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June 11, 2006 - Updated
July 5, 2007 - Originally Posted

RoHS compliance of assembly machine transferred to European facility



As a buyer of SMT assembly equipment, do I need to be concerned about RoHS compliance of new assembly machines in case I need to transfer a machine to one of our European facilities?

Carl Newman, Consultant

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Absolutely. You can not ship equipment containing lead into the EU.

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