GENEVA -- The International Electrotechnical Commission has decided not to publish a standard covering the marking and labeling of products designated as lead-free or RoHS compliant.
In a press release posted to an industry listserv, the trade group reportedly said it would instead produce a technical specification with proposals for marking presence or non-presence of substances. In doing so, the press release said, IEC turned down a proposal from IPC, which has pending standards for marking and labeling.
MILPITAS, CA -- Solectron
Corp. Thursday night reported fiscal first-quarter net earnings of $20.2 million on sales of $2.46 billion. Last year, the EMS firm showed a profit of $58.2 million, while sales dropped about 9% from $2.69 billion a year ago.
SINGAPORE -- Seagate Technology today said it would buy Maxtor Corp. in an all-stock deal worth $1.9 billion. An antitrust review will hold up the transaction until the latter
half of 2006, Seagate CFO Charles Pope said on a conference call announcing the deal.