GlobalTRONICS 2006 Notes RoHS Importance

(October 5, 2006) SINGAPORE — GlobalTRONICS, October 10 – 13 in Singapore, will emphasize the effect of the RoHS Directive on electronics manufacturing. Pooling design service, technology, and manufacturing service providers, the show will allow all aspects of SMT assembly to be represented and educated on environmentally friendly electronics manufacturing.

Ed Ng, GlobalTRONICS organizer, sees RoHS compliance as an additional challenge adding to the standards of "smaller, faster, cheaper" that the electronics manufacturing community follows. He expects that long-term solutions to economic and regulatory problems will be implemented at the design phase. Research programs will also help manufacturers cope with RoHS restrictions. Ng states that more than half of Singapore-based manufacturers have invested significant amounts in R&D, and are realizing its value for RoHS compliance.

Exhibitors such as Des Plaines, Ill.-based Kester will provide lead-free resources, technologies, and products at the exhibition. Technical services to help manufacturers move to lead-free assembly, as well as products such as a reliable lead-free solder paste, will be key to profitable RoHS-compliant manufacturing, according to Ng. Kester plans to bring a team of technical engineers to the show, to answer lead-free-related questions.

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