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IPC/Soldertec Conference on Lead-Free Electronics is an International Success
June 27, 2003 |Estimated reading time: 1 minute
Brussels, Belgium — About 200 attendees from around the world greatly enjoyed the recent "Conference on Lead-free Electronics Towards Implementation of the RoHS Directive," held here from June 10 through 12, jointly sponsored by IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries (USA) and Soldertec at Tin Technology Ltd (UK).
The delegates all left feeling fully informed about the requirements, challenges and opportunities involved in a change to lead-free electronics production. The conference is now likely to be repeated next year. Copies of the proceedings are available on CD-ROM for a charge by e-mailing info@lead-free.org
The event was opened by Marianne Klingbeil, head of the Sustainable Resources Unit of the European Commission, and Steve Andrews from the UK Department of Trade and Industry, who outlined the requirements of RoHS and how the legislation would be implemented throughout the EU.
The conference was a great networking opportunity, and a truly international event, with representatives from every member state of the EU, significant numbers from the U.S., Japan, and delegates from as far a field as Australia, Thailand and Sri Lanka.
The high quality technical program provided all the information required for successful lead-free production, as well as news of the latest industry developments. The high quality of papers and presenters was particularly noted and appreciated by everyone attending. Many key industry experts participated, including Ken Suetsugu, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. leader of the companywide lead-free implementation program, which has recently achieved 100 percent lead-free solder usage for all Panasonic production sites. Other experts included Rob Horsley of Celestica, Dongkai Shangguan from Flextronics, Vivek Gupta of Intel, Malcolm Warwick from Loctite-Multicore, Jennie Hwang from H-Technologies Group, and John Lau of Agilent Technologies.
Plans are already being made for a similar event next year. The conference provided the ideal opportunity for production experiences from different regions of the world to be shared. Delegates left the event well informed and ready to make further progress towards full implementation of lead-free production.For more information on the conference and SOLDERTEC, visit www.lead-free.org.