Larry, The term "assy" has been the official abbreviation for assembly from way back in the early military days from the old Mil-STD-12, Abbreviations for use on Drawings, Specifications, Standards, and in Technical Documents. Gary Ferrari Executive Director IPC Designers Council (860) 350-9300 Fax (860) 350-9309 [log in to unmask] >>> "Larry J. Fisher" <[log in to unmask]> 02/11/98 11:14PM >>> I believe that you are correct and that "assy" in the automotive industry stands for "assembly" Regards, Larry Fisher Dexter Electronic Materials [log in to unmask] ################################################################ TechNet E-Mail Forum 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://jefry.ipc.org/forum.htm) for additional information. For the technical support contact Dmitriy Sklyar at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.311 ################################################################ ################################################################ TechNet E-Mail Forum 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://jefry.ipc.org/forum.htm) for additional information. For the technical support contact Dmitriy Sklyar at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.311 ################################################################