A new standard for simplifying materials declaration being jointly developed by several leading trade groups will be circulated for industry review in June. In a joint statement, IPC, iNEMI and RosettaNet said the draft of IPC-1752 will be released for a 60-day industry review on June 1. The standard will integrate existing efforts, including recommendations from a pair of iNEMI projects plus RosettaNet’s e-business process standards for material composition. The new standard is said to provide a uniform data format to reduce the cost and complexity of RoHS compliance. Source: Circuits Assembly