IPC has released Troubleshooting PCB Fabrication Processes (IPC-9121) which is aimed at anyone involved in manufacturing or purchasing printed circuit boards. This new handbook contains more than 650 PCB process defects, with causes and corrective actions for each. It also includes hundreds of full-color photos demonstrating real-world process defects.

A  record 43 competitors competed at IPC’s Hand Soldering Competition at SMT Hybrid Packaging 2016 in Nuremberg, Germany. Taking first place was Ekatarina Stahlmann of Grundig Business Syst., who earned 495 points out of 506.

IPC just announced Andres Ojalill as its new standards development manager in Europe. Ojalill has experience working with IPC’s network of training and certification partners in Europe and has represented IPC’s standards team at various industry events globally including recent Hand Soldering Competitions in Poland and Sweden.

Changes in existing and forthcoming regulations such as the RoHS Directive, the Registration, Evaluation, and Authorization of Chemical (REACH) and conflict minerals regulations will shape the regulatory and market landscape for years to come. Knowing what changes are on the horizon is critical for electronics manufacturers to work successfully with their supply chain.

The IPC Hand Soldering Competition in association with Advanced Rework Technology Ltd had 25 competitors at this year’s National Electronics Week. The competition levels were higher than ever and judges Debbie Wade and Mark Harvey from ART had their work cut out for them. .

This year’s IPC APEX EXPO welcomed 4048 attendees from 56 countries who had the chance to see and learn from 434 exhibitors displaying hundreds of products on 139,300 net square feet of show floor space. Preliminary post-show survey feedback from attendees is positive. More than 90 percent of respondents said the show met or exceeded their top objectives.

IPC has announced the Feb 2016 findings from its monthly North American Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Statistical Program. Sales rebounded in February, outpacing orders and reducing the book-to-bill ratio to 1.02. Total North American PCB shipments in February 2016 came in 8.9 percent above the same month last year, bringing the year-to-date growth rate up to 3.6 percent. Compared to the preceding month, February shipments were up 10.1 pe...

The electronics industry has never settled on a single approach for moving printed board design data to manufacturing. With the release of IPC-2581B, Generic Requirements for Printed Board Assembly Products Manufacturing Description Data and Transfer Methodology, design engineers now have a way to organise and convey PCB designs from CAD tools in a single intelligent file to manufacturing for fabrication, assembly and test.

During IPC APEX EXPO, IPC’s 2-13 Shop Floor Communications Subcommittee brought together leading software developers, machine vendors, assembly equipment manufacturers and their customers to work on development of a new IPC standard to meet the current and future needs of industry that will fill a gap identified by the group. This new standard will provide uniformity of data protocols that will allow ease of machine to machine communication...

The fifth annual IPC Hand Soldering World Championship at IPC APEX EXPO March 16-17 drew ten competitors from around the world. Victors from IPC hand soldering competitions in Indonesia, China, Europe, Korea, Japan, Vietnam, and India were challenged with building a functional electronics assembly within a one-hour time limit.

IPC’s Hand Soldering Competition at SMT Hybrid Packaging 2016 will see skilled competitors go soldering iron to soldering iron, April 26-28, as they compete for cash prizes and a coveted spot at the IPC Hand Soldering World Championship at IPC APEX EXPO in San Diego in 2017.

IPC has told us the results of the January 2016 findings from its monthly North American Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Statistical Program. Sales and orders slumped in January, but orders continued to outpace sales, bringing the book-to-bill ratio up to 1.04.

The IPC Hand Soldering Competition in association with Advance Rework Technology Ltd will return to National Electronics Week from 12th-14th April. The exhibition will run alongside the bi-annual MACH exhibition, Drives and Controls and five other manufacturing shows.

A record number of 47 European competitors went soldering iron to soldering iron at IPC’s Hand Soldering Competition at productronica 2015. Taking first place with a score of 501 points out of a maximum 506, was Jacek Majchrzak, ParterTech Poland. Majchrzak was also crowned first place winner at productronica 2013.

In cooperation with productronica 2015, IPC - Association Connecting Electronics Industries is presenting the very popular Hand Soldering Competition in Hall A2, stand 405 at the event. Skilled competitors will demonstrate their soldering skills, from 10th to 13th November, as they compete for cash prizes: 1st place €300; 2nd place €200; 3rd place €100; and a coveted spot at the IPC Hand Soldering World Championship at IPC APEX EXP...

Skilled competitors will go soldering iron to soldering iron for IPC’s Hand Soldering Competition at SMT Hybrid Packaging 2015, as they compete for cash prizes and a coveted spot at the IPC Hand Soldering World Championship.

Top line speakers are being lined up for the IPC and SMTA organised High-Reliability Cleaning and Conformal Coating Conference in Chicago (Nov 18-20). The conference intensely focuses on best practices and new innovative technologies for meeting today’s manufacturing challenges and producing reliable hardware.

IPC announced today the August findings from its monthly North American Printed Circuit Board Statistical Program.

To help electronics manufacturers understand recent changes and trends in environmental regulations and customer requirements, IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries will hold an It's Not Easy Being Green: Regulations and Industry Trends Update symposium on October 30-31, 2012, in the San Francisco Bay area of California.

IPC has today revealed the June findings from its monthly North American Printed Circuit Board Statistical Program. The information in IPC’s monthly PCB industry statistics is based on data provided by a representative sample of both rigid and flexible PCB manufacturers in the USA and Canada. IPC publishes the PCB Book-to-Bill Ratio and the PCB Statistical Program Report each month. Statistics for the previous month are not available until the ...