Experts Launch Business Group to Help Electronics Manufacturers Become Hazardous Substance Free.

RENO, Nev. -- Will help clients gain competitive advantage, lower RoHS and WEEE compliance costs and maintain access to global markets

President and CEO Chip Evans, along with founders Stan Salot and Dennis Bradley, recently announced the founding and seed financing of The Salot Bradley Group International (SBGi).

"SBGi was founded to help the electronics, electrical and avionics/aerospace industries implement emerging international standards for hazardous substances, minimize legal compliance costs and preserve global market access," Evans said.

SBGi co-founders, Stanley H. Salot Jr. and Dennis M. Bradley, authored, with Gwen K. Wade, a new standard for Hazardous Substance Free (HSF) manufacturing. Industry called on Salot and the Electronic Component Certification Board (ECCB), the U.S. arm of the International Electrotechnical Commission Quality Assessment System for Electronic Components (IECQ), to create a workable standard to which all companies could be held accountable. The management committee of IECQ voted unanimously in April 2005 to implement internationally the new HSF Standard and Requirements. It is being collaboratively deployed by the Electronic Industry Alliance (EIA) and the ECCB and for the United States is titled EIA/ECCB-954. The international version is designated QC 080000 IECQ HSPM.

Chief Technology Officer Salot stated, "These new standards change fundamental requirements for product design, production processes and supply-chain management. IECQ Hazardous Substance Process Management moves industry beyond repetitive, costly testing, audits and assessments of suppliers to voluntary assessments and certification of electronic components and production processes by internationally accredited third parties."

Vice President of Business Development Bradley remarked, "These new standards help industry substantially reduce compliance costs for RoHS, WEEE, SB-50, China Article 11 and 12 and other laws. SBGi will help industry implement IECQ HSPM through education, training, implementation support and customized software tools."

SBGi received seed funds from private investors and officers to fund subsidiary companies and technology development.

Based in Reno, Nev., with affiliated offices in Fremont, Calif., Monroe, Ore., Pasadena, Calif., and Quantico, Md., SBGi is privately held and funded by private investors and officers of the company. Additional information available at www.SBGiCorp.com.