{"id":2778,"date":"2008-06-05T10:48:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-05T17:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/Siemens-PLM-Corporate-Blog\/WEEE-Compliance\/ba-p\/333691"},"modified":"2026-03-26T11:23:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T15:23:54","slug":"weee-compliance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/weee-compliance\/","title":{"rendered":"WEEE..! Compliance!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P>WEEE is Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment and it is the fastest growing category of hazardous waste.<BR \/><BR \/>Brian Martin from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seagate.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Seagate Technologies<\/A> is speaking about the challenges a high tech manufacturer faces in staying environmentally compliant, and how Teamcenter Enterprise Environmental Compliance is helping Seagate meet these challenges:<BR \/><UL><BR \/>\t<LI><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rohs.gov.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">RoHS<\/A> compliance strategy assures compliance to regulatory and market requirements<\/LI><BR \/>\t<LI>Seagate is requiring data on homogeneous materials throughout their supply chain.&nbsp; <STRONG>24-25 thousand lab reports on materials.<\/STRONG><\/LI><BR \/>\t<LI>At the same price consumers will choose &#8220;Green&#8221; products<\/LI><BR \/>\t<LI>It is cheaper to ask for full disclosure on every material used in manufacturing with supporting lab reports.<\/LI><BR \/>\t<LI>Specifications must support compliance to all applicable requirements and must support a 12-18 month compliance window.<\/LI><BR \/><\/UL><BR \/>Environmental Compliance is mission critical for High Tech manufacturers. Regulatory failure could result in significant business impact from fines to having products pulled from the shelves. Making a mistake in a consumer product can be disastrous for a manufacturer.<BR \/><BR \/><A href=\"http:\/\/siemens.pmhclients.com\/images\/uploads\/WindowsLiveWriterWEEE_9083Seagate_Compliance.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><\/A><A href=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/legacyfs\/online\/wordpress\/images\/2008\/06\/WindowsLiveWriterWEEE_9083Seagate_Compliance_thumb.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><IMG class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2393\" src=\"http:\/\/community.plm.automation.siemens.com\/legacyfs\/online\/wordpress\/images\/2008\/06\/WindowsLiveWriterWEEE_9083Seagate_Compliance_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"WindowsLiveWriterWEEE_9083Seagate_Compliance_thumb\" width=\"244\" height=\"199\" \/><\/A>&nbsp;<BR \/><BR \/>For a lot more posts on Teamcenter.&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.plmworld.net\/home\/blog\/?tag=teamcenter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Check out the plmworld blog.<\/A><BR \/><BR \/>&nbsp;<BR \/><\/P><DIV id=\"scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:8be8042b-c8e1-4157-a93d-4b127298f799\" class=\"wlWriterSmartContent\" style=\"padding-right: 0px;padding-left: 0px;padding-bottom: 0px;margin: 0px;padding-top: 0px\">Technorati Tags: <A rel=\"tag nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/plmconam08\">plmconam08<\/A>,<A rel=\"tag nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/green manufacturing\">green manufacturing<\/A><\/DIV><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WEEE is Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment and it is the fastest growing category of hazardous waste.    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