RCM Scheme summary available on Comtest website
17 July, 2013Comtest has reviewed the new RCM (Regulatory Compliance Mark) Scheme and has prepared a summary document, which is available on its website.
EU imposes provisional anti-dumping tariffs on Chinese solar panels
07 June, 2013The European Commission has decided to impose provisional anti-dumping duties on imports of solar panels, cells and wafers from China.
Two solar retailers sued for false and misleading claims
10 May, 2013The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has issued proceedings against P & N (Euro Solar) and Worldwide Energy and Manufacturing (Australian Solar Panel) over allegedly false or misleading claims about the country of origin of the solar panels they supply.
IEC standard for solar LED lanterns released
30 April, 2013The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) has released a new technical specification for solar-powered, light-emitting diode (LED) lighting devices, such as solar lanterns.
New Australian/New Zealand Standard for electronic waste
27 February, 2013A new Australian/New Zealand Standard for electronic waste will help to divert e-waste from landfill by providing a rigorous process for its collection, storage, and recycling. ‘AS/NZS 5377:2013 Collection, storage, transport and treatment of end-of-life electrical and electronic equipment’ will help ensure that, from 1 July 2014, at least 90% of all materials in e-waste collected under the National Television and Computer Recycling Scheme are recovered for use in new products.
Feedback sought on draft National Code of Practice for Chemicals of Security Concern
25 January, 2013Australian governments have decided to pursue a voluntary code of practice for businesses that manage, handle or use products containing 11 chemicals identified as having the potential to be used to make homemade explosives.
RoHS legislation guidelines
14 January, 2013Premier Farnell has released guidelines for electronics companies to help them understand the new obligations of RoHS legislation, which comes into force on 2 January 2013.
ISO26262 compliance for automotive ICs and semiconductor devices
22 October, 2012 by Thomas Mueller, Product Manager, ams AGThe adoption of the ISO standard initially gave rise to major concerns about an increase in development costs and device die sizes within the semiconductor industry.
Beam receives Japanese approval for entire Inmarsat product range
02 October, 2012Beam’s entire Inmarsat product range has been granted the ‘PSE’ mark and Japanese type approval.
Battery recycling
06 August, 2012New EU legislation says waste batteries and accumulators must be recycled.
Smart grid standard adopted
20 March, 2012The G3-PLC protocol has been approved by the ITU as a low-frequency, OFDM-based NB-PLC standard.
Standards set for M2M
20 March, 2012ETSI has published the first release of its machine to machine (M2M) service standards.
Advantech to conform to IEC 60601-1 standard third edition changes
17 May, 2011 byAdvantech says it will conform to the new third edition changes to the IEC 60601-1 standard, a family of standards that applies to safe equipment operation in medical environments.
