This blog post will be linked to Exec Briefing April 2021 issue
IPC’s Emerging Engineer program, launched in 2016, provides early career professionals an opportunity to learn from dedicated industry volunteers who participate in IPC standards development.
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.
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.
Meijing Liu, CID+, is a senior PCB designer for Microart Services, an EMS company in Markham, Ontario, Canada. She recently took a six-week milaero PCB design class from IPC’s Kris Moyer, and she was surprised at how much content she was able to absorb in such a short time. I spoke with Meijing and we discussed some of her takeaways from the class, and how it has inspired her to pursue more design education in the future.
On the eve of IPC Day EMS Europe, more than 90 executives from leading EMS and PCB manufacturing companies came together aboard the elegant Onyx cruise ship for the EMS Presidents’ Dinner. Hosted by the Global Electronics Association in partnership with in4ma and IFTEC, the exclusive evening offered a unique mix of networking, knowledge exchange, and cultural experience.
In mid-July, IPC’s Vice President of Education David Hernandez and Director of Workforce Partnerships Cory Blaylock, traveled to Washington, D.C. to tackle one of the most pressing issues in the electronics manufacturing industry: workforce development.
The Global Electronics Association provides members with tools, training, insights, and connections to stay competitive and shape the industry’s future.
IPC Workforce Training courses are specifically designed to help the electronics industry overcome gaps in workforce skills with essential and value-added coursework that addresses the most difficult-to-fill positions in the electronics industry.
America and Europe are all high reliability/long life. The findings in IPC’s PCB Technology Trends 2018 study show that these regions are not as different as expected, and the differences we do see are interesting.