Three IPC volunteers who have fostered a collaborative spirit, made significant contributions to standards development, and have consistently demonstrated a commitment to global standardization efforts, were presented with a Dieter Bergman IPC Fellowship award at IPC APEX EXPO 2023.

In recognition of their leadership roles and support of IPC standards, education, advocacy, and solutions to industry challenges, three of the industry’s best and brightest were presented with an IPC Rising Star Award at IPC APEX EXPO 2023. Award recipients were Sarah Czaplewski-Campbell, Paige Fiet, and Christina Trussell.         

In recognition of their leadership and their significant contributions of time and talent to IPC and the electronics manufacturing industry, three IPC volunteers were presented with the IPC President’s Award at IPC APEX EXPO in San Diego, Calif on January 24, 2023. Recipients were Steven Bowles, Lockheed Martin; Stan Rak, SF Rak Company; and Savita Ganjigatti, Sienna ECAD Technologies Private Limited.     

IPC presented its highest corporate honors to two IPC member companies, Zentech Manufacturing, Inc. and AT&S during the IPC Annual Meeting/Awards Ceremony at IPC APEX EXPO 2023. The Peter Sarmanian Corporate Recognition Award was presented to AT&S. and the Stan Plzak Corporate Recognition Award was presented to Zentech Manufacturing Inc.       

The best technical conference papers of IPC APEX EXPO 2023 have been selected. Voted on through a ballot process by members of the IPC APEX EXPO Technical Program Committee (TPC), the paper authors will be recognized during show opening remarks on Tuesday, January 24.

In conjunction with electronica 2022, IPC hosted its popular IPC Hand Soldering Competition World Championship in Munich, Germany November 15, 2022, welcoming 10 competitors from across the globe.