RoHS petition

Hey Rob don't give up yet let your voice be heard, the fat lady didn't sing yet!!

Grant, you wrote "I think it's easy to be pro RoHS because you have to accept it, and implement it, however it's still nice to complain."

You don't have to accept anything, certainly not if alternatives to lead in solders are: A) Not proven reliable B) Quality standards are non existing or questionable C) The higher price paid produces no return D) US EPA report states that lead in solders has no negative impact on the environment E) Hi Rel is exempt from the RoHS directive F) Lead free alloys in combination with higher energy requirements will cause more harm to the environment.

Complaining never helps we need to bring facts to the table and the EU commission has said that only environmental facts would be considered in order to grant exemptions, well they are available.

Samir, I need to make a correction to my initial post. I would be for RoHS if the replacement products were proven reliable and better for the environment. Lead-free clearly isn't.

I am personally very disappointed in IPC pushing this political envelope also in my competitors taking advantage of this chaos and go for the economic benefits. Our customer base is still 100% leaded true education as a service. It's not always an easy decision to be a follower or a leader the latter is hard work.

Thank you so much to all of you who signed the petition.

Patrick

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