Hi Don - take a look at the article on the proposed EC lead ban in the January 1999 issue of IPC's Review magazine (it may be posted on the IPC's web page too). It will fill in some of the information you are looking for. Dave Hillman Rockwell Collins [log in to unmask] Don E Steffen <[log in to unmask]> on 01/29/99 05:00:10 AM Please respond to "TechNet E-Mail Forum." <[log in to unmask]>; Please respond to Don E Steffen <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] cc: Subject: [TN] Removal of Lead Greetings Techno; I heard from recent discussions with my German counterpart, that in Europe, they are eliminating the Lead in the solder process. This is becasue of environmental impact studies that Lead content for any type of scrap material being in the PCB's to conponents leaves a certain percentage of lead in the "Dumps". If anyone can shed any light on this subject I would appreciate it. Thanks, Donn Steffen Senior Quality Engineer VDO Control Systems, Inc ################################################################ 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 ################################################################