WASHINGTON, D.C.– According to a disclosure report filed on July 21, the Consumer Electronics Association spent $480,000 in the second quarter to lobby on several issues, including electronics recycling, energy efficiency, free trade agreements and digital television conversion.
 
In a three-month period, covering April through June, the trade group lobbied Congress, the EPA, the Department of Commerce and several other federal agencies.

WEST HAVEN, CT– Enthone Inc. recently opened its Semiconductor Applications Center in Taoyuan, Taiwan. The center, staffed by Enthone applications experts, provides wafer sample plating and testing for bath composition analysis, process optimization and characterization of plated features, as well as numerous other processes. Because over 65% of the world’s semiconductor foundry manufacturing and 60% of the world’s semiconductor packaging market is located in Taiwan, the center’s location allows the company to optimize manufacturing through direct customer feedback, and therefore, deliver critical solutions to the dynamic wafer fabrication marketplace.