With no major trend shifts over the last month, electronics industry sentiment was relatively unchanged from September. Product demand has held steady, with costs continuing to improve per IPC’s October 2023 Global Sentiment of the Electronics Supply Chain Report.
IPC releases October 2023 Economic Outlook Report
Registration is now open for the 2024 WHMA Annual Global Leadership Summit, the industry’s only annual executive networking event for the cable and wire harness manufacturing industry including manufacturers, their suppliers, and customers.
IPC’s Taiwan Region Hand Soldering and Rework Competition 2023 was held in Taipei City, Taiwan on October 13, 2023.
IPC CEMAC 2023, with a theme of “Building an Intelligent Future: Innovation and Cooperation in the Electronics Industry,” was held successfully in Shanghai on October 27, 2023. The event drew a crowd of more than 300 attendees from 200+ companies across the electronics industry.
IPC APEX EXPO 2024 attendees can expand their global network and meet with electronics industry innovators and connect with peers throughout the show floor, in technical conference sessions, professional development courses, standards development meetings, special networking events, and social receptions at the Anaheim Convention Center, April 6–11, 2024. Registration is now open.
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) approved IPC’s National Program Standards of Apprenticeship – the first-ever in the U.S. electronics manufacturing industry – in a move designed to expand the skilled workforce for this strategically vital industry.
Washington, DC, November 20, 2023 – The U.S. Government’s announcement today of a national strategy for “advanced packaging” under the CHIPS for America Program is a big step toward ensuring the resiliency and security of the U.S. supply chain for advanced electronics.
IPC announced today the October 2023 findings from its North American Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) Statistical Program. The book-to-bill ratio stands at 1.23.
IPC announced today the October 2023 findings from its North American Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Statistical Program. The book-to-bill ratio stands at 0.97.