DCA and EPTAC Seminar on Compliance with EU RoHS/WEEE Directives - 7/21: Boca Raton, FL, sponsored by NRC Electronics

NRC Electronics, DCA, and EPTAC Corporation are pleased to announce a management-level seminar on the impact of the EU Reduction of Hazardous Materials (RoHS) and Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directives to Electronics OEMs. These directives take effect as early as August, 2005. You cannot wait until 2006 to get started. Your materials suppliers are shipping Lead-Free and RoHS-compliant products today and your competitors are preparing for the transition today.

(PRWEB) June 20, 2004 -- More than simply a "manufacturing issue", whether or not your products are fully or partially "exempt", and whether or not you ship products in to the EU, these directives will impact product development and manufacturing business processes and people, your existing relationships with the supply base, and require marshalling additional resources that will have to be addressed in your budget. This management-focused seminar will give you the insights and tools you need to start planning for how these directives will impact you and your company and for how you will meet their requirements.

Key Topics Covered:

Overview: The Big Picture

Lead-Free: Legislation, Materials

Business Environment: Cost of non-conformance, materials availability, competitors

Business Processes: New Product Development, Contracts, Product Lifecycle, Outsourcing Procurement and Logistics

Resources: Design Engineers, Manufacturing Facilities, Operational Cost and Availability

Design: Design for Disassembly (recycling), Reliability Impact, Product Design Documentation

Manufacturing Process: Equipment and maintenance, Wave Solder Parameters, Oven Thermal Profiling

Materials: Components, Boards, Flux, Solder, Tools, Solvents and Availability

Previous Seminar Attendee Comments:

"It was a great seminar" - Component Engineer

"Very informative on new processes" - Component Engineer

"Great seminar - I really found it very educational" - Manufacturing Engineer

"Discussion of lead-free processes were most valuable"- Director of Hardware Engineering

"A good cross-section of issues was presented" - Manager, Design Services

"Great presentation" - Sr. Manufacturing & Quality Engineer

"Very good seminar. Speakers were both knowledgeable and entertaining" - Sr. Staff Manufacturing Engineer

"Broad scope of lead-free showing need of everyone's involvement" - anon

"When I sat down to write up a summary for [my company, I was amazed how many action items resulted" - anon

Who Should Attend:

Executive Management

Engineering Management

Procurement Management

Operations and Manufacturing Management

Procurement Professionals

Design Engineers

Manufacturing Engineers

Compliance Officers

Component Engineers

QA and Reliability Engineers

Seminar Details

Cost: FREE!!!

Location: Boca Raton, FL

Schedule:

8am: Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:30am: Seminar starts

10:00am: mid-morning break

10:15am: Seminar continues

Noon: Seminar ends

Sign Up Today!

Please contact Dennis Eisen of NRC Electronics directly at 561-241-8600 X307

Click here for more information:

http://www.designchainassociates.com/pra/boca0704.pdf

We look forward to seeing you on July 21st!

This seminar is brought to you by:

NRC Electronics

www.NRCElectronics.com

561-241-8600

Design Chain Associates LLC

www.DesignChainAssociates.com

Toll Free: 866.DCA.7676

EPTAC Corporation

www.EPTAC.com

Toll Free: 800.643.7822