Compliance show goes around the UK in 2005

Following the success of SEEDS 2004 (the Southern Electrical and Electronic Directives Show), EMC Resources is organising similar events around the UK during 2005.

Following the success of SEEDS 2004 (the Southern Electrical and Electronic Directives Show), EMC Resources is organising similar events around the UK during 2005.

SEEDS 2005 will be held at Newbury, on 22nd March.

A northern event, NEEDS 2005, will be held on 5th April in Bolton, and a Scottish event, ScotEEDS 2005, will be on 8th March in Glasgow.

"The original show addressed compliance and regulatory issues for the electronics industry in the UK", explained Graham Mays the show's organiser.

"However, it was only of real benefit to businesses in the South of England.

These two new shows will allow us to address entire audiences in the North of England and Scotland we previously couldn't reach".

The theme of all three shows will be current and future European Directives that affect the electrical and electronics industries.

These include the EMC Directive, the EuP (Energy Using Products) design guidelines, the WEEE and RoHS Directives, the Low Voltage Directive and the General Product Safety Directive.

"In the time leading up to EEDS 2005 a number of these directives will undergo changes", explained Mays.

"The EMC Directive will change due to the SLIM (Simpler Legislation for the Internal Market) initiative due to be published, the WEEE and RoHS Directives will be on the statute books and will thus be in their implementation phase, and a proposal for the new EuP Directive is likely to be available".

"Transposition of the GPSD should also be nearing completion".

Each EEDS 2005 show will comprise a full day conference with an associated tabletop exhibition to demystify such legislation.

"Last year the quality of the speakers was excellent", said Mays.

"In 2004 the DTI, Fujitsu, ERA Technology and DEFRA were all represented, while exhibitors included Tecan and REO".

"It is essential for every company, whose products have an electrical or electronic content, to have access to the latest status of these regulatory compliance issues", explained Mays.

"These conferences will enable such companies to evaluate the implications for their business and address them successfully".

The conference will address the needs of designers, manufacturers, importers, exporters, retailers and third party maintenance and service suppliers whose products have an electrical or electronic content.

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