BB (Brian Baby), Very interesting observation. What's going on with the "weavers" today. I know a new group of entrepreneurs are operating out in our country's four corners region. They have taken over some of the Navajo rug weaving techniques and applied them to the PCB industry. However, I am assured they practice very effective process management. I guess the question must be: What's going on in such vital operations? It seems to be affecting the whole MLB community yet we still plow ahead as if everything is alright. Maybe some material suppliers, and their suppliers, could come forth with an better answer. MoonMan --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------