Industry News | 2011-01-22 00:14:56.0
IPC has released IPC-1071, Best Industry Practices for Intellectual Property Protection in Printed Board Manufacturing, to assist printed board manufacturers in the development of requirements for the protection of intellectual property (IP) for their customers in commercial, industrial, military and other high reliability markets.
Industry News | 2011-01-22 00:27:29.0
Design, assembly, soldering, repair, rework, inspection, and materials choice are all variables to be juggled as electronics manufacturers worldwide work with new component types, high speed signals and lead-free technology. To assist them in making the best choices for producing reliable electronics, IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries® is holding the IPC Conference on Quality, Reliability and Acceptability for Electronics Manufacturing in Budapest, Hungary, on 22–24 February 2011.
Industry News | 2011-05-12 22:22:56.0
A market analysis prepared for the U.S. Air Force by IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries® shows an estimated one-third of all printed circuit boards (PCBs) for U.S. defense or military systems are produced outside North America.
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 | 2019-05-27 21:05:23.0
Top executives from electronics companies across the United States are in Washington, D.C., this week to endorse the proposed U.S.-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement (USMCA) and call on the Trump Administration and Congress to support policies that will drive advanced manufacturing.
Industry News | 2020-03-12 06:00:54.0
IPC's Validation Services Program has awarded an IPC J-STD-001 and IPC-A-610 Qualified Manufacturers Listing (QML) to Fabrication Technologies Inc./IGM Solutions (FabTech-IGM) located in Libertyville, Ill. FabTech-IGM is a leader in contract manufacturing, engineering, fabrication and integration of electronic and metal products. Following the top down approach, a customer encouraged the company to seek the IPC certification to assist with their internal continuous improvement projects. FabTech-IGM successfully completed an intensive audit, based on two of IPC's foremost standards: IPC J-STD-001, Requirements for Soldered Electrical and Electronic Assemblies and IPC-A-610, Acceptability of Electronic Assemblies.
Industry News | 2024-03-26 13:55:04.0
Today's system solutions combine more varied functionality, such as digital, analog, optical, micro-mechanical, etc., packed into smaller form factors. As a result, electronics manufacturing has to deliver increasingly complex integration of diverse technologies with system designs that blur the distinction between chip, package, board, and assembly.
Industry News | 2008-09-02 15:34:36.0
Minneapolis, MN � The 2008 Charles Hutchins Educational Grant recipient, Lei Nie, a graduate student in the field of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Maryland, has been selected by the SMTA Grant Committee for her project entitled "Reliability of Reballed and Reworked Plastic Ball Grid Arrays in SnPb and SAC Assembly Process".
Industry News | 2010-10-16 19:00:32.0
IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries® invites researchers, technical experts and industry leaders to submit abstracts for poster presentations at IPC APEX EXPO™, the industry’s premier conference and exhibition for printed board design and manufacturing, electronics assembly and test, April 12–14, 2011, at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Convention Center, Las Vegas.
Industry News | 2012-07-19 13:18:21.0
The Opening Keynote Session and Annual Meeting at SMTA International, October 16, 2012, will feature Brooks R. Kimmel, NASA Speakers Bureau, as the keynote speaker.
