We've recently been told that a customer requires their suppliers to be "Bellcore certified", and that just stating that we comply with the specs is not enough. As a PWB supplier, I'm assuming the spec I need to be concerned with is the "GR-78-CORE, Generic Requirements for the Physical Design and Manufacture of Telecommunications Products and Equipment". Can anyone tell me if a supplier can be "certified" to this spec, and if so, who does the certification? I searched on the web, but couldn't find any reference to this particular spec, as far as the testing labs go. Any insight would be helpful. Is there anyone out there that is already certified? Debbie Deborah Schepis OEM Printed Circuit Applications Dept T46G / Bldg 022-2 / Office J004 Tie line 855-5558 / External phone (607) 755-5558 / Fax 857-1558 E-mail schepisd @ us.ibm.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 To temporarily halt delivery of Technet send the following message: SET Technet NOMAIL 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------