This weeks edition of Global Insight
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August 28, 2025
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Featured Content
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Sustainability has become a key focus for PCB companies seeking to reduce waste, conserve energy, and optimize resources.
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Industry News
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If you’re like most people, tariffs were not on your radar screen until a few months ago, but now political rhetoric has turned to presidential action.
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As global trade winds continue to howl, the electronics manufacturing industry finds itself at a critical juncture.
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Have your say in the Global Electronics Association’s PFAS usage and alternatives for electronics survey to better inform global policy and advocacy work on behalf of the electronics industry.
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Download the Association’s recent Circularity for Electronics: Proceedings Report to learn more about the most pressing challenges to realizing circularity for electronics. Here you’ll find key learnings from more than a dozen convenings conducted with peer electronics associations and industry colleagues.
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Tariffs intended to stimulate U.S. copper production could raise manufacturers’ costs significantly – long before any new domestic supply is ready – creating unintended competitive advantages.
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The EMS industry is grappling with what has referred to as "the missing generation" – a noticeable absence of professionals in their 40s and 50s creating a critical gap between industry veterans and newcomers. This demographic void threatens knowledge transfer, succession planning, and operational continuity at a crucial time for the industry.
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India’s electronics manufacturing industry is on a steep upward trajectory, propelled by strategic government policies, a vast market, and promising global supply chain shifts.
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The Global Electronics Associations is now accepting abstracts for technical papers with presentations, posters, and professional development courses at APEX EXPO 2026. The technical conference, reimagined and renamed to Advanced Electronic Packaging Conference 2026 Component- to System-Level Integration, will be held March 17-19 and professional development courses will take place March 15-16 and 19, 2026.
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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, U.S. Government Relations
• Japan Representative
• Senior Director, Enterprise Systems
• Senior Director, Software Engineering and Delivery
• Manager, Design Standards and Innovation Programs
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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 Joe Schneider
Vice President of U.S./Canada, Global Electronics Association |
I have been in discussions with members of our Association, and there is growing interest in developing a new standard for liquid cooling practices in data centers. This standard would emphasize both sustainability and manufacturing efficiency within the data center industry. Specifically, it would establish industry-defined operational guidelines—for example, determining the number of allowable flushes or the precise biocide concentrations that dictate when flush water can or cannot be reused.
I have reviewed several well-written articles on this subject that provide valuable perspective, and I encourage you to share any additional resources you may find useful.
If you are interested in participating in collaborative discussions in this topic, please feel free to contact me at JoeSchneider@electronics.org.
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Tech Question of the Week
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Any thoughts on a ceramic cap with a crack the length of the body? First time I have observed this type of crack length, generally it’s across the short end of the ceramic package.
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Member Milestones
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Zuken USA, Inc. (Westford, Mass.) celebrated its 20th year as a Global Electronics Association member. See other companies celebrating membership anniversaries.
Member Anniversaries
New Members
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Events
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Onshoring Advanced Packaging and Assembly
September 8-11, 2025
IPC Builds-Standards Development Committee Meetings
September 13-18, 2025
IPC Day EMS Europe
September 18, 2025
IPC CEMAC 2025
September 24-26, 2025
IPC Works ASIA 2025 IPC Seminar in Japan
September 30, 2025
Electronics Manufacturing & Packaging Symposium (EMPS) 2025
October 6-9, 2025
IMPACT 2025
October 21-24, 2025
IPC Standards European Committee/Task Group Meetings
October 27-30, 2025
IPC Standards European Committee/Task Group Meetings
October 27-30, 2025
IPC Hand Soldering Competition (HSC) 2025 in Japan
October 29-31, 2025
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