Chair: Nancy Bolinger, Lenovo International (formerly IBM)
Co-chair: Diane Fisher, HP

Material composition disclosure will be required to demonstrate RoHS compliance and to meet WEEE end-of-life requirements.  This iNEMI project developed recommendations for an extensible industry-standard materials declaration format and process.  These recommendations leveraged international guidelines, such as the EIA/JGPSSI/JEDEC Joint Industry Guide for Material Composition Declaration of Electronic Products (which establishes the materials and substances that must be disclosed by suppliers), IEC materials declarations (DIN 19220), ISO/IEC Guides 22 and 17050, and WEEE Directive reporting requirements.

Working closely with the iNEMI Materials Composition Data Exchange Project, the Materials Declarations Project provided input for IPC-1752, Materials Declaration Management, which defines a data collection process flow and data format for industry-standard material composition data exchange.  The IPC-1750 standards are expected to go out for final ballot in December 2005, with publication targeted for early 2006.

STANDARD: IPC-1752, Materials Declaration Management

Statement of Work
___ Phase 2 - Version 0.3 (June 11, 2004)
___ Phase 1 - Version 1.2 (April 8, 2004)

Phase 1 report - software pilot results

Press Releases

iNEMI/IPC Meeting at Productronica Focuses on Implementation of Materials Composition Data Exchange Standards (11/1/05)

The IPC-1750 Series:  A Family of Supplier Declaration Standards (6/10/05)

New Standard to Provide Efficient Mechanism for the Exchange of Materials Content Information (4/20/05)

Articles

Tracking Material Composition Data, Richard Kubin, E2Open, and Nancy Bolinger, Lenovo International, Printed Circuit Design & Manufacture and Circuits Assembly, June 2005.

Roadmap to Compliance: The role of electronic data exchange in supporting the European Union RoHS and WEEE directives, Richard Kubin, E2open, Global SMT & Packaging, May 5, 2005.

Presentations

iNEMI RoHS/Pb-Free Summit (October 18-20, 2004; Louisville, CO)

iNEMI Material Data Exchange Coordination Meeting (September 9, 2004; Berlin, Germany)

Material Declaration Data Exchange Workshop (August 30-31, 2004; Santa Clara, CA)

iNEMI Materials Declarations Team, Phase 2

APEX 2004 presentations

Additional resources

COMMISSION DECISION of 18 August 2005 amending Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council for the purpose of establishing the maximum concentration values for certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment. (PDF) (Refer to the Commission FAQs for the definition of "homogeneous material.")

JOINT INDUSTRY GUIDE for Material Composition Declaration of Electronics Product (final). This guide, from EIA (Electronic Industries Alliance), JGPSSI (Japan Green Procurement Survey Standardization Initiative) and JEDEC, establishes the materials and substances that must be disclosed by suppliers to meet RoHS requirements.

"Possible Compliance Approaches for Directive 2002/95/EC (The RoHS Directive)," a report produced by ERA Technology, commissioned by the Department of Trade & Industry (DTI) (UK).

Practical Application of Green Procurement

Environmental Aggregation and Reporting Systems, Synapsis Technology, Inc.

Centor Software Overview: Compliance X-Sight

Supply Chain Readiness - Material Disclosure Solutions Demo and Discussion, The GoodBye Chain Group, December 9, 2003

Results of EIC Vote on Joint EIA/EICTA/JGPSSI Material Composition Guide (10/28/03)