Product category: Electronics Manufacturing Materials and Consumables
News Release from: Alpha Micro Components | Subject: Lead-free processing
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 30 November 2004
SMEs face burden of new legislation
Christos Papakyriacou, MD of Alpha Micro Components, discusses some of the challenges faced by SMEs in the transition to lead-free processing.
The looming deadline of 2006 for the UK and all other EU members, in the electronics industry, to produce and offer lead-free components is something that smaller manufacturers and distributors hoped would pass them by Without the extra resources or funding, many electronics companies have been carrying on with "business as usual"
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 20 Nov 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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Stopping business in order to devise new lead free products or scrapping a whole franchised range because it contains lead is simply not an option for many companies in the UK and across the continent.
In an ideal world everyone would love to see that the transition to lead-free and the elimination of hazardous material go smoothly, but this is one of the biggest changes the electronics industry has ever made, which is not going to be without its side-effects.