PCB Chat is the UP Media podcast series hosted by editor in chief Mike Buetow.

Listen in to our roundtables and interviews with industry experts to discuss the critical issues of the day to designers and manufacturers. Regular podcasts will take place; check back weekly at upmg.podbean.com or subscribe to our RSS feed. Exclusive sponsorships available; contact Frances Stewart for details.

On March 2, ask Editor-in-chief Mike Buetow about the annual IPC Apex Expo trade show.

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Coming in early April

Coming week of March 5, Kal Kawar, CIH, PE, discusses MSDS management, raw material disclosure compliance, and product stewardship.

Kawar has a bachelor's in chemical engineering and a master's in industrial hygiene. His professional experience includes serving as staff industrial hygienist for IBM's New York semiconductor manufacturing facility, and as industrial hygienist for IBM’s US headquarters. Now executive vice president of Actio, Kawar taps more than 20 years' worth of chemical engineering, industrial hygiene, and environmental engineering experience. His far-reaching expertise with global regulatory challenges created by EPA, TSCA, REACH, RoHS, WEEE – and hundreds of others – aid in developing Actio software solutions.