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WASHINGTON – On Oct. 26, the Environmental Protection Agency published a proposed rule requiring manufacturers and importers of mercury and mercury-added products or any other person who intentionally uses mercury in a manufacturing process to provide the EPA with both quantitative and qualitative information about the elemental mercury and mercury compounds involved in their activities.

Read more: EPA Seeks Comments on Mercury Reporting Rule

AUSTIN, TX – National Instruments reported third quarter revenue of $321 million, up 5% year-over-year.

Read more: NI Reports Q3 Revenue Up 5%

HELSINKI -- Aspocomp reported third quarter net sales fell 1% from a year ago to EUR 5.5 million.

Read more: Q3 Slightly Weaker for Aspocomp

WALLINGFORD, CT – Amphenol reported third quarter sales were a record $1.84 billion, up 12.5% year-over-year.

Read more: Amphenol Posts Q3 Record Sales Up 13%

WASHINGTON – Based on new legislation, importers are required to determine no producers in their supply chains in any foreign country are employing North Korean nationals as forced laborers to produce goods imported into the US.

Read more: US Customs Checking Supply Chain Worker Nationalities after N. Korea Ban

WASHINGTON – The US Department of Commerce said it started an investigation into possible dumping in the US market of imports of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) resin from Brazil, Indonesia, South Korea, Pakistan and Taiwan, according to reports.

Read more: US Probes Antidumping of PET Resin Imports