How do you manage the risks of chemicals in your electrical and electronic products?

It’s never been more important for manufacturers to understand what their products are made of, and how this influences not only their compliance, but also their circularity and sustainability. But for product safety professionals managing compliance for the world’s biggest electronics and electrical product manufacturers, this is not an easy task.

We know that compliance teams within the electronics industry face three big challenges:

Understanding the hazardous substances within their products, and communicating this throughout the supply chain

The world’s biggest electrical and electronics manufacturers rely on Chemical Watch to proactively manage their compliance and product safety efforts

Keeping up with regulations controlling the use of (hazardous) substances in electronic and electrical products

Following trends towards circularity (and sustainable development) and especially keeping up with rules on extended producer responsibility requirements on batteries and waste

In addition to these EEE-specific challenges, global developments in the field of safe chemicals management indicate that pressure will grow on all manufacturers to improve their internal knowledge of chemicals and toxicology.

As the leading global provider of independent intelligence and insight for product safety professionals managing chemicals, Chemical Watch is perfectly positioned to help you overcome these challenges. 

Use our award-winning news coverage and analysis, world-class compliance tools, unparalleled events and training programmes, alongside our team of experts to manage risks, meet your compliance goals and exceed the expectations of your customers.

Introducing our Chemical Watch experts

Leigh Stringer
Managing Editor, Europe

Sofia Montalvão
Regulatory and Compliance Analyst

Nhat Nguyen
Chief Analyst

Prior to joining Chemical Watch, Leigh wrote for the Press Association, ICIS and edie.net, covering a range of environmental and business related topics. He also contributes to Guardian Sustainable Business.

Sofia is one of CW global experts with specialisation in Europe and Latin America. As a regulatory expert, Sofia's experience has been focused on hazard communication, product compliance, healthcare regulatory matters, global chemical notifications/registrations and toxicological support.

Nhat joined Chemical Watch in April 2018. He is a US licensed attorney, and prior to joining Chemical Watch, he was a regulatory analyst and consultant, advising customers on a range of issues in Asia, the EU and the US.

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This two-day virtual conference will provide the latest information on managing chemicals in electronics and electricals. You’ll hear from a wide range of speakers who will be sharing industry updates from around the world to give you the full regulatory picture.
 
On day one, we’ll focus on headline regulatory developments and substance-specific updates, including per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs). Day two will cover e-waste and eco-design, followed by a look at the circular economy and batteries.

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How does HP Inc meet its compliance challenges?

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Read our interview with the American personal computing and printing multinational HP Inc to hear more about its compliance challenges including market access, making sustainable products and emerging from the pandemic.

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— EU RoHS overview and requirements

— Beyond the basics

— Complying with RoHS

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