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CCL Makers Asked to Go Green |
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Written by Philip Buonpastore
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Thursday, 22 May 2008 |
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USA, ASIA - PC and electronics vendors including Dell, HP, Samsung and Sony have all requested that copper clad laminate (CCL) manufacturers begin incorporating lead- and halogen-free materials into component production.
The companies have also have asked that CCLs be completely free of these materials by late 2009, according to industry reports.
Currently, the level of lead- and halogen-free CCLs used in the industry is only 3% to 5%, but electronics makers moving toward “green” technologies are expected to push the rate to 30% within the next 18 months, reports say.
Industry sources report that only Iteq, Hitachi, Nanya PCB and Panasonic are currently producing halogen-free CCLs, and that costs for the use of traditional materials such as FR-4 are rising, but some companies say that production for traditional CCL products will not likely decline soon due to demand from China-based customers. |
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