This is not the case in the US market. Laser cut stencils (in general) are not priced by the number of apertures. Fred Cox MET -----Original Message----- From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Geert Willems Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 7:41 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [TN] Stencils You cannot put any fixed percentage on the price difference between laser cut and electroformed stencils. The latter may even be cheaper than laser cut for high complexity boards because for laser cut you pay by the hole you have to drill (fixed cost + price/hole x # holes). The price of EF stencils is generally independent from the number of holes. Geert Willems Senior Consultant Electronic Design and Manufacturing Invomec/I&I E-mail: [log in to unmask] aspire invent achieve IMEC vzw - Register of Legal Entities Leuven VAT BE 0425.260.668 - Kapeldreef 75, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium - http://www.imec.be <IMEC e-mail disclaimer: http://www.imec.be/wwwinter/about/email- disclaimer.shtml> --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 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 ----------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 15.0 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 -----------------------------------------------------