It is with deep sadness that IPC announces the death of one of its valued committee members and leaders, Brian Butler, president and CEO of Introbotix, Corp. Brian passed away on March 11, 2018.
Brian joined the IPC D-21c High Speed/High Frequency Controlled Impedance Task Group in early 2000.
Your presence is needed in Washington, D.C. Hearing from constituents like you, whose businesses are affected by their decisions, can have a significant impact upon policymakers. The more executives our industry can rally, the stronger our collective voice will be and the more likely we will have a positive impact.
Today, May 11, IPC provided comments to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) on the domestic impact of proposed tariff rate increases on Chinese imports
May 11, 2018
The Honorable Robert Lighthizer
U.S.
Today, President Trump announced that he will impose 25 percent tariffs on Chinese imports worth roughly $50 billion. The tariffs, first proposed in April, are the result of a Section 301 investigation that found China’s technology transfer policies had harmed U.S.
As an industry-driven association, IPC exists to help its member companies innovate, compete, and succeed in the electronics industry.
U.S. Trade Policy and Your Business | June 29, 2018 | 11:00 am EDT
As you’ve seen in the news, the Trump Administration has established an aggressive trade agenda, with significant developments occurring almost daily. Many of these developments will impact the electronics industry. For example, an additional 25 percent tariff on more than 800 Chinese products is scheduled to go into effect on July 6. Those tariffs disproportionately target the electronics supply chain. Likewise, new duties and countervailing duties on aluminum will also increase costs for U.S.
By Nicolas Robin, IPC Senior Director, Europe
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) added lead metal on its Candidate List of Substances of Very High Concern (SVHCs), on 27 June 2018, owing to its properties as a reprotoxic substance.
What does Candidate Listing mean for IPC Members?
Companies may have legal obligations resulting from the inclusion of lead metal in the Candidate List.
IPC D-70 E-Textiles Committee vice-chair Ben Cooper is running a new video series "30 in 30" through his IoClothes Forums. The forum discussions will showcase 30 videos in 30 days on topics that are critical to the continued growth of the smart textiles industry. A new video will be released every day for 30 consecutive days. If your company is developing smart textiles or has smart textiles on its roadmap, you will want to tune in for this “30 in 30” series.
The videos series launched Monday July 23, so don’t miss another installment.
By Nicolas Robin, Senior Director, IPC Europe
On July 25, EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and U.S. President Donald Trump struck an agreement on transatlantic trade during President Juncker’s visit to Washington D.C. after three and a half hours of negotiations.
Most interestingly for IPC, both parties agreed to work together on a reform of the WTO to address unfair trading practices, including intellectual property theft, forced technology transfer, industrial subsidies, distortions created by state owned enterprises and overcapacity.
IPC president and CEO John Mitchell invites industry to join IPC’s Job Task Analysis Committee to help define key roles in the electronics industry and perform industry driven job task analysis for each of these roles.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRBQEjVzYa4