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.
Electronics industry comments on EPA's proposed rules on PFAS
The U.S. Government is continuing to call on IPC as it plans its research and development (R&D) programs related to semiconductors and the broader electronics manufacturing ecosystem under the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Act.
IPC India is celebrating a decade of IPC involvement in India’s electronics manufacturing industry, supporting IPC in this corner of the world.
To impact the lives of students interested to enter the industry, help is needed from companies serving the industry. The IPC Education Foundation has identified various ways for industry to connect with talented individuals.
CalcuQuote, a supply chain solutions provider for the electronics manufacturing services (EMS) industry, in collaboration with IPC, has launched a beta version of their newest offering, StockCQ, a peer-to-peer platform for OEM and EMS companies to directly trade inventory with each other.
EPA is extending compliance deadlines to March 8, 2022, for the prohibitions on processing and distribution and the associated recordkeeping requirements.
A 14-minute video, “Electronics Materials: From Vectors to Circles” by Roger L. Franz, a longtime leader in electronics and materials technologies and IPC Thought Leaders Program member, highlights the existing knowledge, standards, and assessment tools that are available to meet this challenge.
The European Commission plans to introduce a “European Chips Act” to provide a European vision and strategy to boost cutting-edge semiconductor manufacturing capacity in the region.