electroless nickel plating on aluminum using a double zincate process is available from ATOTech USA, Inc. It is a standard process and has been in use for quite some time in various other industries. Try calling Larry Loerch, 908.302.3529 Michael Holan Process Engineer HADCO-Austin 512-246-5600 ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: [TN] AW: [TN] Electroless Nickel for Aluminum Author: =?iso-8859-1?Q?N=FCchter_Wolfgang_=28FV/FLT=29_=2A?= <[log in to unmask]> at SMTPLink-Hadco Date: 11/17/98 4:07 PM Hi Mike, As far as I know, you have to do a zincate treatment to get a good adhesion between Al and Ni. This process is not yet really a standard process available on the market, but will be in the near future. My purpose is to have an an wetable surface for solder in the case of flip-chip. So try to contact Flip-Chip Technologies, IZM Berlin, Germany, IBM, Motorola, IC Interconnect, ... Hope this points you to the right direction. Regards Wolfgang Nuechter ################################################################ 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's web site (http://www.ipc.org) "On-Line Services" section for additional information. For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.312 ################################################################ ################################################################ 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's web site (http://www.ipc.org) "On-Line Services" section for additional information. For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.312 ################################################################