How will the electronics industry deal with the millions of dollars of inventory containing RoHS-banned substances once the Directive takes effect on July 1? One possible solution: convert the non-compliant components into compliant ones. That’s exactly what E-Certa, an independent RoHS compliancy service center, does. E-Certa strips the components back to remove the RoHS-banned substances and then substitutes a lead-free solder, according to Joel Deutsch, a spokesman for E-Certa. And for those of you with exempted or military applications still requiring leaded components, Deutsch says that Certa’s patent-pending process can convert a lead-free product into a leaded one by stripping it back and putting on a leaded hot solder finish. More - Source: reed-electronics.com