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And to Ivan: I think you are mixing up WEEE with ROHS. ROHS is about lead-free products, WEEE is about waste disposal. And yes, we do all that only to annoy the american competition, lol.
OK, thanks for setting me straight on the acronyms. I can barely keep up with the US acronyms, let alone global acronyms. I see ROHS and WEEE used together so much in trade journals, they tend to take on the same meaning even though they are not the same thing. As to the annoyance factor, I know you were joking, but I suspect there's more to the issue than that. If the US had any decent trade representation (we don't), we would bring a challenge to ROHS and WEEE regulations before the World Trade Organization. IMO it's a non-tariff trade barrier, and should be challenged as one. But not to worry, the US would lose in WTO anyway. The US has only 1 vote, whereas the individual countries in the EU each have 1 vote. So the US would be outvoted at every turn. Oh, did I mention that the US does not have decent trade representation? Best regards, Ivan Baggett Bagotronix Inc. website: www.bagotronix.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Tom, to my knowledge FR4 is just fine with the higher solder temperature. It's not that big a difference anyway. And to Ivan: I think you are mixing up WEEE with ROHS. ROHS is about lead-free products, WEEE is about waste disposal. And yes, we do all that only to annoy the american competition, lol. Mit freundlichem Gruß Kind regards Gisbert Auge N.A.T. GmbH www.nateurope.com
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