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Discover the newest innovations and hear from the best minds in the electronics manufacturing industry. IPC APEX EXPO 2024 will be our industry’s largest event in North America featuring a world-class trade show, professional development courses taught by industry experts, non-stop networking and more! IPC APEX EXPO 2024 will also host the Electronic Circuits World Convention 16 (ECWC16) Technical Conference featuring cutting-edge technical presentations. Join us in Anaheim, California, April 6-11, 2024.

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IPC Issues Call for Participation for the Electronic Circuits World Convention 16 (ECWC16) and IPC APEX EXPO 2024

IPC is now accepting abstracts for technical paper presentations and technical posters for the Electronic Circuits World Convention 16 (ECWC16) at IPC APEX EXPO 2024, and professional development courses at IPC APEX EXPO 2024. The technical conference will be held April 9-11, and professional development courses will take place April 7-8, and 11, 2024, at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, Calif.

The industry’s premier conference and exhibition for the electronics industry, IPC APEX EXPO provides presenters and their companies with a notable and cost-effective opportunity to promote their expertise and gain visibility with key engineers, managers, and executives from all segments of the industry worldwide.

The Electronic Circuits World Convention (ECWC16) is an international PCB symposium held every three years, in different cities worldwide. ECWC provides a valuable platform to encourage knowledge sharing about the latest information on global PCB demand, PCB manufacturing processes, and to promote the domestic PCB industry in every country and every region.

To recognize exceptional achievement, the IPC Technical Program Committee (TPC) will select the top qualifying papers and one top poster for awards. Awards include “Best of Conference,” “NextGen Best Paper,” “Best Student Research Paper,” and “Best Technical Poster.” 

“IPC is proud to be the host of ECWC16,” said Julia Gumminger, manager, IPC professional development and events. “We look forward to seeing the exciting new work from our colleagues in the global electronics manufacturing industry. Attendees of technical sessions will benefit from a broader perspective on what’s next in electronics manufacturing. Our professional development courses remain one of the strongest offerings at IPC APEX EXPO, where experts from all areas of the industry, including design, materials, assembly, processes, equipment, and Industry 4.0 share their expertise.”

For technical conference paper presentations and posters, ECWC16 and IPC seek abstracts that describe significant results from research experiments, highlight new techniques or materials, and/or discuss cutting-edge trends and challenges facing the electronics manufacturing industry. All submissions must be non-commercial, summarizing original and previously unpublished work covering case histories, research, and discoveries. Conference speakers are entitled to a free one-day conference pass for the day of their presentations. Papers will be published in a proceedings document, and both paper and poster presentations will be delivered in person at ECWC16 at IPC APEX EXPO 2024 in Anaheim. Deadline for abstract submissions is September 18, 2023.

For professional development courses, IPC seeks abstracts for three-hour sessions of live instruction covering all aspects of electronics manufacturing. Courses can be offered as one 3-hour session or two 3-hour sessions (offered as Part 1 & Part 2 for a total of 6 hours). Honoraria and travel expense stipends are offered to professional development instructors. Professional development abstracts are due August 28, 2023.          

To submit an abstract, visit www.ipcapexexpo.org/CFP. For more information on IPC APEX EXPO 2023, visit www.ipcapexexpo.org.

IPC Rolls out Red Carpet for Standards A-Team Volunteers at Annual Golden Globe Awards Ceremony at IPC SummerCom

Seven new awards categories announced

The third annual Golden Gnome Awards ceremony was held on May 16, 2023, at IPC SummerCom. The awards recognize the outstanding and creative work of IPC A-Teams, dedicated groups of volunteers within IPC standards working groups who take on a significant amount of work on behalf of their groups. A highly sought-after award, each Golden Gnome Award trophy is created using one of IPC’s resident 3D printers and then hand-painted by an IPC staff liaison.    

“The Golden Gnome Awards dinner is a unique and creative way to honor our A-Team members,” said Teresa Rowe, IPC senior director, assembly and standards technology, “and the celebration gets more exciting and elaborate every year. We added new awards this year and provided a red-carpet entry and Golden Gnome photo op for attendees, giving everyone a chance to celebrate their gnome enthusiasm.”  A gallery of photos from the event can be found on IPC’s Flickr page. 

The 2023 Golden Gnome Award winners are:

  • A-Team Name of the Year Award: Looks Like a Hangover. This award, which is selected by a vote of the IPC Committee Chair Council, goes to the A-Team with the most creative name.
  • Best Visual Effects Artist: Robert Cooke, NASA Johnson Space Center. This award goes to an A-Team member who has provided significant support to the development of graphics for their team’s standard. Support can include drawing illustrations or securing images for the standard. Open to all A-Team members, this award can be won more than once.
  • Designer Top Contributor Award: The Creeps. This award recognizes an A-Team or an individual from an A-Team for outstanding design-related contributions to IPC standards development.
  • Emerging Engineer Award: Tyler Siebert, Lockheed Martin Missiles & Fire Control.  This award is presented to one emerging engineer A-Team member who has shown a high level of active participation on one or more A-Teams.
  • Editor of the Year Award: Scott Meyer, Collins Aerospace. This award recognizes outstanding work in editing documents as part of the A-Team.
  • Globetrotter Award: Tiberiu Baranyi, Flextronics Romania SRL; Michael Schleicher, Semikron Elektronik GmbH Co. KG. This award recognizes A-Team members who have demonstrated leadership and initiative in working with individuals and teams from outside their country for the benefit of their A-Team.
  • Gnoble Gnome Award: Jim Blanche, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (posthumous) This award recognizes the lifetime or long-term achievement of A-Team members who have demonstrated dedicated A-Team participation or leadership over multiple years and/or have shaped the way A-Teams work in developing IPC standards.
  • Gnome’s Choice Award: Randy Bremner, Northrop Grumman. This award goes to the favorite A-Team member in attendance at IPC SummerCom selected by IPC SummerCom attendees through Roman Ballot. Open to all A-Team members, it can be won more than once.
  • Gnome Spirit Award: Joe Geiger, Bally Ribbon Mills; Milea Kammer, Honeywell International. This award is presented to A-Team members who have exemplified through their A-Team activity the spirit of being an A-Team member.
  • Gnometastic Award – Christina Rutherford, Honeywell Aerospace. This award goes to a volunteer who is an active participant on the most A-Teams. Staff liaisons will verify active participation on each roster. Open to all A-Team members, it can be won more than once.
  • Guardianome Award: Symon Franklin, Custom Interconnect Ltd.; Garry McGuire, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. This award goes to the A-Team member who went over and beyond in helping to prepare a proposed standard for ballot during the eligibility period. This person will have provided a staff liaison with special support in the preparation of proposed standard for ballot documentation. Open to all A-Team members, this award can be won more than once.
  • High-Five Award: Michael Ford, Aegis Software UK; Symon Franklin, Custom Interconnect Ltd.; Jan Pedersen, NCAB Group AB; Ekaterina Stees, Lockheed Martin-Missiles & Fire Control; Debbie Wade, Advanced Rework Technology. These awards go to the five A-Team members who posted the most original content to IPC Works during the eligibility period. This award is open to all A-Team members and can be won more than once.
  • Innovator Gnome: 5-26a A-Team. This award recognizes the creative or innovative activity of an A-Team member that led to a new standard or significant change to an existing standard. Open to all A-Team members, this award can be won more than once.
  • IPC Works Leaderboard Award: Tiberiu Baranyi, Flextronics Romania SRL wins this award for the second year in a row. This award recognizes A-Team members with the most activity on IPC Works, IPC’s standards development community’s collaboration, and networking intranet.
  • Outstanding A-Team Member of the Year: Tim Pearson, Collins Aerospace. This award is presented to an A-Team member who has gone above and beyond in their A-Team participation. 
  • Rookie of the Year – Xu Liu, Apple. This award goes to one new A-Team member during an eligibility period, who has made provided significant support to their A-Team. This award goes to an individual who became an A-Team member for the first time during the eligibility period. This award can only be won once.
  • Worker Bees of the Year Award: The Terminators. This award is presented to A-Teams that have shown the most activity in IPC Works in the development of their standard.

For more information on IPC’s Golden Gnome Awards, contact Teresa Rowe, IPC senior director of assembly and standards technology, at TeresaRowe@ipc.org. For industry members interested in joining an IPC standards development committee and charting a path to their own Golden Gnome Award, visit www.ipc.org/ipc-standards.

IPC and TEEMA Sign MoU to Support the Electronics Manufacturing Industry’s Digital Transformation

On May 17, 2023, IPC and Taiwan Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers’ Association (TEEMA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the Electrical Wire Processing Technology Expo (EWPTE) in Milwaukee, Wis., USA. The MoU aims to promote the adoption and use of IPC-2591, Connected Factory Exchange, the plug-and-play industry standard for factory communication which sets the baseline for companies to achieve Industry 4.0.

The MoU marks the two organizations’ joint efforts and commitment in promoting the digital transformation of the electronics manufacturing industry. Through cooperation, IPC and TEEMA have agreed to promote global acceptance and adoption of IPC’s international standards, raise the industry's awareness of IPC-2591, and encourage enterprises to accelerate the pace of digital transformation to adapt to changing market demands and technology development.

“IPC and TEEMA share a mutual goal of supporting the electronics industry’s digital transformation,” said IPC President and CEO John W. Mitchell. “TEEMA has played a very important role in promoting the implementation of the IPC CFX standard. We firmly believe that the partnership between IPC and TEEMA and our joint efforts to promote the electronics industry’s digital transformation will certainly propel industry through the next industrial revolution.”

Added Sydney Xiao, president, IPC Asia, “I am confident that the strength of our partnership and commitment to serve the needs of our members will be the cornerstone of IPC and TEEMA’s cooperative efforts. We look forward to actively driving the digital transformation of the industry, which in turn drives the competitive excellence and financial success of our member companies.”

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Electronics Industry Leaders Call on Congress to Support $100M in PCB Sector Funding

Funds would help ensure success of the CHIPS Act and Biden’s “Presidential Determination” on PCBs

Senior executives of 26 electronics manufacturing companies from across the United States are calling on the U.S. Congress to support robust funding for reinvigorating the printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturing sector.

In a pair of letters sent to the heads of the Appropriations Committees and Defense Appropriations Subcommittees in the House and Senate, the executives urged that $100 million be allocated in Fiscal 2024 to implement President Biden’s recent “presidential determination” under Title III of the Defense Production Act that rebuilding the PCB sector is critical to U.S. national security.

The funding also would advance the goals of the CHIPS and Science Act, which aims to ensure the autonomy and resiliency of the U.S. supply chain for semiconductors and advanced electronics. 

“An FY 2024 appropriation of $100 million from the Defense Production Act account would represent a meaningful first step in addressing the industrial base vulnerabilities related to PCB fabrication and semiconductor packaging. Making these investments is critical to the technological edge that is the hallmark of the U.S. defense industrial base,” the letters say.

PCBs are as integral to electronics as semiconductor chips, their better-known partners. They are the physical platform upon which microelectronic components such as chips and capacitors are mounted and interconnected. Electronic systems cannot function without PCBs. 

However, according to “Leadership Lost,” a report published by IPC, the United States “has lost its historic dominance in the PCB sector.” Since 2000, the U.S. share of global PCB production has fallen from over 30% to just 4%, with China now dominating the sector at around 50%. Any loss of access to non-domestic sources of PCBs would be “catastrophic,” the report said.

A 2022 report by the Commerce Department noted, “PCBs are essential for the electronic functions of ICT hardware as well as for a wide array of automotive, defense, and medical devices. [But] In the past 20 years China has overtaken the U.S. as the global leader in PCB manufacturing and sales.” A 2018 Commerce Department report characterized the PCB sector as “dying on the vine.”

The companies and states represented on the letters are:

  • Advanced Circuitry International, Duluth, GA
  • American Standard Circuits, Inc., West Chicago, IL
  • APCT, Inc., Santa Clara, CA
  • Arc-Tronics, Inc., Elk Grove Village, IL
  • Aurora Circuits, Aurora, IL
  • Bay Area Circuits, Fremont, CA
  • Calumet Electronics Corp., Calumet, MI
  • Data I/O, Redmond, WA
  • DR Circuits, Simi Valley, CA
  • Epoch, Fremont, CA  
  • Eptac, Manchester, NH
  • Fusion-EMS, Hillsboro, OR
  • Innovative Circuits, Alpharetta, GA
  • Isola Group, Chandler, AZ
  • liloTree, Redmond, WA
  • National Technology Inc., Rolling Meadows, IL
  • PPSI, Houston, TX
  • Sanmina, San Jose, CA
  • Silicon Forest Electronics, Vancouver, Wash.
  • Solderability Testing and Solutions, Inc., Richmond, KY
  • STI Electronics, Madison, AL
  • STRAC Institute, Providence, RI
  • Summit Interconnect, Anaheim, CA
  • Sunstone Circuits Mulino, OR
  • TTM Technologies, Costa Mesa, CA
  • Worthington Assembly, South Deerfield, MI

IPC Argues for Reduction in Reporting Burdens for Electronics Manufacturers

Jun 02, 2023

by Alison James, senior director, European government relations

IPC this week took part in a European Commission Industrial Forum feedback exercise to identify EU legislation with the heaviest reporting burdens for manufacturers in the European Union. The exercise follows European Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen’s commitment to simplify reporting burdens and reduce them by 25 percent. A first Commission proposal is expected before the Autumn. 

This important exercise to identify main reporting burdens is first of a kind at EU level and comes in recognition of the high administrative burdens placed on EU companies. IPC highlighted amongst other areas duplification of reporting in environmental legislation, disparity in Member State implementation increasing burden as well as a host of existing and pending sustainability reporting measures. The EU’s intent is not to diminish policy impact but to gain full understanding of the complete burden on companies across all legislative areas with a view to reduction and simplification. 

IPC will continue to engage in the exercise highlighting the issue of electronics manufacturers with complex supply chains and manufacturers, often SMEs, who are also subject to multiple information requests.  For more information on this issue, please contact me at AlisonJames@ipc.org. 

Global Economy Continues to Cool; Is Recession Imminent?

IPC Issues May Economic Outlook Report

Per IPC’s May 2023 Economic Outlook report, the global economy continues to cool, but not quite as severely as expected at the start of the year. Stronger-than-expected growth in 2023 will come at the cost of weaker growth in 2024.

Labor markets remain extremely strong, despite the widely held view that recession is imminent. Both the United States and Europe are enjoying record low levels of unemployment. Strong labor markets and solid wage growth are likely to keep inflationary pressures stubbornly high.

“Consumer confidence fell sharply in the last month, erasing half of the gains since the all-time low levels of June 2022. Business confidence has also been weak. Manufacturers report a subdued outlook in both the U.S. and Europe,” said Shawn DuBravac, IPC chief economist. “Leading economic indicators continue to suggest a high risk of recession this year, even if the timing continues to push later into the year,” DuBravac added.

Additional data in the May 2023 IPC Economic Outlook show:

  • U.S. consumer sentiment fell in May, declining nearly 7 percent. The debate over the debt ceiling likely contributed to some of this decline.
  • U.S. manufacturing sentiment contracted for the fifth consecutive month in April. The manufacturing PMI rose 0.8 percentage points in the last month, but not enough to move back into expansionary territory.
  • The European economy grew during the first quarter of the year, edging up 0.1 percent in the euro area and up 0.2 percent in the EU.
  • Electronics manufacturing output fell in March, decreasing a sharp 5.9 percent from the prior month and 1.7 percent from the year-ago period.

View May 2023 IPC Economic Outlook. For more information on IPC’s industry intelligence program including current research and reports, visit www.ipc.org/advocacy/industry-intelligence.

Weibel Scientific A/S Earns IPC J-STD-001 and IPC-A-610 Qualified Manufacturers Listing

IPC's Validation Services Program has awarded an IPC J-STD-001 and IPC-A-610 Qualified Manufacturers Listing (QML) to Weibel Scientific A/S, in Alleroed, Denmark. Weibel Scientific A/S is a leading global producer and exporter of continuous-wave Doppler radars, delivering products to the aerospace, defense, forensic science, and automotive industry sectors.

Weibel Scientific A/S met or exceeded the requirements for the electronics industry's Class 3, which is intended for dedicated service electronics products. As a result of successfully completing an 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, Weibel Scientific A/S has joined several other European companies as a trusted source of electronics suppliers found on IPC's QML/QPL database at www.ipcvalidation.org.  

“We are pleased to recognize Weibel Scientific A/S as a member of IPC's network of trusted suppliers,” said Randy Cherry, director, IPC Validation Services. “By earning the QML, Weibel Scientific A/S, shows its commitment to delivering the highest level of quality in electronics manufacturing, especially with their continuous-wave Doppler radars.”

For more information about IPC's Validation Services QPL/QML Program, visit www.ipcvalidation.org  or call +1 847-597-2892.

Electronics Manufacturers Reporting Cautious Optimism, Especially for Second Half of 2023

IPC Releases May Global Sentiment of the Electronics Supply Chain Report

Per IPC’s May 2023 Global Sentiment of the Electronics Supply Chain Report, cost pressures continue to recede and demand remains positive for now, leading to a cautiously optimistic global electronics industry sentiment.                                                                                                            

“Geopolitical factors, along with the continued impacts of inflation and rising interest rates, have led manufacturers to describe the current economy as slow, uncertain, challenging, difficult, volatile, and unpredictable,” said Shawn DuBravac, IPC chief economist. “However, despite current conditions, the outlook for 2023 is relatively positive, with manufacturers expressing optimism and expecting growth, especially in the latter half of the year.”

Additional survey results indicate:

  • The majority of respondents are still reporting that labor costs and material costs are rising, but the number of companies experiencing rising costs continues to decline. Only 49% of companies believe material costs will rise in the coming months, the first time this has fallen below 50 percent.
  • Ease of recruiting skilled workers has also improved to its highest level since the survey began.
  •  The Orders Index slipped to 101. This is still in expansionary territory, but it is the lowest level seen since the start of the survey.
  • Orders are expected to decline more so for firms operating in North America versus those in Europe, who instead are more likely expecting orders to remain stable.

For the report, IPC surveyed hundreds of companies from around the world, including a wide range of company sizes representing the full electronics manufacturing value chain.

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