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Feb 04, 2005 at 05:00 PM |
According a study by Technology Forecasters Inc. (TFI) and Avnet
Electronics Marketing, an operating group of distributor Avnet Inc.,
only about 70 percent of electronic industry contract manufacturers
expect to be fully compliant with global environmental legislation
taking effect July 2006 under the European Union's (EU's) Restriction
of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) legislation.
"This research shows that 42 percent of suppliers are not planning to
change part numbers, which will create confusion as to which parts are
compliant," said Greg Frazier, executive vice president of global
supply chain services at Avnet Electronics Marketing, in a press
statement. "Because of this, the transition to lead-free will be an
enormous undertaking with a significant impact on the supply chain,
profoundly affecting distributors like Avnet, who in many cases, are
the main point of contact to suppliers for our customers."
The EU's RoHS legislation will require the removal lead in partcular, from electronic components.
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