Wistron has hired around 1,000 R&D engineers since mid-2010, preparing for its new businesses, including tablet PC, cloud computing and recycling. Wistron notebook growth to exceed growth at Compal and Quanta.
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RoHS & Environment
New business emerging at ODM Wistron, and recycling getting traction
RoHS Recast: What’s in store for 2.0?
Anything not exempted from the scope of ‘Electrical and Electronic Equipment’ is subject to the Recast provisions. An entirely new eleventh category will be added to Article 2. Not a part of RoHS legislation, but closely linked to it, is EU CE marking.
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REACH Compliance: 7 ‘must do’ steps for auditing suppliers
There is no 'one-size-fits-all' approach. REACH is a new regulation with at least 15 unique legal requirements that did not exist before. REACH also comes with a bundle of exemptions that …
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The SVHC list amid electronics company requirements and REACH
The new reality under REACH is that it is no longer acceptable to not know what substances are in your articles. In particular, for any …
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7 Potholes along the REACH road to global supply chains
REACH is a major driver for a more integrated approach to compliance with entire supply chains coming together to facilitate …
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REACH: Seven (7) steps to better pre-registration
Once you have all the data collected in Step #3, you then have the option of either manually …
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RoHS: Ask your EMS provider these five questions
When a product is converted to RoHS compliant, generally 50 to 70 percent of the internal components are …
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3 Myths about REACH you need to know
REACH does provide a variety of exemptions for certain products and applications. It is, however, generally not true …
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Environmental compliance complicates electronics manufacturing configuration management
With regards to configuration management for aerospace electronics manufacturers, components material characteristic tracking becomes a major …
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5 Drivers for RoHS conversion of medical electronics
There are five (5) key factors driving the process of RoHS conversion of mainstream products for medical companies. All five (5) factors are finance-driven, as opposed to a general trend towards green. Green medical electronics is a ‘nice concept’, but multi-million dollar product conversions and re-qualification projects are not generally financed at the behest of a ‘nice concept.’
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