JX Metals’ recycled copper foil still needs customer approval

Separate planned UL verification from customer approval — and identify who pays for prototype work.

Even copper foil labelled 100% recycled has not necessarily completed approval as an electronic component. JX Metals’ newly launched material faces three gates: verification of its environmental claim, evaluation of process compatibility, and a price for volume production. Where the profit lands depends on who accepts those costs.

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JX Metals’ recycled copper foil still needs customer approval

JX Metals has begun selling rolled copper foil made solely from recycled copper feedstock. The 100% figure describes the composition of the copper feedstock. It does not describe the total weight of the product, or the carbon-dioxide reduction rate across the full manufacturing process.…

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