MEETING OF THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND CHAPTER OF THE IPC DESIGNERS COUNCIL Date: Tuesday, the 12th of April, 2005 Where: Vectron International, Norwalk CT Time: 6:00pm Topic: SMT Lead Free Assembly Plant Tour Vectron International in Norwalk has a lead free factory and we will be giving a tour of the production floor with Gary Williams - manufacturing engineer. After the tour and dinner, Gary will give a presentation on Vectron's lead free processes. A question and answer period will follow where we will discuss any concerns regarding the transistion and implementation of lead free manufacturing. Attendees must be US citizens to tour the production floor. If you are not a US citizen, you may join us for the dinner and discussion. Speaker: Gary Williams, manufacturing engineer at Vectron International. Host: The meeting and tour will be hosted by Vectron International. Vectron International is the leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of frequency generation and control products. Products include a wide range of crystals, crystal oscillators, frequency translators, clock and data recovery modules, and surface acoustic wave (SAW) filters from DC to microwave frequencies. Vectron International is headquartered in Hudson, NH, & operates facilities & sales offices in North America, Europe, & Asia. Please respond promptly as Vectron requires names of individuals in advance in order to enter the facility. Contact Kathy Murphy (Acting President SNEC) by end of business day Monday 4/8/05 by e-mail at [log in to unmask] Directions to Vectron International in Norwalk, CT: From Merritt Parkway: Coming From The North Take exit 40B. At end of ramp, take a right and then an immediate left in front of Shell Station onto Glover Avenue. VECTRON is 3/4 of a mile on the right. Coming From The South Take exit 39B (Rt. 7 North) and go to the end. Make a right, go to the next traffic light and turn right onto Glover Avenue. VECTRON is the first building on the left. From Connecticut Turnpike (I-95): Coming From The North Take exit 15 (ramp forks): take fork marked Route 7 to Danbury to the end. At traffic light, turn right. Go to the next traffic light and turn right onto Glover Avenue. VECTRON is the first building on the left. Coming From The South Take exit 15 onto Route 7 connector. Take to end and at traffic light, turn right. Go to the next traffic light and turn right onto Glover Avenue. VECTRON is the first building on the left. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DesignerCouncil 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 DesignerCouncil. To temporarily stop/(restart) delivery of DesignerCouncil send: SET DesignerCouncil NOMAIL/(MAIL) Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail 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 847-615-7100 ext.2815 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------