"MassiveProng" wrote in message
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BIG waste of money, and I am glad I work in a segment of the
industry that is exempt.

You really aren't. Sure, you might not be required to produce RoHs-compliant
products, but you'll find that already many parts are no longer available in
non-RoHs packages, requiring higher temperatures for soldering, and within a
few years here nothing will be available that isn't that way.