The SMART Group has a seminar coming up this Tuesday (the 4th), which includes a talk by a DTI man: >>>'1st July 2006 - The end for lead-free soldering' - Steven Andrews, Recycling Policy Unit Sustainable Development Directorate, Department of Trade and Industry. Steve will provide the latest details of the plans for the UK implementation of the European Restriction of the use of certain Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive.<<< I assume that title should be "leaded soldering"! www.smartgroup.org Another place to check is http://www.lead-free.org REgards, Peter -- ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Peter Swanson Oxfordshire, England Dynamix Technology Ltd IPC Standards, Guidelines & Videos - Electronics Manufacturing Bookshop [log in to unmask] http://www.dynamixtechnology.com ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: -----Original Message----- From: joyce [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 31 January 2003 20:35 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] EU and leadfree - any update Guys and Gals, Any update what is EU's latest position on leadfree? Many thanks. Best regards, jk --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e 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 or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) 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 -----------------------------------------------------