IPC. IPC introduces lead-free alternative electronic forum

Citation

(1999), "IPC. IPC introduces lead-free alternative electronic forum", Soldering & Surface Mount Technology, Vol. 11 No. 3. https://doi.org/10.1108/ssmt.1999.21911cab.010

IPC. IPC introduces lead-free alternative electronic forum

IPC

IPC introduces lead-free alternative electronic forum

Keywords Internet, IPC, Lead-free soldering

Supporting information exchange on lead-free electronics assemblies, IPC has launched a new e-mail forum for members of the electronics assembly and printed wiring board industries to discuss the issues surrounding lead-free alternatives.

The IPC lead-free e-mail forum serves several purposes. It will give its users the opportunity to stay on the cutting-edge of lead elimination strategies worldwide. A number of its subscribers have been actively involved in lead elimination for many years and have had their finger on the pulse of lead elimination in Europe and Japan for some time. Users of the forum will be able to ask these experts questions and receive feedback.

The IPC lead-free alternative electronic forum will also be the best place to receive updated information on the IPCWorks '99 conference, which is dedicated to lead-free electronics assemblies. Subscribers will be able to keep up to date on speaker information, paper sessions and how the breakout sessions will work for the development of an IPC roadmap for lead-free electronics assemblies.

To subscribe to the IPC lead-free alternative listserv send an e-mail message to listerv@ipc.org, leave the subject line blank and in the message line type: Subscribe leadfree and your name. So it should read like this:

• •

  TO: listserv@ipc.org

  SUBJECT: (Blank)

  MESSAGE: Subscribe leadfree (your name)

For more information on the IPC lead-free alternative e-mail forum and IPCWorks '99 contact Chris Jorgensen at +1 (847) 790-5328, or E-mail: jorgch@ipc.org

IPC encourages and supports research and development of lead-free materials and technologies. These new technologies should provide product integrity, performance and reliability equivalent to lead-containing products without introducing new environmental risks or health hazards. IPC prefers global rather than regional solutions to this issue, and is encouraging a coordinated approach to the voluntary reduction or elimination of lead by the electronic interconnection industry.