Industry News | 2023-11-06 12:16:39.0
IPC Releases October Global Sentiment of the Electronics Supply Chain Report
Industry News | 2024-01-08 12:40:25.0
Electronics Industry Sentiment Slips in Final Month of 2023
Industry News | 2003-06-09 08:40:10.0
The Opening Session and Annual Meeting during SMTA International will be held on Tuesday, September 23.
Industry News | 2010-06-11 15:59:00.0
BANNOCKBURN, IL — IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries® has released the A revision of IPC-9592, Requirements for Power Conversion Devices for the Computer and Telecommunications Industries. First released in 2008, IPC-9592 sets the requirements for power conversion devices (PCDs) in the computer and telecommunications industries, including design for reliability, design qualification testing, manufacturing conformance testing and quality processes.
Industry News | 2011-05-27 23:03:55.0
Two IEEE standards on setting criteria for environmentally preferable electronic equipment will soon be balloted. Although technically voluntary, these standards, under the Environmentally Preferable Electronics Assessment Tool (EPEAT) umbrella of standards, become de facto regulations due to President Obama’s Executive Order 13514 Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy, and Economic Performance that requires all government procurement to be certified to EPEAT.
Industry News | 2011-06-16 13:19:38.0
Counterfeit products are reported to have grown to a $600 billion business worldwide. The electronics assembly industry has been impacted, with reports of counterfeit feeders, spare parts and software causing equipment breakdowns and production delays. To assist IPC member companies in keeping their equipment and lines running, the Surface Mount Equipment Manufacturers Association (SMEMA) Council of IPC – Association Connecting Electronics Industries® is creating an “anti-counterfeit tool kit.”
Industry News | 2012-02-28 19:55:52.0
Count On Tools has added a Laser Marking & Engraving capability to its manufacturing operations at its facility in Gainesville, GA. The recent expansion is in response to the growing market for SMT nozzles and consumables as well as the increased demand for its precision contract machining services.
Industry News | 2012-09-11 19:10:13.0
. To help electronics manufacturers and their suppliers make sense of the rule, IPC – Association Connecting Electronics Industries® has developed, “Summary of the Final SEC Rules on Conflict Minerals,” a 7-page document that is downloadable as a PDF file.
Industry News | 2014-09-25 19:27:35.0
The world market for PCBs declined an estimated 2.2 percent in real terms in 2013, although real growth in North America was positive at 0.8 percent, according to IPC's World PCB Production Report for the Year 2013. Developed by a team of the world's leading PCB industry analysts, the annual study is the definitive source of PCB production data, indicating what kinds of PCBs are being made where. World PCB production in 2013 was valued at an estimated $59.4 billion.
Industry News | 2016-02-03 18:20:13.0
IPC announced the December 2015 findings from its monthly North American Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Statistical Program. Slow sales growth continued in December, bringing 2015 to a close at 0.4 percent growth over 2014. The book-to-bill ratio returned to parity at 1.00 in December.
