All, NOTE – Location Change For The June 28 NPSS Meeting
Location: BioDefense Corporation 128 Spring Street Lexington, MA 02062 Contact is Tony Nikolassy at (781) 861-8810 X222 There will be a Northeast Product Safety Society meeting on Wednesday, June 28th, at BioDefense Corporation at 128 Spring Street, Lexington, MA. A social hour with light refreshments will begin at 7:00 PM and the technical meeting will start at 7:30 PM. Ken Stanvick of Design Chain Associates will present this month’s topic concerning the China RoHS requirements. If you will be in the area, please feel free to join us as advanced notice or membership in NPSS or IEEE PSES is not required. Ken Stanvick has over 25 years of experience in the High Tech Electronics Industry. His responsibilities have spanned the roles of Design Engineer, Custom and Industry Standard Component Engineering Group Manager, Quality Assurance Manager, and Independent Consultant at Western Electric, Raytheon, Digital Equipment Corporation and Compaq Computer Corporation. He is highly qualified in all aspects of the design and supply chains with a thorough understanding of the best practices, processes and requirements of design, electronic component supplier technical and business management, systems manufacturing, test, quality and reliability engineering, and ISO Registration. Ken has conducted environmental compliance seminars in the US, Canada, and Mexico, training over 3000 attendees. The China RoHS presentation will cover the following areas: • China RoHS: What’s the Title? • China Comparison • Material Restrictions (Article 3) • The Scope • Example: Semiconductor Equipment Semiconductor Equipment Semiconductor Materials • Two-Phase Approach March 1, 2007 – Marking and Disclosure TBD – First Catalog • Exemptions? • Certification Requirements (Art. 18) • Three Marking Requirements • Environment-Friendly Use Period? • Material Disclosure • Standards Status • Penalties (Articles 22, 23, 24) • Production Equipment (Article 10) • China Next Steps • Conclusions If you or anyone you know would like to give a product safety technical presentation, please contact Paul Smith, our meeting scheduler, by email at pauljsmi...@cs.com. A technical presentation should be 45 to 60 minutes in duration and be related to product safety. Although the presentation may reference your company and it’s services, the presentation must not be simply company advertising. We would also appreciate any slides or handout materials be made available for posting on the NPSS web site. Releasing presentation materials for posting is desired but not a requirement to make a presentation. The 2006 NPSS meeting schedule is available on the NPSS website at http://www.nepss.org/meetings/NPSS_2006-7_Calendar.html. Further information about the Northeast Product Safety Society and how to become a member is available at http://www.nepss.org. You can also contact one of the NPSS officers via links on the NPSS web site. If you haven’t updated your contact and email address information this year, please update it at http://www.nepss.org/membership/profileupdate.html. Directions: >From Route 95 North or South [Route 128 North or South], take Exit 29A to Route 2 East (towards Arlington) (0.1 mi) >From Route 2 East, take Exit 53 toward Spring Street / Arlington / Waltham (0.1 mi) Follow ramp curve to stop sign on Spring Street (0.3 mi) >From Boston on Route 2 West, take Exit 54A toward Waltham Street / Waltham Keep Left at the fork to go on Hayden Avenue (0.9 mi) Take Hayden Avenue to Spring Street (0.1 mi) Turn Right onto Spring Street Look for a stone wall on the Right and turn right onto 128 Spring Street Immediately turn Left after entering 128 Spring Street Travel down the hill and park in any parking garage on the right [Best one is the 4th one] Enter the main entrance of the building Take the elevator or stairs to the 3rd floor BioDefense is in Suite 360 Regards, Matt Campanella NPSS Secretary Compliance Engineer Motorola, Inc. Broadband Communications Sector 111 Locke Drive Marlborough, MA 01752 (508) 786-7629 Direct (508) 786-7500 Main (508) 480-6332 Fax matthew.campane...@motorola.com email - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to emc-p...@ieee.org Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas emcp...@ptcnh.net Mike Cantwell mcantw...@ieee.org For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org David Heald: emc-p...@daveheald.com All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc