT Chemicals and Extension for PIP (3:1)
In January 2021 the EPA released final risk management rules restricting the use of five PBT chemicals to reduce exposure and protect human health and the environment. However, on March 2021, the EPA announced it was reviewing the original risk management rules through an open…
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UKCA Deadline Extended to 2023
The UK government has recently extended the deadline to January 1, 2023 to apply the United Kingdom Conformity Assessed (UKCA) marking. UKCA markings are product safety markings for all products sold in England, Scotland and Wales. This marking allows the UK a measure of controls for goods regulations. This marking also replaces the…
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COVID-19 Forces Vietnam Factories to Halt Production
The Ministry of Health in Vietnam recently reported a record number of 7,307 COVID-19 infections, raising Vietnam’s overall caseload to 81,678. Vietnam has been on lockdown and with this rise in infections extended their lockdown in Ho Chi Minh City through August 1, 2021. In…
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SVHC Candidate List Updated with 219 Hazardous Chemicals
On July 8, 2021, The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has added eight new hazardous substances to the Candidate List for the REACH regulation. These eight newly added substances make the Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC) Candidate List to a total of 219 substances. Some of the…
YAGEO Corporation to fully acquire Chilisin Electronics
On June 30, 2021 YAGEO Corporation announced its intentions to acquire all outstanding shares of Chilisin Electronics Corporation’s common stock in a stock-swap transaction. This transaction has been unanimously approved by the Boards of Directors for both companies. This transaction is expected to close on…
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EU RoHS Exemptions
The European Commission has contracted the Öko-Institut to review a series of technical exemptions under the (EU) RoHS Directive that are set to expire end of this year. Exemptions currently take 18 to 24 months from the application date. Priority is given to older applications….