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Join Renaud Anjoran, Founder & CEO of Sofeast, in this podcast aimed at importers who develop their own products as he discusses the hottest topics and shares actionable tips for manufacturing in China & Asia today! WHO IS RENAUD? Renaud is a French ISO 9001 & 14001 certified lead auditor, ASQ certified Quality Engineer and Quality Manager who has been working in the Chinese manufacturing industry since 2005. He is the founder of the Sofeast group that has over 200 staff globally and offers services (QA, product development & engineering, project management, Supply Chain Management, product compliance, reliability testing), contract manufacturing, and 3PL fulfillment for importers and businesses who develop their own products and buyers from China & SE Asia. WHY LISTEN? We‘ll discuss interesting topics for anyone who develops and sources their products from Asian suppliers and will share Renaud‘s decades of manufacturing experience, as well as inviting guests from the industry to get a different viewpoint. Our goal is to help you get better results and end up with suppliers and products that exceed your expectations!
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Friday Jul 28, 2023
Friday Jul 28, 2023
Sofeast CEO Renaud welcomes our friend Fredrik Grönkvist of Compliancegate.com to the show today to talk about EU product compliance, in particular, harmful substances of note, common regulations or directives you need to comply with, and what we can learn from recent data about non-compliant products found by EU market surveillance authorities. They also provide some great advice about how to ringfence compliance from your suppliers during the procurement stage of your project which is helpful no matter where you're listening!
Show Sections
00:00 - Introducing our guest: Fredrik Grönkvist of Compliancegate and our topic today.
03:16 - Why has the EU banned certain substances from being used in products?
05:40 - Examining the list of non-compliant products caught in the EU since 2022 for chemical composition safety reasons. What can we learn?
10:00 - 4 directives or regulations related to the chemical makeup of products imported into the EU.
16:02 - What are the key non-compliances and problem substances found for common product categories imported into the EU in the past year?
23:09 - Are there any problems with using data about harmful substances found and common non-compliances to predict future issues with your products?
27:36 - What actions do importers need to take to be compliant in general?
29:16 - What's the role of procurement when it comes to product compliance?
36:35 - Wrapping up.
Related content...
- Don't forget to visit Fredrik's site Compliancegate.com and request help with your project. Their tool is great for most consumer products and will give you a detailed understanding of your potential compliance requirements.
- Learn how to create a valid manufacturing contract in China
- Find the right supplier from China. Click here to listen 👉 DIY Sourcing from China Podcast Series
- What is EU RoHS certification?
- 11 Common Electronic Product Certification And Compliance Requirements
- Get help from Sofeast with Compliance Testing Consulting where our experts confirm which standards your product must comply with and create and implement a compliance testing plan for you.
- Watch: on Youtube (The video version is a recording of the discussion and includes graphs and charts showing the data discussed)
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