Sanmina-SCI goes green.SAN JOSE -- Sanmina-SCI (sanmina.com) is implementing a RoHS (Reduction of Hazardous Substances) program in all its facilities. "We are actively working with our customers and suppliers to assure that they are in accordance with the European environmental regulations which go into effect in 2006 and in advance of other North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. or global environmental initiatives," said Khalid Ruhullah, vice president of worldwide environmental affairs. Sanmina-SCI's Printed Circuit Board division has been studying the effects of lead-free processing on board materials and reliability. Specific halide-free materials are now in the final stages of compliance testing and beta testing (programming) beta testing - Testing a pre-release (potentially unreliable) version of a piece of software by making it available to selected users. This term derives from early 1960s terminology for product cycle checkpoints, first used at IBM but later standard throughout the is ongoing, the company said. "We have developed an extensive database of compatible laminate materials, surface finishes and processes," said George Dudnikov, senior vice president and CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. . The company also has lead-flee board assemblies in production in three countries and will introduce the technology, to its other EMS plants by year-end 2003. Sanmina-SCI is targeting materials slated to be banned under European Parliament Directive 2002/95/EC. Those materials include lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls polybrominated biphenyls see biphenyl. and polybrominated diphenyl ethers Polybrominated diphenyl ethers or PBDE, are a flame retardant sub-family of the brominated flame retardant group. They have been used in a wide array of household products, including fabrics, furniture, and electronics. . |
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