Featured White Paper

TRADE FLOWS STUDY
Interconnected: Global Electronics Trade in an Age of Disruption
While many discussions focus on where a product is assembled, this report emphasizes the critical importance of where it begins: where components are made, sourced, and moved.

Industry Intelligence Briefs

NORTH AMERICA
Copper Tariffs and the Hidden Costs to U.S. Electronics Manufacturing

Technology

Artificial Intelligence

Unlocking AI for Automated Optical Inspection
AI has shown significant potential in AOI, particularly in improving detection accuracy, reducing manual intervention, and improving production efficiency.
AI-Based Data Centers - Technologies, Supply Chains, and Resiliency Gaps
This white paper explores the actions needed to improve the supply chain resiliency of U.S.-based artificial intelligence (AI) data centers and the electronics used in them.
Industry Intelligence
Market Intelligence Capabilities
The Global Electronics Association delivers data-driven insights that help decision-makers understand, anticipate, and shape the future of the electronics industry.

Sustainability

Why Double Material Assessments Matter: Compliance and Competitive Advantage
This white paper offers a roadmap for companies in the electronics industry to navigate the European Union’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and leverage double materiality assessments (DMAs) for sustainable growth and competitive differentiation.
White Paper - Navigating E-Mobility Sustainability - Part 1
Evolving Compliance and ESG Requirements for Electronics Suppliers
White Paper - Navigating E-Mobility Sustainability - Part 2
Evolving Compliance and ESG Requirements for Electronics Suppliers

Advanced Packaging

Advanced Packaging to Board Level Integration -- Needs and Challenges
This white paper highlights the technical challenges from a system-level packaging perspective as advanced heterogeneous integrated packages are assembled to the board.

Design

Better Electronics by Design: Next Generation Design Needs
This white paper explores the elements of the "Design for Excellence" methodology, rethinking how it needs to be defined and applied in the full ecosystem of electronics design

Workforce and Training

Building Electronics Better: A Plan to Address the Workforce Challenges
The white paper targets both immediate labor market needs and the long-term sustainability and growth of the industry by building a skilled, adaptable, and motivated workforce.
Download the Training ROI White Paper
Includes key findings and recommendations as well as an appendix full of tools to help you calculate baseline data and training ROI.

Europe

REPORT
Securing the European Union's Electronics Ecosystem

Chief Technologist Council

Outlook for Data Analytics in the Electronics Manufacturing Industry
Discover key insights from IPC’s Chief Technologist Council in this white paper, highlighting the growing importance of data analytics in electronics manufacturing. Learn what machine data can be captured, how to overcome challenges in data aggregation, and the trends shaping factory operations today and in the future.
Complex Integrated Systems: The Future of Electronics Manufacturing
Many critical CIS applications that are now scaling into mass adoption require increasing levels of integration across heterogeneous technologies. Demands are inspiring product designers to seek innovative designs, materials, and assembly processes to manufacture complex integrated system enabled products.