Hmmmm. Lets see, rosin comes from pine trees - Canada grow a lot of pine trees - Canada produce a lot of rosin - Canada seeks to ban rosin.....? Graham Naisbitt On 13 Oct 2009, at 14:05, Steve Gregory wrote: > Yeah Bob, I just heard this from our process lead this morning. He > printed > out the article for me. > > I'm going to copy the TechNet on this too in case they haven't seen > it. > > Ridiculous... > > Steve Gregory > > -----Original Message----- > From: Leadfree [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Bob Landman > Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 8:42 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [LF] Canada bans rosin flux > > What's next, I wonder... > > Will we all be forced to go back to living in caves, writing on > walls (with > environmentally safe materials, of course)? Will our modern world > will be > deemed too unsafe to live in? Seems that's where we are headed, > doesn't it? > > > -Bob Landman/H&L Instruments,LLC > > http://circuitsassembly.com/cms/news/8884-ipc-urges-canada-to-remove-propose > d-ban-on-rosin > > IPC Urges Canada to Remove Proposed Ban on Rosin > Written by Chelsey Drysdale > Friday, 02 October 2009 16:12 > > BANNOCKBURN, IL - IPC is urging its members to respond to Canada's > Chemical > Management Plan's proposal banning five rosin-containing substances > from all > products manufactured and sold there. > > The trade group also submitted comments today to the Canadian > Department of > the Environment in advance of the Oct. 20 comment deadline. > > Rosin is used in the manufacture of more than 75% of electronics > products, > including defense systems, telecommunication and transportation > technologies, IPC noted. > > A ban on rosin would make it difficult for electronics manufacturers > to > continue to do business in Canada, says IPC. In addition, consumers > would > likely foot the bill for the increased production cost because > electronics > manufacturers would have to engineer products specifically for the > Canadian > market. Even more likely, Canadian electronics manufacturers would > consider > moving operations to countries that do not ban the use of rosin, > resulting > in a loss of Canadian jobs, says the association. > > According to Dr. Greg Munie, IPC technical director, rosins are > naturally > occurring materials that possess irreplaceable chemical and electrical > properties qualities that ensure a reliable, safe and long-lasting > product. > There is no known chemical or combination of chemicals that can > provide the > same functionality and reliability of rosin. Therefore, eliminating > rosin > would force a change in the composition of soldering flux and solder > paste > that will ultimately affect the reliability of the final electronic > product. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---Leadfee Mail List provided as a 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 Leadfree > To temporarily stop/(start) delivery of Leadree for vacation breaks > send: > SET Leadfree NOMAIL/(MAIL) > Search previous postings 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 > ----------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------