HERNDON, VA – A host of major OEM and EMS companies, under the auspices of 
iNEMI, has outlined a set of recommendations for managing Pb-free alloy alternatives.  
The consortium members recommend the following to help manage the use of multiple solder alloys: 
- Drive convergence of Pb-free alloys. 
 - Develop an industry-standard assessment methodology. 
 - Establish performance guidelines. 
 - Update standards. 
 - Identify and differentiate alloys. 
 
iNEMI members supporting these recommendations include Agilent Technologies, Celestica, Cisco, Delphi Electronics & Safety, Flextronics International, Hewlett-Packard, Intel Corporation, Jabil Circuit, Motorola, Plexus Corp., Sanmina-SCI, Sun Microsystems and Texas Instruments. 
INEMI’s recommendations are available at 
http://thor.inemi.org/webdownload/projects/ba/Pb-Free_Alloys/Alloy_recs.pdf