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• From the Director
• REACH Webcast
• China RoHS
• Grapevine
• FYI Links
• Events Calendar
• Archive Highlights

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From the Director
Welcome to the first issue of EHS Advantage—a new SEMI e-news report written specifically for our industry and those who deal with Environmental, Health, and Safety topics...

SEMI works with members to provide sound information on international regulatory issues. We collaborate with government and industry organizations while representing SEMI member interests. We celebrate leadership and success through the Akira Inoue Award and Global Care. Advantage is our latest avenue to give you targeted information to help your company in the increasingly complex world of EHS.

I welcome your suggestions. Whether you want to offer an expert on an EHS topic or you would like to write an article yourself, do not be a stranger. I look forward to hearing from you. Enjoy the EHS Advantage.

Aimee Bordeaux
abordeaux@semi.org

Introducing REACH: the EU's New Chemical Policy
by Mary Majors, Air Products and Dawn Speranza, Intel
On June 1, 2007 the European Union (EU) will enact a new chemical policy known as “REACH”, an acronym for the “Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals”. REACH is an extremely ambitious chemical strategy—replacing 40 existing EU laws and impacting multiple industries...(More)

Ready, Set, Go…China RoHS Compliance at KLA-Tencor
By Ken Kapur, KLA-Tencor
On March 1, 2007, officially the China RoHS regulations went into effect. KLA-Tencor was ready, although we had less than six months prior to the deadline to prepare. Since the EIP list included KLA equipment and KLA tools are included under “Inspection Test Equipment”, we knew that we would have to comply. With no exemptions for large scale tools as in EU RoHS, we worked quickly...(More)

Grapevine
For over eight years, EHS professionals in the semiconductor industry have shared useful technical and regulatory information over the SEMI EHS Grapevine. The Grapevine is an email-based discussion list—members send one email to sehs@ehs.semi.org and over 500 individuals across the industry receive it.

In response to requests from many Grapevine members, SEMI has upgraded the Grapevine to provide searchable archives of all emails. SEMI is working with its vendor to provide web access to all emails submitted since late 2001. These emails will form a valuable, living library of useful EHS information specific to the semiconductor industry. . .(More)

FYI Links

Top Supply Chain Risks in 2007 from Electronics Supply & Manufacturing (Go to http://www.my-esm.com/ and search on "top supply chain risks 2007")

Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS) from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

English translation of “Korea RoHS” now available from Eco-Frontier

Green Nanotechnology: It’s Easier Than You Think, from Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies

EU “Low Voltage” Directive, from the Official Journal of the European Union

Events Calendar

SEMI Webcast: Information Briefing on REACH—potential impacts of the EU’s new chemical regulation on semiconductor tool manufacturers
Date: May 22 • Location: Access via web

SEMICON West 2007
Dates: July 16 –20 • San Francisco, CA

Workshop on SEMI S23**: Guidance to Selecting and Using Measurement Instruments to Conserve Energy, Utilities, and Materials (1pm to 5pm, July 17; cosponsored with SEMATECH)

Joint International Compliance and Regulatory Committee meeting (all SEMI members are welcome to attend—contact Aimee Bordeaux for details) (9am to 11am, July 18)

EHS Interest Group Meeting—RoHS & REACH: New Environmental Challenges in a Global Business Environment (2pm to 5pm, July 18)

EHS Standards Committee meeting (all day, July 19)

ACTION and REACTION*: Developing a sustainable approach to emerging chemical issues (organizer: American National Standards Institute)
Dates: August 9-10 • Location: Baltimore, MD

SEMICON Europa 2007
Dates: October 9-11 • Location: Stuttgart, Germany

For a full calendar of events, click here.

*A non-SEMI driven event
**A co-sponsored event

Archive Highlights
Archived SEMI webcast on China RoHS (broadcast Feb. 27, 2007)

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