I would like to invite PWB manufacturers, suppliers, and other interested people in the Atlanta area to attend my presentation on the Design for the Environment (DfE) Printed Wiring Board (PWB) Project in Atlanta on November 18, in which I will discuss the results of the Cleaner Technologies Substitutes Assessment for the "making holes conductive" process. In the presentation I will summarize the health and environmental risk, performance, and cost of several direct metallization processes, as alternatives to the electroless copper process. The IPC/EPA DfE PWB Project is a voluntary, non-regulatory effort that is encouraging companies to implement cleaner technologies that will improve the environmental performance and competitiveness of the PWB industry. For additional additional information about the project, visit our Web site at www.ipc.org/html/ehstypes.htm#design, or the DfE Program Web site at www.epa.gov/dfe, or call me at 202-260-1707. Specific information on the conference is as follows: EPA Pollution Prevention/Green Manufacturing Conference for Industry and Business November 17-19, 1997 Marriott Marquis Hotel Atlanta, GA (404) 521-0000 or (800) 228-9290 The "P2 in Electronics Manufacturing" session, including my presentation on the DfE Making Holes Conductive Project, will be held on Tuesday, November 18, from 10:00-11:30 (my presentation will be at 10:00am). The registration fee for the conference is $55. For additional information, call Doug McCurry of EPA at (404) 562-8649. I look forward to meeting you in Atlanta! Kathy Hart, EPA Project Lead Design for the Environment Program Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics U.S. Environmental Protection Agency [log in to unmask] ############################################################## TechNet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ############################################################## To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TECHNET <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TECHNET ############################################################## Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information. For the technical support contact Dmitriy Sklyar at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.311 ##############################################################