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IPC-Association Connecting Electronics Industries

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 $1.5 trillion global electronics industry. IPC maintains additional offices in Taos, N.M.; Arlington, Va.; Garden Grove, Calif.; Stockholm, Sweden; and Shanghai, China.

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How low can we go? Designer-driven strategies for reducing the manufacturing cost of circuit boards. Read more Magic touch Using two—or all 10—fingers on a touch screen to manipulate information may look like wizardry. But multi-touch technology promises to become indispensable. Read more		IPC J-STD-004 Revision B Requirements for Soldering Fluxes View the show Death of a PCB salesman Greg Papandrew discusses best practices in sales. Listen now

Solder paste with craters Our boards have craters in the paste on the pads after being printed. Not all pads are deposited this way, only 25 percent. These craters have an air bubble in them. Could these craters be a symptom of the cause of the solder fines? Liquid masking deposition process Is there a process for applying liquid mask to protect areas of a board from being soldered while reducing labor and increasing repeatability, and also reducing the amount of soils placed in our aqueous washers?		Despite recent signals of stalling U.S. growth, U.S. retail sales rose by 1% in May, the largest rise since November 2007. Rigid PCB and EMS shipments continued their upward momentum.

IPC Printed Circuits Expo, APEX, and the Designers Summits
March 31-April 2, 2009 Las Vegas, Nev.

IPC Midwest Conference and Exhibition
September 20-25, 2008
Schaumburg, IL

2008 International Printed Circuit & Electronics Assembly Fair
December 3-5, 2008
Shenzhen, China.

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Events

IPC Midwest Conference & Exhibition
September 20 - 25, 2008 — Schaumburg, IL

HDI Technology Conference: Building the Supply Chain and Infrastructure
October 6 - 8, 2008 — Dallas, Texas

IPCWorks Asia
October 15–16, 2008 — Shenzhen, China

IPC Designers Day
October 22, 2008 — Irvine, California

News

August 13, 2008: Working Assembly Line Featured at IPC Midwest

August 12, 2008: IPC Midwest's Technical Conference and Professional Development Courses Propel Industry Forward

August 8, 2008: Growing HDI Market — IPC Conference to Help North American PCB Companies Raise Competitive Advantage

August 5, 2008: IPC Launches Online Exhibit Hall — Beyond the Show Floor

August 5, 2008: U.S. IPC Executive Market & Technology Forum Conference and Management Meetings Focus on the Future

August 1, 2008: IPC To Hold IPC-9592 Power Conversion Conference
First-Ever Power Conversion Standard Coming Soon

July 28, 2008: IPC Survey Reveals Electronics Industry Not Prepared For REACH

July 25, 2008: IPC Releases PCB Industry Results for June 2008

July 22, 2008: IPC Midwest Welcomes Growing List of First-Time Exhibitors

July 22, 2008: Cleaning for the 21st Century: IPC and SMTA Host Symposium on High Performance Electronics Assembly Cleaning

July 10, 2008: IPC Meetings in Berlin Focus on High Impact Trends Shaping the Electronics Industry of the Future

July 9, 2008: Box Build Training and Certification Now Available on DVD from IPC

June 30, 2008: IPC Releases PCB Industry Results for May 2008

June 27, 2008: IPC Midwest Keynote to Unlock Secrets of the Future of IndyCars

June 25, 2008: IPC Brussels Meeting on RoHS Revisions Identifies Concerns with Öko-Institut Study

June 18, 2008: IPC Midwest Show Proves Staying Local Can Pay Off

June 18, 2008: New IPC SMEMA Council Leadership Sets Sights on Benefits to All Members, Big and Small