In a message dated 10/17/2006 1:52:10 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: have seen heavy Au plating on Ni coming from China before (they must have a cheap gold source)— ... or maybe not so good process control?... ;-) I guess we need to have a case of old "diseases" every now and again, Werner, just to prove that the old timers were right. ;-) Cheers, Joe --------------------------------------------------- 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 847-615-7100 ext.2815 -----------------------------------------------------