Greetings Techno;

     I heard from recent discussions with my German counterpart, that in
     Europe, they are eliminating the Lead in the solder process. This is
     becasue of environmental impact studies that Lead content for any type
     of scrap material being in the PCB's to conponents leaves a certain
     percentage of lead in the "Dumps".

     If anyone can shed any light on this subject I would appreciate it.


     Thanks,

     Donn Steffen
     Senior Quality Engineer
     VDO Control Systems, Inc

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