Ensuring Excellence: IPC-A-610 Process Optimization and Ensuring Excellence: IPC-J-STD-001 Process Optimization are designed to provide electronics professionals with the knowledge and skills to set up reliable, high-quality assembly processes that meet IPC standards. They offer practical insights into various aspects of electronics assembly.
As the U.S. Congress was making progress this week on a budget framework and annual defense authorization and spending bills for the coming year, more than a dozen senior executives from electronics manufacturing services (EMS) companies joined IPC in the nation’s capital for the EMS Leadership Public Policy Roundtable. This two-day event featured expert-led discussions, networking and socializing, and meetings with lawmakers in their offices on Capitol Hill.
The funding landscape for workforce development is evolving. While federal grant freezes and shifting policies have introduced some uncertainty, there are still viable opportunities available for companies in the Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) industry.
As revealed this week by an annual survey conducted by in4ma and sponsored by IPC, the electronics manufacturing services (EMS) industry in Europe experienced negative 14 percent growth in printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) production in 2024.
Introduction to PCB Design I and II are two online IPC courses dedicated to PCB design, scheduled for the next few months. The courses are held by Pietro Vergine, co-president of Leading Edge and IPC instructor.
Last week, IPC, ITI, and the Anthesis Group partnered to host an informative one-hour webinar aimed to demystify the complexities of the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) for the electronics manufacturing industry.
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PRIDE Industries is the United States’ leading employer of people with disabilities and those with other barriers to employment, including veterans and former foster youth.
On a news-filled day at the Department of Commerce, IPC CEO John W. Mitchell hosted the agency’s chief export enforcement officer to speak candidly with members.
The latest EU Competitiveness Report, authored by former European Central Bank President Mario Draghi and released this month, is a compelling call to action that should serve as a framework for policy action in Brussels and capitals across Europe.