In cooperation with InnoElectro, IPC hosted its Hand Soldering Competition (HSC), on March 29-31. Skilled competitors demonstrated their expertise in hand soldering printed circuit boards while competing for cash prizes.

In cooperation with Southern Manufacturing & Electronics, IPC hosted its popular Hand Soldering Competition (HSC), on February 8-10. 

The electronics manufacturing industry has welcomed the release of the European Commission’s European Chips Act with its strong support for advanced packaging and calling for its swift implementation as part of a broader and equally important strategy to rebuild the European electronics manufacturing ecosystem.

Managers will gather at the EMS Leadership Summit at IPC APEX EXPO on 24th January, 2022, to discuss strategies for advancing the industry and enhancing leadership skills.

IPC announced October 2021 findings from its North American Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Statistical Program. The book-to-bill ratio stands at 1.15.

IPC, Apple and other international companies are developing a new standard, IPC-1402, which is intended to define the criteria for what constitutes a green cleaner for electronics manufacturing.

In conjunction with ELECTROSUB 2019, Microsolder and IPC conducted the second regional European qualification for the IPC Hand Soldering Competition in Budapest, Hungary on April 3rd to 5th, 2019. The competition in Budapest drew 33 professional hand soldering competitors for the coveted hand soldering regional competition crown. 

The hand soldering competition from IPC returned to the United States with the first-ever IPC Hand Soldering World Championship and Rework Competition, held at IPC APEX EXPO 2019 in San Diego, California. Contestants representing Britain, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam and Thailand participated in the event.

It has been announced by IPC Association Connecting Electronics Industries that the November 2018 findings from its North American Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Statistical Program have been compiled. Year-over-year sales and order growth turned negative in November 2018, and the book-to-bill ratio declined to 1.01.

IPC - Association Connecting Electronics Industries has announced that the September 2018 findings from its North American Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Statistical Program. Year-over-year growth continued for industry sales and orders. The book-to-bill ratio for September retreated slightly to 1.04.

The August 2018 findings from its North American Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Statistical Program has been announced by IPC - Association Connecting Electronics Industries. The findings show that year-over-year growth continued for industry sales and orders, and the book-to-bill ratio for August held steady at 1.05.

  The North American electronics manufacturing services (EMS) industry has an $81bn served available market with great potential for further growth, according to IPC’s 2018 Annual Report and Forecast for the North American EMS Industry. 

IPC has announced the July 2018 findings from its North American Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Statistical Program. Year-over-year growth continued for industry sales and orders. The book-to-bill ratio for July held steady at 1.05. Total North American PCB shipments in July 2018 were up 10.8% compared to the same month last year. This year to date, shipments are 10.5% above the same period last year. Compared to the preceding month, ...

IPC’s D-70 E-Textiles Committee has released IPC WP-024, IPC White Paper on Reliability and Washability of Smart Textile Structures, Readiness for the Market. This white paper provides insights from a team of researchers on e-textiles washability testing parameters and initial results from those tests. 

The June 2018 findings from its North American Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Statistical Program has been announced by IPC Association Connecting Electronics Industries. Industry shipments and orders in June continued to grow at a strong pace. The book-to-bill ratio for June is 1.05.

It has been announced that IPC's Study of Quality Benchmarks for Electronics Assembly 2018 is now available. The global study provides benchmarking data to electronics assembly companies interested in comparing their quality measurements to those of the industry worldwide.

A preliminary survey in IPC’s new Pulse of the Electronics Industry global data service has revealed a bullish outlook for most segments of the electronics industry, especially for equipment manufacturers and PCB fabricators. These industry segments showed the highest levels of confidence in the direction of current-state indicators. They, along with OEMs, reported the most positive expectations for growth in the next six months and 12 mont...

IPC's Validation Services Program has awarded an IPC J-STD-001 and IPC-A-610 Qualified Manufacturers Listing (QML) Class 2, to Excel Electronics. Following an initial audit by IPC, Excel Electronics, Inc. becomes one of the trusted sources and suppliers meeting the stringent requirements of the Qualified Manufacturing Listing (QML) based on two of IPC's foremost standards: IPC J-STD-001, Requirements for Soldered Electrical and Electronic As...

IPC – Association Connecting Electronics Industries has announced that the 2-17 Subcommittee has voted to use the Advanced Message Queuing Protocol (AMQP) as the transport protocol for machine to machine communication as part of the Connected Factory Initiative (CFX). AMQP is an open standard application layer protocol for message-oriented middleware, with toolkits available on all major platforms. It has a fully symmetrical communicat...

A global study published this month by IPC – Association Connecting Electronics Industries, is now available. The survey-based study, PCB Technology Trends 2016, shows how printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturers are meeting today’s technology demands and looks at the changes expected by 2021 that will affect the whole industry.