department of defense briefing on impacts of the eu reach legislation
DESCRIPTION
Department of Defense Briefing on Impacts of the EU REACH Legislation. July 16, 2008 Tony Hilvers, Vice President Sahar Osman-Sypher, Project Manager IPC The Association Connecting Electronics Industries. Agenda. What are the impacts of REACH on DoD? - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Department of Defense Briefing onImpacts of the EU REACH
Legislation
July 16, 2008
Tony Hilvers, Vice PresidentSahar Osman-Sypher, Project Manager
IPC The Association Connecting Electronics Industries
Agenda
• What are the impacts of REACH on DoD?
• What is the electronics industry doing to address REACH?
• What else needs to be done to protect DoD capabilities?
About IPC
Based in Bannockburn, IL
with offices in
Washington, D.C.; Taos, NM; Irvine, CA.; Shanghai and Shenzhen, China and
Stockholm, Sweden
About IPC2,700 member companies –the entire electronic interconnection supply chain•PCB manufacturers and their suppliers
•EMS Companies and their suppliers
•Original Equipment Manufacturers
•Government Agencies/Universities
About IPC
• ANSI standards setting organization
(Many military standards now converted to IPC standards)
• Training, certification and professional development
• Market research
Estimated cost
If RoHS cost the industry$1 dollar then…
Reach will cost the industry $12
Reach Impact on DoD?
What are the impacts of REACH on DoD?
• Impacts Difficult to Predict– Guidance still being written– Disagreement among member countries– Suppliers of substances and preparations
are keeping their pre-registration/ registration strategies close to their chest
What are the impacts of REACH on DoD?
• Impacts Difficult to Predict- Lots of inquiries up and down the supply chain, but no real direction
What are the impacts of REACH on DoD?
Law of Unintended Consequences… (the story of RoHS and Lead Free)
Unfortunately, we all share the same supply
chain.
RoHS: No problem we’re
exempt!
Unintended ConsequencesTechnical issues
• Are components lead free?
- Component markings
- Availability
- Use of alternative components (COTS) • Are PCBs lead free• Tin Whiskers
Unintended ConsequencesManagement/financial issues
• Cost of tin lead solder
• Cost of tin lead
components/availability
• Tin lead PCBs
(Surface Finishes)
• Materials management
What are the impacts of REACH on DoD?
• Some substances will be withdrawn from the market – Regulation under REACH– Decision by the manufacturer to withdraw
substances from the market
What are the impacts of REACH on DoD?
• Information and warning time
may be limited
• DoD will have to qualify substitutes
What is the electronics industry doing to address REACH?
1 to 10 scale with 1 being the lowestIPC Market Research Study – July 10, 2008
What is the electronics industry doing to address REACH?
• The Electronics Industry Structure Presents Compliance Challenges
• Large number of OEMS (differs from Aerospace and Automotive)
• Broad and deep supply chain• Significant shift to non-US production• Limited market power: not a major (driving)
customer for many of the substance suppliers
What is the electronics industry doing to address REACH?
• IPC Focusing on Education and Raising Awareness– Ongoing web-based compliance training– ½ day workshops scheduled for fall– Developing compliance guide
What is the electronics industry doing to address REACH?
• Standards-based activity for supply chain communication regarding chemical use
• IPC 175x Supplier Declaration standards– Supply chain data exchange standards– XML based
• IPC 1752 Addresses Substances in products– Will include SVHC substances because the presence of
these substances in products requires notification– Committee currently reviewing inclusion of proposed
Candidate List Substances– option under 1752
• IPC 1757 being developed to address process chemicals
What else needs to be done to protect DoD capabilities?
• No easy answers
• Expect the unexpected
• Continue participating
in industry standards
and other associations