Dear Technetters, I writing here on the behalf of several concerned parties, including some European OEMs, CEMs and PCB Manufacturers. Some European manufacturers are worrying about Base Material Shortage, by shortage it is understood extended delivery Lead-Time. Some have seen extended delivery Lead-Time increased by 2 or 4 weeks, on some more complex Base Material, lead time can run to 14 weeks in some particular instance. Do you Technetters from all over the world and from the USA, are witnessing such increase in delivery time? Are worrying about it? Some of you are considering shutting off the plant for some days like some are considering doing in Europe if it doesn't improve? Would you comment on your concerns ? Is there any Base Material Manufacturers here who could give us the status for their companies? Please do not over-react to this posting and place big orders as this would only cause the situation to get worst for most likely no real reason. PLEASE no "Snow-Ball" effect. Thank you Very Best Regards Roland Info-Elec Ltd. Golden Eyes? - Live and Let Buy... www.PCB007.com Providing Global e-Business Solutions For The PCB Industry Roland Jaquet - Tel. +41-22-880-0405 - Fax. +41-22-880-0409 - Cell +41-79-203-3723 _______________________________________________________________________ ############################################################## TechNet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ############################################################## To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TECHNET <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TECHNET ############################################################## Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information. If you need assistance - contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ##############################################################