Kelly Scanlon, IPC director of environment, health and safety policy and research
Last Tuesday, June 9, IPC partnered with the Information Technology Industry Council (ITI) to offer an educational conference for the electronics sector on critical environmental requirements. Previous conferences entailed a cross-country roadshow including stops in multiple cities from the East to West coasts.
IPC Workforce Development courses are a series of courses designed to facilitate the long-term retention of practical, job-specific knowledge and skills for electronics operators.
John Mitchell discusses innovation in the time of COVID-19
In this month’s (November 2020) report, you will find U.S. and European data on economic growth, employment, Manufacturer’s Sentiment (PMI) and end markets for electronics.
As the coronavirus pandemic has persisted, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has strengthened its worker health protections and increased the number of workplace inspections, resulting in an increase of citations for violating certain standards.
Welcome to the first edition of IPC E-Textiles Exchange Update, a monthly communication from IPC to announce the latest videos posted to IPC E-Textiles Exchange, a free and open online community for the e-textiles industry to learn and engage. Each month, IPC will post new video presentations and Deeper Dive discussions with subject matter experts from around the world. The site also includes a discussion board for you to interact with others in the IPC E-Textiles Exchange community.
If there is one takeaway from 2020, it’s that “business as usual” is in the rearview mirror. Supply chain disruptions associated with the coronavirus pandemic and the ensuing global recession have illustrated the shortsightedness of longstanding U.S. policy that has prioritized the growth of global trade over the resiliency of U.S. manufacturing.
How important is it to clean printed circuit boards to avoid electrical defects? According to Mike Konrad, Aqueous, a 4 percent reduction in peak reflow temperature can increase board contamination by up to 600 percent.
This morning, the U.S. Treasury Department released its long-awaited report on the foreign currency exchange policies of U.S. trading partners. While the U.S. placed ten countries on their monitoring list for potential violations, the report determined that Vietnam and Switzerland met the criteria to be designated as currency manipulators.