Industry Updates

• Aviso sobre el lanzamiento de FSSC 22000 Versión 7.0
• Actualización del Ayuntamiento de CMMC de abril 2026: Ideas clave para contratistas de defensa
• Cómo los materiales reciclados están transformando las cadenas de suministro
• ISO 14001:2026 Ha Llegado – Lo Que Significa para Tu Organización
• El 1 de enero de 2026 el Cooperación Global de Acreditación Incorporada se volvió operacional. Esta nueva organización ha asumido las actividades que antes realizaban el Foro Internacional de Acreditación (IAF) y la Cooperación Internacional de Acreditación de Laboratorios (ILAC). APAC es la Cooperación Global de Acreditación reconocida como cooperación regional de acreditación para la región de Asia Pacífico. APAC es la cooperación regional reconocida más grande del mundo. Global Accreditation Cooperation Incorporated reemplaza a IAF e ILAC – APAC.
• Rising Star Awards – Women In Engineering: Nominations Now Open
• GRSO forms Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) for 2026 RIOS Standard Update
• It’s Time to Enter the 2025 IndustryWeek Best Plants Awards Competition
• Important Notice from SERI: Impact Measurement Report
• Manufacturers, Liberal Arts Colleges Have Reasons to Collaborate
• 9 Cybersecurity ‘Musts’ to Include in Your IIoT Strategy
• Occupational Health Gets a Refresh with COVID Lessons Learned
• Next Week is Safety Stand Down Week
• Why Do Cybercriminals Love Manufacturers So Much?
• IndustryWeek’s Big List of Manufacturing Scholarships (Updated)
• Calling All High Schoolers: How Is Manufacturing a Part of Your Life?
• Major Cybersecurity Breach Affects Auto Manufacturers
• Ways to Diversify Your Supply Chain
• Riskier Supply Chains Call for Better Data, Savvier Strategy
• From Defense to Offense on Safety
• Digging Deeper with Root Causes
• Gen Z in Manufacturing: How to Make Manufacturing Cool for Young People
• OSHA Issues Final Rule on Hazard Communication Standard
• Calling All High Schoolers: How Is Manufacturing a Part of Your LIfe?
• UniFirst Takes Pride in Becoming the Official Uniform Supplier of the Detroit Lions
• Tornado/Severe Weather Safety
• Top 5 Safety Hazards in Medical Device Manufacturing (and How to Reduce the Risk)
• 5 Steps for Sustaining a Lean Culture
• Taiwan’s Earthquake Should be a Wake-up Call for Global Supply Chains
• Caster Concepts Recognized for Innovative Community Work
• Are You Improving Quality, or Just Managing the Status Quo?
• Automotive Testing Technology International
• State by State: Navigating Implementation of Consumer Packaging EPR
• A New Wave of Cyber Attacks: Five Actions to Take Now
• About the IndustryWeek Best Plants Program
• ISRI Board Approves Changes to Recycled Nonferrous Specifications
• Top 5 Safety Hazards in Medical Device Manufacturing (and How to Reduce the Risk)
• 2023 ISRI Recycled Materials Industry Yearbook Showcases Importance of Recycling to Economy, Environment and Society
• Global Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks in January 2024 – 29,530,829,012 Records Breached
• Enter Your Sustainably-Designed Products for ISRI’s 2024 Design for Recycling® Award
• SAE Scholarships
• Enter the 2024 IndustryWeek Best Plants Awards Competition
• Halloween Fire Safety Tips
• 2024 Quality Plant of the Year
• September’s List of Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks
• SERI Announces R2U Pilot Program to Help Build Knowledge and Skills of Workers in the Electronics Reuse and Recycling Sector Worldwide
• Phishing for Recyclers
• ISRI’s Women in Recycling Council Announces 2023 Mentor Program
• Full Industry Value Chain Connects in New Orleans
• New for 2024: AI Cyber Day
• Ensuring the AI Revolution Doesn’t Ignore the Deskless Worker
• The Promise and Potential Pitfalls of AI in Medical Device Design
• Manufacturing by the Numbers: August 2023
• Cannabis Stocks Surge After HHS Recommends Classifying Marijuana as Lower-Risk Drug
• Strategic Deployment of Generative AI in Manufacturing Will Unlock $10.5B Added Revenue by 2033
• Breaking New Ground: Minnesota Legalizes Recreational Cannabis August 1st
• List of Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks in 2023
• ISRI Gulf Coast Region Awards $44,000 in Scholarships to 22 Students
• ISRI’s Recycling Foundation Accepting Applications for the 2023 Veterans Stipend
• Asbestos Recycling
• Learn How to Gain Funding to Recycle Batteries
• US: Maryland’s Cannabis Business Assistance Fund Offers Second Round of Funding
• Recycled Materials Keep Batteries Safe and Sustainable
• SERI License Acknowledgement Search Tool
• EHS Update: Heat Illness – Prevention
• Recycled Materials Featured at New Smithsonian Cellphone Exhibit
• EHS Update: Share Input on Potential Heat Standard to Protect Indoor, Outdoor Workers
• Congratulations to Schnitzer Steel for making Time’s 2023 Most Influential Companies!
• The Increasing Importance of IT Audits to the BoD
• Hyliion Achieves ISO 9001 Certification for Quality Management Systems
• World Food Safety Day
• FDA Offers Funding for Adoption of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies
• World Metrology Day 2023: Accredited Measurements in Food, from Farm to Fork
• ISRI Adds Ukrainian Refugee Workforce Pilot Program to Existing World Aid Initiatives
• R2 Facility Newsletter – March 2023
• Michigan Announces Grants for Rural Electronics Recycling
• Bell 505 Becomes First Single-Engine Helicopter to Fly Using SAF
• FSSC Guidance Documents
• WEBINAR: Cybersecurity for Advanced Manufacturing and Critical Infrastructure
• SERI Looks to Address Smart Device Data Challenges
• SERI Appoints R2 Director
• What To Do with Your Old Phones, Gadgets and Other E-waste
• Manufacturing Day 2022 – It Starts with Manufacturing
• OEM, Processor Agree to Settle in CRT Case
• New Environmental Justice Office at EPA Aims to Raise the Issue’s National Profile
• Michigan Awards Seed Money for Transportation Innovation
• Upcoming ANAB Training Courses in October 2022
• WEBINAR: How Did Taxes Get So Complicated for Manufacturers? – September 8, 2022
• Gilchrist Receives NLGA’s 2022 Recycling Impact Award
• What eBay’s Certification Partnership Means for Resellers
• Invest In Your Cybersecurity Before It Costs You
• ITAD 2022 Conference – July 26-27, 2022 – Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida
• E-Scrap Conference – September 19-21, 2022 – Join Us in New Orleans for an Array of Business-Boosting Sessions
• Resource Recycling’s Program of the Year Awards
• E-Scrap Conference & Tradeshow: Where the Electronics Recycling Industry Meets
• RIOS™: A Tool for the Recycling Industry
• Steve Thompson Memorial Grant Program Returns for This Summer’s Event in Austin
• Experts Walk Recyclers Through Changing World of Cybersecurity
• Certifications in Electronics Recycling Are More Relevant Than Ever and Around to Stay
• Women in the Recycling Industry Share Perspectives on Women’s History Month
• WEBINAR – Manufacturing Cybersecurity: Practical Strategies and Top Tips
• Cybersecurity OT & IT Practices to Help You Stay Out of the Headlines
• E-scrap Export Restriction Proposal Moves to Senate
• FSSC Insights Webinar – Transition from ISO 22000 to FSSC 22000
• ISRI 2022 Convention and Exposition – March 21-24
• 2021 Highlights Cybersecurity Threats for Medical Devices, Vaccines and Healthcare Personnel
• In My Opinion: R2 Certification Makes Business Sense
• KW Plastics adds dedicated polypropylene wash line
• WEBINAR: Generating Business Growth in 2022
• ISRI Virtual Fall ISEC Conference
• Recycling Labeling Debate Primed to Heat Up Nationally
• Christian Winkler, MD at TES AMM, takes us through the process of Recycling and Repurposing EV Lithium-ion Batteries
• Manufacturing Depends on Recycling
• ISRI has Significant Presence during 2021 ITAD Summit
• The Supply Chain Cybersecurity Conference at ICMC
• New R2v3 Translations Published… SERI Thanks Volunteer Reviewers
  
  
• FSSC 22000 version 5.1 gains GFSI Recognition against the GFSI Benchmarking Requirements version 2020.1
• IoMT, Connected Devices Introduce More Cyber Threats into MedTech and Healthcare Organizations
• Back in Person in November: E-Scrap Conference and E-Reuse Conference Team Up
• HOBI International, Retriev Partner to Recycle EV Batteries
• How to Achieve Quality through Process Validation
• E-scrap Export Ban Comes Before Congress Again
• Hurricane Preparedness Week is May 9-15, 2021
• SERI’s Wireless Tracker Program Reaches 100 Firms
• GLOBALG.A.P. Integrated Farm Assurance Standard Is Third-Party Certification for New Walmart U.S. Pollinator Health Commitments
• It’s Time to Get Cybersecurity Under Control
• How Recyclers Can Help Show Future Generations Recycling is Essential
• Your Invited to Participate in the April 2021 CMMC Accreditation Body Board Town Hall on Tuesday April 27th from 6:00-7:00pm
• Industry Connects Online at a Pivotal Juncture
• Whitepaper: The Business Value of Cybersecurity in MedTech
• EU IVDR – Process, Data, Reporting & Planning – Free Webinar Series
• Federal Plastics Proposal Returns This Week
• The Scrap Chat Podcast: Significance of Women Leaders in Recycling
• ISRI Supports RECYCLE Act to Improve U.S. Recycling Programs
• ISRI Submits Comments on Malaysia’s Draft Guidelines on Scrap Imports
• ANAB Completes Highly-Anticipated GRMA Pilot Accreditation Program
• R2V3 Auditor Training:
  Consultants or facility personnel that wish to take the auditor course will be able to do so later this spring or summer. To request notification when new sessions are added to the schedule, CLICK HERE.
• Whitepaper: The Business Value of Cybersecurity in MedTech
• Building Your Personal Brand in Recycling
• ISRI 2021 Convention and Exposition
• R2 – Registering Your Downstream Chain
• ISRI 2021 Convention and Exposition
• FDA Appoints its First Cybersecurity Director
• FDA Proposes New Traceability Rule For Food Manufacturers
• FDA Names Acting Director of Medical Device Cybersecurity
• Paper and plastic exports drop again in 2020
• States Pass Resolutions Commending Recycling Workers, Industry
• Sunnking raises more than $11,000 for nonprofit helping children and families with cancer
• ISRI Plastics ID Guide to Help Recyclers Identify Resins
• It’s Time To Commit To A Management System
• 2021 Policy Outlook for Recycling
• ISRI and Its Members Weigh In On Extended Producer Responsibility
• China’s New Iron and Steel Scrap Import Standards May Benefit Recyclers
• R2 and RIOS Alliance Formed
• China confirms expanded import ban starting Jan. 1
• GFSI at 20 YEARS: Time for a Reboot?
• USDA Approves Michigan’s Industrial Hemp State Plan
• Feds Publish Virus Safety Guidance for Waste Industry
• ISRI – Updates for Recyclers – COVID-19
• Panasonic Toughpad FZ-G1 Battery Pack Recall
• Panasonic Toughbook CF-C2/CF-SX Battery Safety Bulletin Updated
• Battery Diagnostic/Control Program Update Procedure for Battery of Toughbook Series
• Experts React to China’s Updated Metals Specs
• A Number of Developments at e-Stewards
• The Data Frontier
• Top 3 Mistakes You Can Make When Adopting ISO 13485
• R2 update: The draft version of R2v3 has been released!
  The final version is expected to be published late in 2019.
• New Date & Time for ISRI’s Virtual Town Hall
• Gluten Free Certification Program – Spring 2018 Newsletter
• OEM Groups Create Online Recycling Resource
• Sustainable Materials Management (SMM) Update
• How Federal Tax Cuts Would Impact Recycling Industry
• The Story of the R2 Standard’s Evolution
• The 2018 Recycling Video and Poster Contest theme is “Recycling is Bigger Than the Bin!”
• ISRI Responds to Rumors of China Ban on Scrap Imports
• The Cost of a Product Recall in the Food Industry
• FSSC 22000 launches version 4.1 of its Scheme
  
• Review of global e-scrap data begins
• SERI: Doctored R2 certificate submitted in attempt to win contract
• FSSC 22000 issues 15,000th certificate!
• Superfund Liability Protect Yourself
• E-SCRAP NEWS – March 16, 2017
• FSSC Global Markets launched at the GFSI conference in Houston
• FSSC 22000 launches Global Markets Program
• World Accreditation Day – June 9th, 2017
• IATF 16949 has been released!
  
  The revised standard was released on October 4, 2016 and can be purchased at www.aiag.org! For more information on the IATF 16949 go to www.aiag.org/quality/iatf16949.
• AS9100D has been released!
  
  The newly revised standard is available for purchase and download at www.sae.org!
• TL 9000:2016 Requirements Handbook (R6) Available Now!!
• The Food Industry in China Steps Up to Food Safety Challenges with the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI)
• World Accreditation Day 2016
• The American Chemistry Council (ACC) released the RC14001:2015 Technical Specification in September 2015. While no new requirements have been added to the Responsible Care “box” portions, several changes have been made to correlate with revisions made to ISO 14001:2015. The RC14001:2015 Technical Specification transition timeline requirements are aligned with the ISO 14001:2015 timeline, which began on September 15, 2015. The deadline for transition is September 14, 2018.
• In cybersecurity bid, Obama wants to retire outdated government systems
• *RNA Worldwide, LLC had their R2 certification withdrawn on December 4, 2015. They have been notified to cease advertising R2 certification but have failed to do so. They are currently certified for ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 only.*
• FSSC 22000 Delivers 10,000th Certificate
• ISO 14001 revision – Where we are at and what’s new
• IAF – Self-Certification Is Not a Real Thing
• FSSC 22000 April 2014 Newsletter