By Ken Schramko, senior director, North American government relations
U.S.
by Chris Mitchell, IPC vice president, global government relations
The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has published the official Federal Register notice increasing tariffs from 10 percent to 25 percent on another $200 billion worth of Chinese products, effective at 12:01 a.m. on Friday.
Meanwhile, the USTR also has added more products to the list of exclusions from the first round of tariffs.
IPC announces the addition of Michael Stone as senior director of sales to its staff at IPC headquarters in Bannockburn (Chicago), Ill.
As IPC’s senior director of sales, Stone is responsible for managing IPC’s sales efforts and growth goals.
By Denny Fritz, Fritz Consulting
We keep hearing that Asia is all consumer and automotive electronics and North America and Europe are all high reliability/long life.
IPC’s Emerging Engineer program provides mentoring and training to assist engineers early in their careers. John Mitchell, IPC president and CEO, explains the benefits in this new video.
https://youtu.be/QqdtqkPfDU8
By Chris Mitchell, IPC vice president of global government relations
[caption id="attachment_4678" align="alignleft" width="300"] IPC member company executives gathered in DC last week for a round of advocacy meetings.[/caption]
Top executives from electronics companies across the United States were in Washington, D.C., last week to ca
By Sharon Starr, director, IPC market research
The North American electronics manufacturing services (EMS) industry continued to enjoy positive year-to-date growth in the first quarter of 2019, but growth rates for both sales and orders are slowing, according to IPC’s first-quarter 2019 North American EMS Market Report. Order growth contrasts sharply with last year’s business results. EMS orders in 2018 were 13.5 percent above the previous year.
By Dennis Fritz, Fritz Consulting
Some interesting differences showed up in the board property data reported by the OEMs and PCB fabricators that participated in IPC’s PCB Technology Trends 2018 study. By and large, those differences indicate that PCB fabricators are well positioned to meet many of their OEM customers’ technical needs today, and their projections indicate their belief that they can stay ahead of the curve through 2023.
One example is the average maximum number of drilled holes per panel.
By Michael Carano, vice president, technology and business development, RBP Chemical Technology
The recent publication of IPC’s 2018 PCB Technology Trends study highlighted several significant trends that will impact the board fabricator going forward over the next five years.
Some of the most significant technology trends I see are in the materials segment. We all recognize that laminate materials are the substrates on which circuit boards are built.
By Kelly Scanlon, IPC Director of Environment, Health and Safety Policy and Research
The task of monitoring and complying with environmental, health and safety (EHS) rules that affect electronics companies and their products requires a watchful eye on all levels of government: local, state, national, and international.