As one of the co-organizers of IMPACT 2025, the Global Electronics Association plays a pivotal role in driving the global conversation around advanced electronic packaging.
In March 2026, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) is expected to launch the much-awaited consultation on the draft opinion on PFAS restrictions issued by its Committee for Socio-Economic Analysis (SEAC).
Welcome to Industry Intelligence Insights, your monthly guide to the trends and data shaping the global electronics manufacturing landscape.
Representatives from global companies across the value chain were invited by AIAG, IPC, and SEMI to discuss and consider industry challenges by their importance as well as the feasibility of solutions.
Thanks to tremendous collaboration, IPC and our partners navigated an extraordinary year marked by significant global changes, including a new European Commission and European Parliament, new National Governments in place and in transition, a pending new U.S. administration, and geopolitical and economic upheaval worldwide.
The International Electronics Manufacturing Initiative (iNEMI) is conducting an industry-wide survey to assess the development of artificial intelligence (AI) and its implementation for automated optical inspection (AOI) in board assembly.
The International Electronics Manufacturing Initiative (iNEMI) announced publication of “Recommended Best Practices for Protecting the Reliability and Integrity of Electronic Products and Assemblies when Disinfecting for SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19).”
The electronics industry holds a dual responsibility: to create products that drive sustainable solutions to urgent global challenges and to ensure that manufacturing processes and materials minimize harm to human health and the environment. As the leading global electronics association, IPC recently surveyed the electronics industry to assess current perspectives on these commitments.
Today, IPC joined with almost 40 other industry groups in calling on European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to postpone the January deadline for a new chemicals database and to study related issues further before it goes forward.
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.