Jim, This gentleman had contacted us which may be useful to you. They can provided many other services as you can see below. As well, their contact information is listed below. It was pleasure talking with you over the phone and as promised here are the details of ITL Inc. Please visit their web site at www.itlinc.com. I will be in GTA calling upon my customers and like to do a technical presentation to your operations, quality and process engineers and managers on October [log in to unmask] A. Introductions B. ITL Technical Presentation that will cover these topics Analysis of the components - BGA, relays etc. Solderability analysis and also RoHS lead Free Directive FA of the substrates Contamination analysis Decapping and making cross-sections Non-destructive testing using X-Ray and Interferometer. C. Questions and Answers D. Understand your needs E. Summary and action items ITL Inc. can be your testing and reliability laboratory for a fraction of a cost to its customers. To maintain a good lab with knowledgeable staff is an expensive proposal. It costs an organization couple of million dollars a year. ITL Inc. services and scientists are available to its customers at a fraction of an annual cost. SEM/EDX analysis Raman/FTIR/Auger Surface Analyzer (contamination analysis) Electronics systems and component analysis Optical Interferometry Microscope Environmental Thermal studies Cross-Sections for $100 Custom R&D projects Welding Analysis Insulation and Plastic analysis Paint and Corrosion analysis Please visit their web site at www.itlinc.com and look at their technical capabilities. The turn around time can between 2-5 days once we have the PO and the parts in hand. If we have a blanket PO of 10K the turn around time can be within 2 days. Regards, Prakash Tejwani, P. Eng., MBA Sales and Marketing Manager ITL Inc. 80 Esna Park Drive, Units 7-9 Markham, Ontario, L3R 2R7 (613)-296-2219 (cell) email: [log in to unmask] Regards, Damon A. DeSilva Sales Representative/Engineering Manager Lazer-Tech Ltd. PH#(416)291-7727 EXT:271 FAX(416)291-0325 [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> Note: Please forward all request for quotes to [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> This will ensure your quotation will be processed in an efficient and expedited manner. For more information about Lazer-Tech Ltd. please visit our website www.lazer-tech.com <http://www.lazer-tech.com/> -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Marsico, James Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 10:37 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [TN] Hardness testing Hello again... I'm looking for a materials testing lab to do a micro-hardness test on a stainless steel wire (preferably in the north east). Any recommendations? Jim Marsico Senior Engineer Production Engineering EDO Electronics Systems Group [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> 631-595-5879 --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a 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/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ----------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a 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/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 -----------------------------------------------------