KOKOMO, IN, August 12, 2005 – Foresite will be offering their 2 day workshop series, Understanding Process Residues & their Effects on Product Performance and Achieving Reliable Lead Free Performance, in Boston, MA, Minneapolis, MN, San Jose, CA, and Seattle, WA this fall. This workshop series will provide information for electronics manufacturers who are transitioning to lead free assembly and are concerned with product cleanliness and long term reliability. Among the topics covered at these workshops are ways to achieve the lowest optimum lead free soldering temperatures, controlling oxidation and the difference between cleanliness and contamination. The workshop in Boston will be held on Wednesday and Thursday, September 21 & 22, 2005; the workshop in Minneapolis on Tuesday and Wednesday, September 27 & 28, 2005. In November Foresite will be presenting the workshops in San Jose on Wednesday and Thursday, November 2 & 3, 2005 and in Seattle on Tuesday and Wednesday, November 8 & 9, 2005.

Terry Munson will be presenting these workshops. Terry has over 18 years of experience with how cleanliness is affecting product reliability for electronic hardware. He is the primary developer of ion chromatography analysis for use in the electronics manufacturing industry, and is an active member and committee chairman in the IPC. Terry’s insights can be seen regularly in various industry trade publications.

For further information about this event and to register, interested participants can visit www.residues.com or call Foresite at 765.457.8095.

Foresite, Inc. (formerly CSL, Inc.) is a process consulting house and analytical laboratory dedicated to solving reliability issues for electronic assemblies. An active member in the industry since 1992, Foresite specializes in failure analysis, process qualification and investigative analysis. Results are used for corrective actions and process optimization to achieve the highest levels of quality. Foresite has a vast database of knowledge and experience providing effective solutions to meet product reliability challenges.

For more information, please contact:
Taryn Elliott
(317) 569-1785
te_foresite@residues.com
www.residues.com