IPC standards deliver on consistency, high-reliability, and quality for the electronics industry from consensus requirements for design, manufacture and acceptance of printed boards, assemblies, and cables.
Electronics industry comments on EPA's proposed rules on PFAS
This week, the European Institutions reached provisional agreement on the European Chips Act, paving the way for the region’s introduction of an important framework to build out innovation in the European semiconductor ecosystem and security of supply for Europe’s industries.
IPC this week took part in a European Commission Industrial Forum feedback exercise to identify EU legislation with the heaviest reporting burdens for manufacturers in the European Union. The exercise follows European Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen’s commitment to simplify reporting burdens and reduce them by 25%.
IPC, the Consumer Technology Association™ (CTA) and Information Technology Industry Council (ITI) filed a joint comment to the Environmental Protection Agency reinstating the importance of an articles exemption to proposed Significant New Use Rules (SNUR) on three flame retardants, TCEP, TBBPA, and TPP.
In short, 2023 has been a very interesting year for the electronics industry in the halls of government. So far this year, we have witnessed many policy developments that IPC and its members and allies have been advocating for years.
IPC and Continental Automotive’s HERMES Day Successfully Held at Continental Jingyue Branch in China
To help the industry better address the challenges of Industry 4.0 and transition towards digital intelligent manufacturing, IPC, in collaboration with Continental Automotive China SMT Club and Continental Automotive Electronics (Changchun) Co., Ltd. Jingyue Branch, successfully held HERMES Day at the Jingyue Factory on August 16.
IPC is advocating for a 13.5-year minimum transition period to the European Chemical Agency’s (ECHA) proposed restriction on all per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The ECHA proposal was put forward by five Member States in the European Union (EU) and would ban manufacture, market placement, and use of all PFAS.
The electronics manufacturing industry this week urged U.S. policy makers to take a “silicon-to-system” approach to CHIPS Act implementation and to step up efforts to build a high-skilled workforce for the industry’s needs.