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TAIPEI -- Nan Ya Printed Circuit Board Group anticipates a Q4 sales decline. Analysts estimate a dip of 10%.

Nan Ya reported the demand for printed circuit boards and wire-bonded substrates has declined. These segments account for 40% to 50% of the company’s sales.

Shipments of flip-chip substrates remains relatively strong driven by Intel's 45nm products. Flip-chip substrates account for 45% to 55% of the company’s sales.

Nan Ya has a planned total capacity expansion of flip-chip substrates at its Shulin plant of 15 million units annually that will be installed in 5 million unit segments to increase the company's capacity to grow in this market segment.

BANNOCKBURN, IL — The IPC has communicated the organization’s concerns over the inclusion of TBBPA in the latest draft list of substances for priority examination under RoHS to EU commissioners.

According to ENDS Europe DAILY, the draft by the European Commission's Environment Directorate-General (DG) with a new annex listing five substances for priority assessment and potential inclusion in RoHS, including TBBPA.

“TBBPA has already undergone a comprehensive EU Risk Assessment and, therefore, is not expected to be subject to authorization under REACH,” explained McGuirk. “The recommendation for priority review of TBBPA under RoHS seemingly undermines the EU’s emerging chemicals policy and law under REACH. We urge the commission to reconsider the inclusion of TBBPA in its list of ‘priority review’ substances under RoHS.”

A copy of IPC’s letter to EU commissioners is available at www.ipc.org/ehs<http://www.ipc.org/ehs>.