Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are continuing to garner industry attention on a state, federal, and global level. This group of over 4,500 man-made chemicals has a wide range of uses - from consumer products to industrial applications. In fact, if you look in your home, you are likely to find dozens of products that potentially contain PFAS.
Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce released its first CHIPS for America funding opportunity to bolster U.S. semiconductor manufacturing. This first funding opportunity seeks applications for projects involving construction, expansion, or modernization of commercial facilities for the fabrication of leading-edge, current-generation, and mature-node semiconductors.
To better support the needs of the growing UK EMS industry, IPC hosted the inaugural UK EMS Executive meeting in London on July 14.
On July 19, the U.S. Senate passed a motion to proceed to debate on a slimmed down federal R&D bill that includes more than $52 billion funding to implement the CHIPS Act.
After years of trying to get the funding for the CHIPS Act passed via several different vehicles, the U.S. Congress acted quickly last week to approve a slimmed-down version of the competitiveness package formerly known as “USICA” and “America COMPETES” before the August recess.
The terms “certification” and “certificate” are often used interchangeably, but in the world of credentials, there are well-defined differences. These differences have important implications for when and how your organization invests in training and validation programs. In part 1 of this series, we’ll break down the meaning and characteristics of each term.
As we noted in part one of our series, certification programs are based on exams designed to measure a person’s current competency while certificate programs are linked to training programs meant to help individuals acquire new knowledge and skills. How and when you use these credentials depends on what you and your organization want to accomplish.
There are new e-textiles standards activities forming under the IPC E-Textiles Committee.
Congratulations to Smarties, the IPC E-Textiles A-Team that developed the initial draft content for IPC-8981 and its IPC Test Methods, which won the Worker Bees of the Year Award.
Introduction to PCB Design I and II are two online IPC courses dedicated to PCB design, scheduled for the next few months. The courses are held by Pietro Vergine, co-president of Leading Edge and IPC instructor.