Can anyone tell me where to find trade study type information comparing "surface mount" to "through hole" technology for printed circuit board manufacturing (both raw circuit card fab & related component assy) which compares manufacturing cost & product reliability. I realize this type of information is probably quite dated but will be useful nevertheless. Thanks, Greg Sherwood [log in to unmask] ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ################################################################ 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 ################################################################