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The document was developed at the direction of an IPC task force to combat "a widespread lack of awareness and understanding of REACH within the industry."
"REACH & the Electronics Industry Supply Chain: The Basics, the Impact and How to Survive," includes a timetable of activities and a review of REACH implications and obligations for each segment of the supply chain.
The deadline for REACH preregistration is Nov. 30.
For information, visit the IPC bookstore at ipc.org/onlinestore.
As reported by Ouest France, Jabil has indicated plans to close, sell or otherwise restructure the plant. The paper reported the site’s revenues are 25% below expectations.
Jabil acquired the site and its then 700 employees from Alcatel in 2002.
HELSINKI — Nokia Siemens Networks will
lay off 1,250 employees in Finland and Germany as part of a previously
announced cost-cutting plan. The cuts bring the total to 7,250 workers sacked since June 2006.
Among those losing their jobs are chief technology officer John Roese, global services president Dietmar Wendt and executive vice president global sales Bill Nelson.
The company is instituting a series of wage and spending freezes as well in an effort to preserve cash.
The transaction is expected to be directly and immediately accretive to earnings.
The deal includes 40 full-time workers at the Bosch plant. The acquisition also includes a limited number of fixed assets and inventories.
The move substantial expanded Neways’ activities in communication and data security.
Neways has 2,250 employees and reported sales of 281 million euros in 2007.
The site will meet demand for quickturn stencils, and gives the company the ability to ship stencils up to midnight Central time.
“The quickturn demands on the contract manufacturing industry are increasing rapidly and our Memphis facility gives us the ability to accept and ship stencil orders much later in the day,” said Robert Dervaes, vice president of technology and engineering, in a press release.
Fine Line Stencil is a division of FCT Assembly.
NAMPA, ID -- MPC Corp., one of the world's largest PC makers, today filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company has been delisted from the NYSE and says it doesn't expect equity holders to receive any distributions in conjunction with the bankruptcy cases.
HAUPPAUGE, NY - Jaco Electronics announced today an agreement in principle to sell to certain assets of its components distribution business to WPG Americas Inc., a subsidiary of World Peace Industrial Group. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to close within the next 30 days.
