The Cost of Noncompliance: Nine Ways RoHS Can Impact Your Company's Bottom Line »
By John Fox, Synapsis Technology, Inc.
August 28, 2006
There are typically nine cost components associated with an environmental compliance failure including lost revenue, crisis mode costs and long-term capability building costs. Find out how your company can mitigate risk by identifying and understanding these costs... more »
Product Development for RoHS and WEEE Compliance »
By German Avila, Synapsis Technology, Inc.
May 1, 2006
If you are in the printed circuit board business and you are not familiar with the current environmental laws that are dramatically affecting the electronics industry, you would be wise to start researching the existing and pending regulations, and determining your products' compliance with each one... more »
Looking Beyond RoHS and WEEE »
24 February 2006
Synapsis Technology, Inc. announced that German Avila, the company's product manager for its environmental solutions, has been selected to speak at the IPC/JEDEC International Conference on Lead Free Electronic Components and Assemblies being held March 7-9 in Santa Clara, Calif... more »
Synapsis Supports IPC Standard »
February 16, 2006
"The IPC 1752 materials directive is a critical industry standard to help control the data formats and forms involved in complying with RoHS," said German Avila, Synapsis' product manager for environmental products, in a statement. "Our new version of EMARS has been designed to support IPC 1752 and ease the pain of gathering, organizing and storing the mass amounts of data involved in compliance" ... more »
Software Systems that Help in Managing the WEEE/RoHS Compliance Process »
January 30, 2006
If one really thinks about it, management of the entire WEEE/RoHS process (and China RoHS and other stuff to come) is a daunting task. There are many records to keep and tasks to perform. Synapsis's EMARS software has recently caught my eye... more »
Synapsis Technology: A Promising Start into an Emerging Market »
By Gisela D. Wilson, IDC
January 2006
This IDC Flash discusses the recent progress of Synapsis Technology Inc., a Pennsylvania-based software and consulting company with a focus on support for environmental compliance in the electrical, electronics, and automotive industries... more »
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