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Subject: IPC News Release: Lead-free Electronics Focus of IPCWorks '99
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Contact: Dan Green
  847-790-5371
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
IPCWORKS '99 TO FOCUS ON LEAD-FREE ELECTRONIC ASSEMBLIES

Northbrook, IL 07/08/99

 Everything you always wanted to know about lead-free electronics assemblies can be
found at IPCWorks '99.  IPCWorks '99, a technical conference featuring an
International Summit on Lead-free Electronics Assemblies, is taking place October
23-28, 1999, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Minneapolis, MN.
"Japan is already implementing dates for the elimination of lead from electronics
assemblies, and European leaders are debating on whether they should do the same,"
says IPC vice president of technology and standards Dave Bergman.  "Rather than
allocating our resources to fighting pending legislation, IPC is dedicated to
educating the industry and preparing it for the move to lead-free electronics
assemblies.  A change we believe is inevitable."
Five paper sessions will be held during the four-day technical conference,
highlighting the various areas of PWB and electronics assembly technology that will
be affected by lead elimination: alternative PWB finishes, components, alternative
alloys, and case studies.
A Global Perspective on Lead Elimination Research and Legislation is the focus of the
fifth session.  Carol Handwerker, chief of the Metallurgy Division at the National
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Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) is the moderator for this session,
which looks at European legislation and timelines set by Japanese companies for lead
elimination in electronics assemblies.  A panel of industry experts representing
Europe, Japan and the US will discuss the history of lead elimination and how
companies can prepare for the transition.
 Bergman and IPCWorks conference coordinator Chris Jorgensen will moderate the case
studies segment of the technical conference.  Several companies, both domestically
and worldwide, have successfully eliminated lead from their products.  In this
session, representatives from these companies will discuss why they have decided to
go lead-free, what obstacles they have faced in the transition, and the pros and cons
of making the change.
Included in this session is a presentation from Panasonic Factory Automation, which
recently released a lead-free mini disc player in Japan. Tom Baggio, product
engineering supervisor for Panasonic, will detail the testing, product reliability
and manufacturing concerns associated with the development of the lead-free mini disc
player. The disc player's market share rose 11 percentage points upon release of the
lead-free version.
For more information on IPCWorks '99 and the International Summit on Lead-free
Electronics Assemblies, contact Chris Jorgensen at (847) 790-5328, e-mail
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 IPC is a US-based trade association dedicated to the competitive excellence and
financial success of its nearly 2,600 member companies which represent all facets of
the electronic interconnection industry, including design, printed wiring board
manufacturing and electronics assembly.  As a member-driven organization and leading
source for industry standards, training, market research and public policy advocacy,
IPC supports programs to meet the needs of a $30 billion US industry employing more
than 300,000 people.
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