Dear Bev, I work for a large international supplier of specialty materials to the PWB market on an international scale. We have purchase another company whom has a patented organo-metallic tin finish. This process is starting to become widely accepted (Siemens/IBM). Please call me at 1-800-877-9871 ext. 259 and I will tell you more! Regards, Chris McGary Dexter Electronic Materials ############################################################## 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 ##############################################################