Altoona, Pennsylvania, USA – Even a tiny amount of lead (Pb) in a batch of lead-free solder can ruin it, requiring that the entire pot be discarded as scrap, costing a PCB assembler thousands of dollars in lost alloy. Preventing cross-contamination is critical to ensuring ‘pure’ alloy products for lead-free customers; this is why Amerway Inc., a leading domestic manufacturer of high-purity solder products for the electronics manufacturing industry, has built a new 4,000 ft² lead-free casting room within its Beale Avenue manufacturing facility in Altoona, Pennsylvania. Amerway, Inc. is a domestic producer of solder bar and wire products.

BANNOCKBURN, Ill., USA, May 28, 2019 — IPC's Validation Services Program has awarded an IPC/WHMA-A-620 Qualified Manufacturers Listing (QML) Class 2, to MarVac Assemblies, a value-added division of Marsh Electronics, Inc., located in Milwaukee, Wis. Following an initial audit by IPC, MarVac Assemblies becomes one of the IPC trusted sources and suppliers meeting the stringent requirements of the Qualified Manufacturing Listing (QML) based on one of IPC's foremost standards: IPC/WHMA-A-620, Requirements and Acceptance for Cable and Wire Harness Assemblies.

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“The Hermes Standard” to replace SMEMA – Hermes networking now possible with Rehm systems