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Review of 2007 - 50 blogs

Well, here is my 50th blog. I hope that you have enjoyed my ramblings over the last year or so.

There is so much going on and, as Ernst & Young reported in blog number 49,
regulatory and compliance risk will be a major challenge for business in 2008.

If you look at what we have covered in this column throughout the year it highlights the diversity of directives.

ATEX, Batteries, EuP, REACH, WEEE, PoHS and RoHS in the EU, China, Korea and Australia.

They are all very different, and often unclear.

The emphasis often falls on the Design Engineer who needs to consider restricted substances, energy consumption, obsolescence as well as easier recycling at end-of-life.

All are well intentioned, but at a significant cost to industry.

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