United Kingdom --Bob Willis was given the “Process Development Award” from Soldertec Global/Tin Technology, in recognition of his achievements assisting industry in the preparation for Pb-free legislation.
 
Known for his training courses, lectures and practical advice, he writes technical articles, is a regular contributor to magazines (including Circuits Assembly) and has assisted in producing many soldering books.
 
Willis has coordinated Pb-free hands-on working areas at international exhibitions, including Productronica, the Hannover Fair and Nepcon. He has organized training workshops for research groups such as: ITTF, SINTEF, NPL and IVF.
 
Willis also coordinates the SMART Group activity for the EU project LEADOUT, currently Europe’s largest funded research project.