MEETING OF THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND CHAPTER OF THE IPC DESIGNERS COUNCIL Date: Tuesday, the 14th of March, 2006 Where: MacDermid Inc., Waterbury Time: 1 – 4pm Please note the time change!! We are trying this time change to enable you to be with your families during the evenings and hopefully avoid traffic jams. Snacks will be served since the meeting falls between normal meal times. Topic: How to Better Predict the Reliability of Product Life Cycle Performance as we Transcend to RoHS Compliant Products Our chapter dedicated several meetings on issues relating to the European ROHS directive in 2005. As the compliancy date rapidly approaches, many issues still remain unanswered in the eyes of many companies. Tech Circuits, a manufacturer of printed circuit boards, has performed extensive testing and evaluation of laminate materials from several suppliers, to determine compatibility and long term survivability to not only ROHS, but the lead free soldering environment. This meeting will describe the evaluation process that was developed and provide recommendations based on the results. Attendees will walk away with a better understanding of the long term reliability issues surrounding the effects of lead free soldering on laminate materials and printed board assemblies. This is a don’t miss event! Speaker: John Quigley, Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Technology for Tech Circuits, Wallingford, CT. John has played an integral part in the development and implementation of ROHS compliant laminate materials for Tech Circuits. His presentations on this topic have been well received nation-wide. In addition, the chapter will hold officer elections. Last minute nominations will be accepted prior to the vote. Please RSVP to Gary Ferrari at [log in to unmask] by noon on March 13th, space is limited. Directions to MacDermid’s in Waterbury: From the CT-15 / WILBUR CROSS PKWY: Merge onto CT-34 W via EXIT 58 toward DERBY. 3.3 miles Merge onto CT-8 N toward WATERBURY. 17.2 miles Take EXIT 32 toward DOWNTOWN WATERBURY. 0.2 miles Stay STRAIGHT to go onto RIVERSIDE ST. <0.1 miles Turn RIGHT onto FREIGHT ST. 0.1 miles End at 227 Freight St, Right turn into MacDermid parking Waterbury, CT 06702-1818, US --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------