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iNEMI Session at Emerging Green Conference
Highlights Projects Focused On Environmental
Improvements for Electronics Manufacturing
Conference is September 22-24 in Portland, Oregon
Herndon, Va. (September 3, 2015) — The International Electronics Manufacturing
Initiative (iNEMI) has recently completed three projects, each of which addresses a
different aspect of environmentally sustainable electronics manufacturing. The project
teams will report results and findings of their efforts at the upcoming Emerging Green
2015 conference (September 22-24; Portland, Oregon).
The iNEMI session, entitled “A Roadmap for the Environment,” is scheduled on
Thursday, September 24, 8:45-10:15 a.m., and will highlight the following projects:

Alternative Materials Assessment — building industry use of identified
assessment tools that have been determined to provide the “best” alternative
assessment.
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Metals Recycling — looks at the state of metals recycling and what the future
holds for recycling of more and different metals in a changing economic picture.

Repair and Recycling Metrics — an evaluation of the existing methodologies
for calculating quantifiable metrics for product-level repair and recycling.
Also on the conference agenda, Bob Pfahl, PhD, senior consultant for iNEMI, will
be presenting in the “Impact of Emerging Technologies on Green Electronics” session
(Wednesday, September 23, 9:00-10:30 a.m.).
“iNEMI has been and continues to be actively involved in the effort to improve
sustainability and reduce environmental impact of electronics manufacturing,” says
iNEMI CEO Bill Bader. “These three recently completed projects represent a solid body
of work that will help move the industry forward, and they also point toward additional
work to be undertaken.”
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iNEMI Session at Emerging Green 2015 / page 2
About iNEMI
The International Electronics Manufacturing Initiative’s mission is to forecast and
accelerate improvements in the electronics manufacturing industry for a sustainable
future. This industry-led consortium is made up of approximately 100 manufacturers,
suppliers, industry associations and consortia, government agencies and universities.
iNEMI roadmaps the needs of the electronics industry, identifies gaps in the technology
infrastructure, establishes implementation projects to eliminate these gaps (both business
and technical), and stimulates standards activities to speed the introduction of new
technologies. The consortium also works with government agencies, universities and
other funding agencies to set priorities for future industry needs and R&D initiatives.
iNEMI is based in Herndon, Virginia (near Washington, D.C.), with regional offices in
Shanghai, China; Limerick, Ireland; and Tokyo, Japan. For additional information about
iNEMI, go to http://www.inemi.org
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