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Article: Peer into technology's future: iNEMI road map set to tackle disruptive technologies.(National Electronics Manufacturers Initiative)
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- April 1, 2006
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In 1996 the National Electronics Manufacturers Initiative (NEMI) identified the phaseout of lead as one of the key issues the electronics industry would be dealing with in the coming years. In 2006 lead-free manufacturing is a reality.
"Back then we identified the lack of a lead-free solder as a gap in technology," says Jim McElroy, president of iNEMI-the i, which was added in 2005, stands for international. "In 1999 we began our first project, to identify what kind of solder could replace lead.
Along with the industry group IPC, iNEMI was instrumental in developing and testing the tin-silver-copper and tin-copper solders widely used as lead-solder ...