I am of the opinion that if someone requests specific information on a
supplier or process then it is acceptable to supply anecdotal information
on specific suppliers including names, address, and phone numbers.  In the
last day I remember inputs on entec and a supplier, esd and a supplier,
flex circuits and suppliers, BGA reclamation and suppliers, bellcore
requirements and their supplier, IPC requirements and supplier, flux and
suppliers, etc.

In a technology as complex and rapidly evolving as electronics,
communication is vital to our survival.  The knowledge of a supplier that
can solve a problem via a proprietary process or product could be the
difference between competitiveness and
bankruptcy.  Can we really afford not to share this information?

Denis Meloche
Heraeus Cermalloy


At 06:09 PM 8/5/97 +0000, you wrote:
>Technetters,
>Is this how we want to respond to all such inquiries?  Does each
>manufacturer of a product need to scour technet to make sure we're
>included on this type of reference?  I appreciate the time that the
>person from Seagate took to respond to this query, but they provided
>a very limited number of choices.  Do we have access to a list of
>fabricators on the IPC home page?  Should our standard response be to
>direct people to search that list of manufacturers to identify those
>that meet their needs specifically?  I would appreciate some
>comments.
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