Pb-Free Implementation Featured in Indium Corporation's Upcoming Presentations
Indium Corporation's Senior Technologist, Dr. Ronald C. Lasky, Ph.D., and Pb-Free Program Manager, Tim Jensen, will be presenting an SMTA workshop March 21, 2006 in Milpitas, CA, USA.
The courses will be "A Protocol for WEEE and RoHS Compliance" and "Best Practices in Implementing PB-Free Assembly: 2006". This workshop will provide the most accurate information on WEEE/RoHS compliance as well as discussions on implementation.
Dr. Lasky will also focus on implementing Pb-Free electronics assembly at two additional upcoming conferences. The dates are:
March 27, 2006 at PCB West in Santa Clara, CA, USA
March 29, 2006 at SMTA Canada Toronto, Canada
At PCB West, Dr. Lasky's topic will be: "Best Practices in Implementing Lead-Free Assembly, Part 1 and Part 2." The workshop will focus on the "how to" of implementing lead-free including, PCB finishes, components, alloys, and SMT processes. Actual implementation of lead-free processes will be discussed as well as current legislation and practices.
At SMTA Canada, the topic will be "Rapid Implementation of Lead-Free and RoHS Compliant Assembly, Declaration and Documentation." This workshop will provide the information, tools, and recommended resources to develop and execute a plan for rapid WEEE and RoHS compliance. A significant amount of process and product reliability data will also be presented.
Dr. Lasky, holder of the prestigious SMTA Founder's Award, is a world-renown process expert and a visiting professor at Dartmouth College. He has over 20 years of experience in electronics and optoelectronic packaging and assembly. He has authored or edited five books and numerous technical papers, and holds several patent disclosures.
Tim Jensen is an SMTA-Certified Process Engineer and internationally-known speaker on Pb-Free Surface Mount Technology (SMT) electronics assembly. He has spent over 7 years optimizing and troubleshooting SMT processes, and has worked directly on hundreds of surface mount lines, building thousands of different products. He specializes in helping customers through their Pb-Free transition. Tim has authored technical publications and numerous process and technical guidelines.
Indium Corporation is a three-time Frost & Sullivan Award-winning supplier of electronics assembly materials, including solder pastes, solder preforms, fluxes, Pb-Free solder alloys, underfill materials, die-attach materials, and more. The company is also the world's premiere supplier of commercial grade and high-purity indium. Factories are located in the USA, the United Kingdom, Singapore, and China. Founded in 1934, the company is ISO 9001 registered.
For more information about Indium Corporation visit www.indium.com or email askus@indium.com.
Contact:
Anita Brown, Corporate Communications
Indium Corporation of America
abrown@indium.com
800-4-INDIUM
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