This weeks edition of Global Insight
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February 14, 2025
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Featured Content
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A new white paper, “Unlocking AI for Automated Optical Inspection” released by IPC’s Chief Technologist Council, focuses on AI’s role in AOI processes for printed circuit board assemblies.
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Industry News
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IPC is making waves across South Asia, strengthening its government relations efforts to support the region’s rapidly evolving electronics and manufacturing industries.
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The first Pan-European Electronics Design Conference (PEDC) in Vienna was a great success The new international conference, organized by Fachverband Elektronikdesign und -fertigung e. V. (FED) and IPC, brought together experts and industry representatives from 20 countries and four continents.
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The future of the automotive sector is high on the agenda for the European Commission, which has launched a short-deadline consultation on the issue.
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Demand in the electronics industry recovered to 100 in December, marking the threshold between contraction and expansion after four consecutive months below this level according to IPC’s January Sentiment of the Global Electronics Manufacturing Supply Chain Report.
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A new study by a noted expert on semiconductors concludes “the grave deterioration of the North American electronics manufacturing base is a security risk” and must be remedied with new policies.
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The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has published its Single Programming Document for 2025 to 2027, setting out the actions, indicators, and resources to be used in regulating chemicals for the next few years.
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A devastating fire last August at electronics manufacturer CSI Sud Ouest in Toulouse, France had “troubling implications” for Europe’s aeronautic, space, and other critical downstream industries.
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IPC has released its latest white paper, “Why Double Materiality Assessments Matter: Compliance and Competitive Advantage.” This publication offers a roadmap for companies in the electronics industry to navigate the European Union’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD).
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Bridging the gap between academic rigor and industry demands is crucial in engineering education. IPC’s collaboration with Stephen F. Austin State University integrates IPC standards into the curriculum.
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Nyron Rouse, IPC’s director of federal grants and strategic funding, provides a review of “A Technical Overview of the Semiconductor CHIP Industry” course.
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Each year, IPC APEX EXPO features industry’s most dynamic, innovative minds to deliver keynote presentations that are both educational and entertaining. IPC APEX EXPO 2025 will feature Kevin Surace, an internationally renowned futurist and generative artificial intelligence innovator.
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Are you ready to capitalize on what is next and join our team of dedicated, skilled and enthusiastic employees? Here are current job openings:
• Vice President, North America
• Vice President, Standards
• Vice President, Communications
• Manager, Standards Development, Printed Board Materials
• Manager, Standards Development, Electronics Technology
• Part-time Customer Service Representative
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For more than 50 years, IPC standards have been the processes, procedures and criteria that the global electronics industry implement daily to design and build electronics better with quality, reliability and consistency.
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My Top Three Reads
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This week's picks from Sanjay Huprikar
President of Europe and South Asia Operations, IPC |
3D printed electronics is a rapidly growing area of additive manufacturing that uses conductive and insulating inks to create circuitry on objects' surfaces. And while today it is principally utilized as a prototyping process, there is strong promise that it could soon be used for mass production of sensors, and even integrated devices. Can the electronics industry learn from the real examples of other industries looking to leverage 3D printing on a mass scale? Last week I read three recently published European articles on intriguing 3D applications in rail (Germany), construction (Ireland), and medical (Belgium)
Please feel free to drop me a line at SanjayHuprikar@ipc.org if you saw value reading these and observed direct links to electronics manufacturing; but more importantly, please highlight some additional articles on this subject that you think I should read!
Plan your professional development with IPC’s Programs Calendar. Maximize your time and efforts by coordinating your schedule with ours.
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IPC launched the Emerging Engineer program in 2016 to provide professionals early in their careers an opportunity to learn from the dedicated industry volunteers who participate in standards development.
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Tech Question of the Week
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I am looking or a paper, table, phase diagram, etc. that deals with the level of lead required to depress the melt point of SAC 305. I would appreciate any references you can share.
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IPC Member Milestones
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SoPark Corporation (Buffalo, N.Y.) celebrated its 25th year as an IPC member. See other companies celebrating membership anniversaries.
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IPC Events
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The AI Advantage in PCB Design: Techniques and Trends
February 12, 2025
IPC Washington, DC EMS Leadership Roundtable: Public Policy and Your Business
February 19-20, 2025
IPC Hand Soldering Competition 2025 Regional Qualification - France
March 11-13, 2025
IPC APEX EXPO 2025
March 15-20, 2025
IPC Masters 2025
March 26-28, 2025
Electrical Wire Processing Technology Expo 2025
May 6-8, 2025
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