IPC Digital Factory at IPC APEX EXPO 2019 to Spotlight Real-world Implementation of IPC CFX Standard
by David Bergman, vice president, Standards and Training
If you had the chance to align your EMS facility with Industry 4.0, set up seamless data communication between all equipment on your line – even conveyors – and be able to track production on all the equipment from any part of the world, would you do it? If you are a machine vendor, would you like to get out of the business of developing and managing bespoke interfaces for your customer?
IPC will soon roll out a new membership campaign that will focus on how the electronics industry builds the electronics that improve the quality of life for billions around the globe.
And we want help from IPC members.
Do you have a story to tell about how IPC membership has helped your organization consistently deliver high-quality, high-reliability products that keep us safer, more secure, improve our health or simply make our lives better? If so, we’d like to interview you onsite at IPC APEX EXPO 2019.
On both sides of the Atlantic, the political waters are turbulent, creating uncertainties about the opportunities for meaningful policy actions.
In Washington, D.C., things are getting back to “normal” after a five-week government shutdown that was prompted by President’s Trump demand for a US-Mexico border wall.
By Chris Mitchell, IPC Vice President of Global Government Relations
IPC’s most recent annual conference and trade show, IPC APEX EXPO 2019, took place in late January, and by all indications, it was among the best IPC shows ever!
IPC President and CEO John Mitchell discusses the IPC Education Foundation, an organization that focuses on strengthening and shaping the next generation of workers by preparing the talent pipeline and offering scholarships to deserving students.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0hNwcaCKG4
By Chris Mitchell, vice president, global government relations
As the hours tick closer to the end of February, negotiators for the United States and China are attempting to solve in weeks trade and economic issues that have lasted for decades. Last week, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer attended high-level trade talks in Beijing.
By Chris Jorgensen, IPC director, technology transfer; IPC staff liaison to V-TSL MVIA Weak Interface Microvia Failures Technology Solutions Subcommittee
In early 2018, Jerry Magera and J.R. Strickland, Motorola, answered a call for white papers from the IPC V-TSL Technology Solutions Committee.
Statement from IPC President and CEO John Mitchell
Representing the views of more than 2,500 U.S. companies engaged in the global electronics industry, and their nearly 1 million workers, IPC – Association Connecting Electronics Industries, is joining the new USMCA Coalition. which is being launched today in Washington by the U.S.
By Chris Mitchell, IPC Vice President, Global Government Relations
The finish line may be in sight in a decade-long effort to persuade the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to curb unnecessary and duplicative Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) reporting requirements that discourage recycling of manufacturing byproducts.
In January, EPA sent the White House Office of Management and Budget a draft proposal to make changes to the current Chemical Data Reporting (CDR) regulations.
by Chris Jorgensen, director, technology transfer
IPC invites innovators, technologists, materials suppliers, electrical engineers and academicians to submit technical conference abstracts and educational course proposals for IPC E-TEXTILES Europe 2019 to be held on November 12, 2019 in Munich, Germany.
IPC E-TEXTILES Europe 2019 will provide a platform for presenters and their companies to promote their expertise in e-textiles technologies to key contacts from such industries as fashion design, health and medical, sports and athletics, automotive and military/aerospace.
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