IPC APEX EXPO Show Floor Sales Booming Back — Only Eight Percent of Show Floor Space Left

BANNOCKBURN, IL - With six months left until opening day at IPC APEX EXPO™ 2011, only eight percent of IPC’s targeted exhibit floor space remains available. According to Mary Mac Kinnon, IPC director of trade show sales, “It’s clear that companies in the electronic interconnect industry are driving hard to get back to pre-recession figures … and they know we offer a proven event to help them get there.” IPC APEX EXPO 2011 will be held April 12–14, at Mandalay Bay Resort & Convention Center in Las Vegas.

Mac Kinnon credits the show’s consistent value to attendees and exhibitors alike, “For a decade, our attendees and exhibitors have recognized that this event helps them achieve their goals. The exhibition, along with a premier technical conference and critical standards development meetings, provides attendees with a truly unique experience with unparalleled educational and networking opportunities. For exhibitors, our show is dynamic and consistently attracts a qualified international audience of industry executives in PCB manufacturing and electronics assembly worldwide.”

New this year, the IPC APEX EXPO show floor will feature a Solar Assembly and Solar Living Pavilion. The pavilion will include multimedia displays on solar panel assembly, lamination, tabbing, stringing and cell manufacturing, and will demonstrate the solar assembly process. In addition, solar panels set up to power a typical family room will be on display.

Nearly 10,000 executives and engineers/managers representing original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), printed circuit board (PCB) companies and electronics manufacturing services (EMS) providers along with the industry’s top suppliers are expected to be at IPC APEX EXPO 2011.

For information on all the activities taking place at IPC APEX EXPO 2011, including scholarships for attendees, visit http://www.IPCAPEXEXPO.org.

For more information about exhibiting at IPC APEX EXPO 2011, contact Mac Kinnon at +1 847-597-2886 or MaryMacKinnon@ipc.org.

IPC (www.IPC.org) is a global trade association based in Bannockburn, Ill., dedicated to the competitive excellence and financial success of its 2,700 member companies which represent all facets of the electronics industry, including design, printed board manufacturing, electronics assembly and test. As a member-driven organization and leading source for industry standards, training, market research and public policy advocacy, IPC supports programs to meet the needs of an estimated $1.7 trillion global electronics industry. IPC maintains additional offices in Taos, N.M.; Arlington, Va.; Garden Grove, Calif.; Stockholm, Sweden; Moscow, Russia; Bangalore, India; and Shanghai, Shenzhen and Beijing, China.