Gaby, Thanks first for the reply. Second, I do feel great empathy with your situation and all the rest of us in this declining, so far, industry. It is sad. I like what you've done about the BGA situation. As we all know, many plastic types are not properly constructed and problems are effected, as unacceptable coplanarity, that are not easy to overcome. Also, I think you're right on concerning paste on part application. Ceramics offer their own set of problems but I'm sure you'll overcome them. Best Wishes, Earl --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------