Orders, capacity utilization, and backlogs all increased in the past month, pushing electronics industry demand higher according to IPC’s February Sentiment of the Global Electronics Manufacturing Supply Chain Report. The Demand Index is at its highest level since May 2024. Profit margins remain under pressure, but the Profit Margin Index has risen for the second consecutive month.
Registration is now open for the Electrical Wire Processing Technology Expo (EWPTE), to be held at Baird Center May 6-8, 2025, in Milwaukee, Wis.
IPC, the global electronics association, announces the promotion of Gaurab Majumdar to vice president of Southeast Asia and India. This change underscores IPC’s continued dedication and recent increase in resources and investment to drive growth and innovation in one of Asia's most dynamic and strategically vital hubs for electronics and semiconductor manufacturing.
Trade Show Executive, the foremost magazine for the trade show industry, recognized IPC APEX EXPO 2024 as one of the top 100 fastest-growing trade shows in the United States for the number of exhibiting companies and net square footage.
As revealed this week by an annual survey conducted by in4ma and sponsored by IPC, the electronics manufacturing services (EMS) industry in Europe experienced negative 14 percent growth in printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) production in 2024.
The high regulatory and administrative burden in Europe has led to a decline in European competitiveness for the electronics industry in recent years. IPC has long advocated for a 25% reduction in regulations and smarter policies that drive both sustainability and industrial growth.
IPC/WHMA and Baird Center announce that for the second consecutive year, Electrical Wire Processing Technology Expo (EWPTE) has been recognized as a top 100 fastest growing show in the United States for net square footage and number of exhibiting companies by Trade Show Executive.
U.S. export control rules have changed significantly in the last decade, and more change is expected over the next few years as policymakers tackle the treatment of emerging and foundational technologies and respond to geopolitical developments.
The best technical conference papers of IPC APEX EXPO 2025 have been selected. Voted on through a ballot process by members of the IPC APEX EXPO Technical Conference Program Committee (TPC), the international group of paper authors will be recognized during show opening remarks on Tuesday, March 18.
In an effort to strengthen service to its more than 3,200 corporate global members, IPC announces the transition of two of its executive leadership staff into new IPC roles. Matt Kelly, who most recently served as IPC’s vice president of technology solutions, has assumed the role of vice president of standards & technology and remains chief technology officer (CTO). David Bergman, IPC’s longest tenured employee who served as IPC’s standards & technology vice president, has taken on the role of vice president of international relations.