Per IPC’s August Global Sentiment of the Electronics Supply Chain Report, current conditions for the electronics supply chain remain challenging, with 86 percent of electronics manufacturers experiencing rising material costs, while 76 percent indicate labor costs are increasing. Supporting data from IPC’s August Economic Report indicate a slowing economy, with an ongoing debate among experts about the possibility of a recession.
IPC, the global electronics manufacturing industry association, yesterday sent a letter to U.S. President Donald Trump, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, urging them to launch a trilateral initiative to mobilize industrial base support for the continuing medical response related to COVID-19.
WHMA/IPC has decided to postpone M-EXPO 2022 due to a variety of health, safety, economic and travel concerns.
If you have expertise or passion to create a greener future that benefits both industry and environment and want to contribute to establishing a best practice design methodology, please reach out to Patrick Crawford at PatrickCrawford@ipc.org.
IPC invites experts in all areas of cleaning and coating for electronic assemblies to submit technical conference abstracts for the High-Reliability Cleaning and Conformal Coating Conference, presented by IPC and SMTA, to be held November 3-5, 2020 in Dallas, Texas.
IPC announces the addition of Suhani Chitalia to its environmental health and safety staff within the Washington, D.C.-based global government relations team.
As the electronics industry continues to respond to new challenges emerging daily on COVID-19, IPC answered the industry’s request to continue IPC certification and provide provisions for those individuals working from home office
In recognition of their leadership and contributions to IPC and the electronics industry within the past five years, IPC presented IPC Rising Star awards to Milea Kammer, Ph.D., Honeywell Aerospace; Matt Kelly, IBM; Hans-Peter Tranitz, Ph.D., Continental Automotive, GmbH; and MaryAlice Gill, Jabil Circuit at IPC APEX EXPO 2019
IPC has announced the July 2022 findings from its North American Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) Statistical Program. The book-to-bill ratio stands at 1.39.
IPC has announced the July 2022 findings from its North American Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Statistical Program. The book-to-bill ratio stands at 0.98.