Several of the chemistry suppliers are offering/implementing Palladium as an alternative to HASL or OSP. They should be able to tell you who is in production. Here are a couple of places to start LeaRonal David Marks 272 Buffalo Ave Freeport, NY 516-868-8800 MacDermid Michael Norwood 245 Freight St. Waterbury, CT 203-575-7948 Another good contact is : The former Bell Labs Lucent Technologies Bruce Stacy 908-582-4289 Or west coast David Williams 408-249-8993 Hope this helps; [log in to unmask] ---------- From: [log in to unmask] To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Ag or Pd alternative to HASL inquiry Date: Friday, September 20, 1996 11:59AM What companies sell silver or palladium solderability coatings as an alternative to HASL? What production PCB fabricators use either of these solderability finishes? Thanks for any information regarding this matter. David Kelly Materials & Processes Boeing Defense & Space Group [log in to unmask] (206)773-7342 *************************************************************************** * TechNet mail list is provided as a service by IPC using SmartList v3.05 * *************************************************************************** * To unsubscribe from this list at any time, send a message to: * * [log in to unmask] with <subject: unsubscribe> and no text. * *************************************************************************** *************************************************************************** * TechNet mail list is provided as a service by IPC using SmartList v3.05 * *************************************************************************** * To unsubscribe from this list at any time, send a message to: * * [log in to unmask] with <subject: unsubscribe> and no text. * ***************************************************************************