I think that one day, the US will become fed up about all these directives
from little cousin Europe and the americans will do the leadership
themselves

Inge

On 29 March 2012 15:30, SALA GABRIELE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hi Blair,
>
>   for US Producer, Importer and all of those who export EEE to US it will
> be very hard time, yes even worse the RoHS 2 (the new RoHS from Jan 2
> 2013).
>
> You can get plenty of reliable information about this topic, by searcin on
> IPC dedicated  task. See the link.
>
> http://www.ipc.org/ContentPage.aspx?pageid=Conflict-Minerals
>
>
> the 3T+G will be a real effort to find alternative sources then DRC mines.
>
> Gabriele
>
>
> -----Messaggio originale-----
> Da: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Per conto di Blair Hogg
> Inviato: giovedì 29 marzo 2012 14.45
> A: [log in to unmask]
> Oggetto: [TN] Conflict Minerals
>
> We have been receiving requests from customers for statements thta our
> products do not have any content of minerals from conflict areas, e.g.
> Congo. Anyone else getting these? How are you handling them?
>
> The point behind this is apparently to avoid providing funding of
> aggressors
> through the purchase of minerals from areas in conflict. A quick glance at
> this makes it look even worse than RoHS, now it is not simply the materials
> in the components, but from where they originate.
>
> Blair
>
>
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