Dear colleague, IPC has made technical papers on lead-free electronics assemblies and the Surface Mount Council White Paper, An Assessment of the Use of Lead in Electronic Assembly, available for free download. To view the list of available papers and download the files, go to: http://www.ipc.org/html/leadfree.htm As more papers are made available, they will be posted on the web site and their availability announced on [log in to unmask] If you have not yet subscribed to the [log in to unmask] e-mail forum and want to stay up to date on the lead elimination issue, follow the instructions included below Best, Chris Chris Jorgensen Technical Project Manager IPCWorks '99 Conference Coordinator An International Summit on Lead-Free Electronics Assemblies October 25 - 28, 1999 Hyatt Regency, Minneapolis, MN To stay on top of the lead elimination issue, subscribe to the [log in to unmask] e-mail forum. To subscribe compose the following email message: TO: [log in to unmask] SUBJECT: (leave blank) MESSAGE: subscribe leadfree YOUR NAME