Southern New  England  Chapter
MEETING OF THE SOUTHERN NEW  ENGLAND  CHAPTER
OF THE IPC DESIGNERS  COUNCIL
Date: Tuesday, the 7th of October, 2004
Where: UIC Technical Center in Southington
Time:  Networking 6:00pm
Topic: Tour of the Uyemura-USA facility
More  questions seem to abound concerning lead free alternative finishes even
after  our three part series. To further address some of these issues, we
went directly  to a supplier of some of these alternative finishes. Featured will
be a tour of  the facility---including an explanation of the prototype line
for various  processes. Lab instrumentation includes SEM/EDAX, Atomic
Absorption,  Meniscograph, ICP, CVS, thickness measuring devices; purity and hardness
testing  , etc.
What is  important to understand is all the testing that is being done to
these  alternative materials to establish their viability as a lead replacement.
These  are the experts, so be prepared to ask questions or voice your
concerns.
Host: Uyemura is a 160 year old Japanese owned company that  specializes in
plating chemistries, especially for electronics  industries.  They are leaders
for electroless nickel/immersion gold,  electroless gold and immersion silver
processes.  They recently  released information about a revolutionary new
approach to DC acid copper  plating for printed circuits, claiming higher
reliability combined with lower  costs.  In this market we also exclusively represent
two German  companies (Umicore-Galvanotechnik---formerly called  Degussa; and
CL  Technologies) and another Japanese firm (MEC---sophisticated adhesion
promoters  for dry film and solder masks).
Directions  to the UIC Technical Center
To get to  route 84 from Fairfield take RT 8 into Waterbury and take 84 "To
Hartford"---if from New  Haven  area---take 91 N to 691--then 84 "to Hartford".

Stay on route  84 to exit 32 (Route 10/Queen Street --Southington)
Coming  from Hartford you'll make a left  on to route  10
Coming from Waterbury area  there will be a right.
From then  on : travel about a mile and a quarter---road goes from two lanes
each direction  to one---after that happens take a left at next traffic light
(Route 177/Town  Line RD)---go straight after first stop sign--we will be
second building on the  left  --large sign in front "UIC Technical Center".
Space is  limited so please RSVP to Kathy Murphy at [log in to unmask]
(mailto:[log in to unmask])  or [log in to unmask]
(mailto:m:[log in to unmask])  by close of  business, Monday the  6th of December, 2004

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