IPC is making waves across South Asia, strengthening its government relations efforts to support the region’s rapidly evolving electronics and manufacturing industries. From India’s ambitious policy shifts to Malaysia’s expanding semiconductor sector and the UAE’s push for localized production, IPC is working closely with key stakeholders to ensure that manufacturers have the resources and policies they need to thrive in an increasingly competitive landscape.

Global trade and tariffs and impact upon global electronics industry.

Demand in the electronics industry recovered to 100 in December, marking the threshold between contraction and expansion after four consecutive months below this level according to IPC’s January Sentiment of the Global Electronics Manufacturing Supply Chain Report.

IPC announced today the December 2024 findings from its North American Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Statistical Program. The book-to-bill ratio stands at 1.19.

IPC announced today the December 2024 findings from its North American Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) Statistical Program. The book-to-bill ratio stands at 1.26.

IPC announced today the November 2024 findings from its North American Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) Statistical Program. The book-to-bill ratio stands at 1.18.

IPC announced today the November 2024 findings from its North American Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Statistical Program. The book-to-bill ratio stands at 1.15.

Throughout the year, the IPC Government Relations team keeps an eye on the sausage-making so you don’t have to, although we do need your help in the kitchen. Fortunately, over the last year, we’ve seen evidence that our collaborative efforts are working, setting the table for more progress going forward.

Thanks to tremendous collaboration, IPC and our partners navigated an extraordinary year marked by significant global changes, including a new European Commission and European Parliament, new National Governments in place and in transition, a pending new U.S. administration, and geopolitical and economic upheaval worldwide.

Two of Europe’s top standard-setting bodies, CEN and CENELEC, are organising an extended stakeholder dialogue in 2025, through a series of workshops, on the Digital Product Passports (DPPs) for Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs).