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News Release from: Farnell
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 04 September 2006
Educational roadshow informs on RoHS and
WEEE
A series of free, educational UK seminars in a 'School of RoHS' road-show will include an interactive session on the impact of the RoHS legislation and sister directive, WEEE.
In the aftermath of the RoHS deadline, Farnell InOne, the number one source for RoHS compliant products and information, has announced the latest series of free, educational seminars in its 'School of RoHS' road-show Farnell InOne's RoHS 'guru', Gary Nevison, will be topping the bill at two dates in Crawley and Leeds in September, where he will be running an interactive session on the impact of the RoHS legislation and sister directive, WEEE
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 12 Dec 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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The first session, which will also provide a refresher for those relatively new to RoHS, will take place at the K2 Leisure Centre in Crawley Centre, on the 13th September.
Topics will include an update on exemptions, due diligence, when a single market directive is not a single market directive, processes to support compliance, plus much more on RoHS.
The presentation will be repeated at Electronics Yorkshire in Leeds on the 28th September.
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Nevison commented: "These events are just the latest in a long line of presentations Farnell InOne has undertaken in Europe this year, including Electronics Yorkshire's Business Means Compliance conference, 'Lead Out' in Barcelona, the NEEDS conference and an AFDEC RoHS Update conference, where we spoke about due diligence in detail." He said: "Farnell InOne is dedicated to helping design engineers understand every element they need to know about RoHS.
Taking our expertise on the road provides the opportunity for us to help people everywhere with specific queries and concerns." For further details of these events please contact the Farnell InOne RoHS team through the Farnell InOneWeb site.
* About Farnell InOne - Farnell InOne is the award winning international distributor of electronic and industrial components and the number one source for RoHS compliant products and information, focused on meeting its customers' needs through value-added services and tailored solutions.
Farnell InOne offers its customers, professionals working in design, maintenance, production and purchasing, a multi-channel choice, from paper catalogues, CD-ROM catalogues and web-based services, to field sales and business contact centres.
Farnell InOne services hundreds of thousands of small and medium-sized companies, as well as meeting the needs of the corporate market through dedicated accounts.
As an InOne business, Farnell InOne provides access for customers to over 3000 suppliers and millions of products worldwide.
In the UK, Farnell InOne holds the leadership position in semiconductors.
Farnell InOne employs over 1,500 people.
Part of the global Premier Farnell Group (LSE:pfl), Farnell InOne offers its customers rapid access to over 250,000 stocked products.
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