IPC has partnered with Auburn University to conduct a study on behalf of the Department of Defense (DoD) that can significantly help our nation’s manufacturing industries, and we would like your help. 

Message to policymakers on requirements for building a more robust, domestic ecosystem for advanced electronics

Congratulations to Matt Kelly on his promotion to Chief Technology Officer and Vice President, Technology Solutions.

Congratulations to IPC’s Kelly Scanlon, DrPH, CIH, on her promotion to lead sustainability strategist for industry sustainability programs

e-Mobility is a challenging new paradigm for electronics design. Regardless of industry, automotive, two-wheeler, vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL), rail, or marine, e-Mobility presents new challenges that the electronics supply...

The results are in from the recent U.S. federal election, and the impacts on the electronics manufacturing industry are likely to be mixed.

The U.S. Government must actively encourage the expansion of the advanced packaging ecosystem, supply-chain partnerships, and industry-backed workforce programs if it wants to succeed in boosting the U.S semiconductor industry...

The bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 is launching a new era of leadership for U.S. semiconductor manufacturing and related industries. However, rebuilding the advanced electronics industry in the...

Forty-eight printed board designers from around the world have registered to compete in the IPC Design Competition 2023

IPC is monitoring a proposal recently published by the European Commission (EC) that would prohibit products in the European Union market made with forced labour. The current proposed draft would...

Last week, Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Eva Maydell expressed to participants of IPC’s European Executive Forum her commitment to see a European Chips Act that would bolster the entire semiconductor ecosystem, including those segments critical to...

IPC President and CEO John Mitchell invites you to join us in Washington, D.C. for a two-day meeting focused on the opportunities and challenges for next-generation advanced packaging production, public...

Leading companies in the electronics manufacturing industry are highly intentional about their environmental, social and governance (ESG) priorities, with climate change and energy use among the most closely scrutinized issues,...

The Hall of Fame Council, key contributors to IPC, and members from diverse backgrounds in electronics manufacturing provide strong backing and support for the IPC effort, with members of the...

IPC has recently released “Quality Benchmarks for the Electronics Assembly Industry,” a biennial report that compiles and analyzes survey results from over 50 assembly companies, mostly comprised of contract electronics...

There are new e-textiles standards activities forming under the IPC E-Textiles Committee.

Congratulations to Smarties, the IPC E-Textiles A-Team that developed the initial draft content for IPC-8981 and its IPC Test Methods, which won the Worker Bees of the Year Award.

As we noted in part one of our series, certification programs are based on exams designed to measure a person’s current competency while certificate programs are linked to training programs...

The terms “certification” and “certificate” are often used interchangeably, but in the world of credentials, there are well-defined differences. These differences have important implications for when and how your organization...

After years of trying to get the funding for the CHIPS Act passed via several different vehicles, the U.S. Congress acted quickly last week to approve a slimmed-down version of...

On July 19, the U.S. Senate passed a motion to proceed to debate on a slimmed down federal R&D bill that includes more than $52 billion funding to implement the...

To better support the needs of the growing UK EMS industry, IPC hosted the inaugural UK EMS Executive meeting in London on July 14.

Lorena Villanueva has joined IPC as Director of IPC Mexico.

John W. Mitchell, IPC president and CEO, announces IPC’s new subsidiary, IPC Electronics Europe GmbH

The U.S. Economy Needs the Bipartisan Innovation Act and the PCB Act

IPC is leading the charge and rallying support among our member companies and other industry groups for a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives that would, if enacted, benefit...

CalcuQuote, a supply chain solutions provider for the electronics manufacturing services (EMS) industry, in collaboration with IPC, has launched a beta version of their newest offering, StockCQ, a peer-to-peer platform...

To impact the lives of students interested to enter the industry, help is needed from companies serving the industry. The IPC Education Foundation has identified various ways for industry to...

IPC India is celebrating a decade of IPC involvement in India’s electronics manufacturing industry, supporting IPC in this corner of the world.

The U.S. Government is continuing to call on IPC as it plans its research and development (R&D) programs related to semiconductors and the broader electronics manufacturing ecosystem under the Creating...