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September 18, 2025 
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An Industry at a Crossroads

Electronics industry orders, shipments, and backlogs are holding strong. But rising material and labor costs continue to squeeze margins.

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Industry News

A Sustainability Context Report for the Electronics Industry

The Sustainability Context Report gives electronics companies a strong foundation to prepare for Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive Double Materiality Assessments by clarifying both sides of the equation: how sustainability issues shape business performance and how business decisions affect people and the planet.

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I-Connect007 Launches Advanced Electronics Packaging Digest

I-Connect007 has launched Advanced Electronics Packaging Digest (AEPD), a new monthly digital newsletter dedicated to one of the most critical and rapidly evolving areas of electronics manufacturing: advanced packaging at the interconnect level.

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Apprenticeships Expand to Strengthen Electronics Workforce

Against the backdrop of U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent executive order setting a goal of 1 million new active apprenticeships, manufacturers are finding new ways to build the workforce they need.

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Europe Adopts Circular Economy Legislation for the Automotive Sector

The EU recently embedded circular economy principles into law. These new rules require industry to integrate reuse, recycling, and resource efficiency directly into design and end-of-life management for the first time.

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CEOs at Brainstorm Tech Reveal What’s Holding Them Back in AI and Trade

John W. Mitchell, President and CEO, Global Electronics Association: “Companies need consistency to make plans and move forward. They’re moving to other countries because they’ll give us a 10-year plan and they’ll follow it.

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The Global Electronics Association Launches Design Village at APEX EXPO 2026

APEX EXPO, the hallmark electronics tradeshow hosted by the Global Electronics Association, announced the launch of the Design Village, a new feature in the exhibit hall that will unite the world’s leading innovators and showcase next-generation solutions for the electronics industry.

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The Road to Reliability: Why EV Electronics Matter More than Ever

The global transition to e-Mobility is redefining the design and reliability expectations of automotive electronics.

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Call to Action: Have Your Say in Global Survey Before Upcoming ECHA Consultations

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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Circularity for Electronics: Proceedings Report

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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Play a Role in the Future of the Electronics Industry

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

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Build Electronics Better with IPC Standards

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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Better Electronics Start with Better Training

The term skills gap is used to describe a mismatch between the skills that employers need and the skills that job seekers possess. It seems straightforward enough, but it’s often used as a catch-all phrase that oversimplifies more complex and multifaceted issues.

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Global Electronics Association Events and Education Calendar – For Your 2025 Planning

Plan your professional development with the Global Electronics Association’s Programs Calendar. Maximize your time and efforts by coordinating your schedule with ours.

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Stay in Contact with IPC – Manage Your E-mail Preferences

In order to ensure that you receive the information you want from IPC, please manage your e-mail preferences! Please visit www.IPC.org for more information on our Privacy Policy.

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Member Milestones

CMRSummit Technologies (Point Claire, QC, Canada) celebrated its 35th year​​​​​​​ as a Global Electronics Association member. See other companies celebrating membership anniversaries. 

Member Anniversaries 

New Members

Invest in your company by joining the Global Electronics Association and experience the membership benefits of the industry’s premier global association. Learn more about membership.

Events
IPC Day EMS Europe
September 18, 2025

Great Lakes/Detroit EMS Leadership Roundtable: Bot or Not? AI, Automation, and Assembling the Workforce of the Future
September 24, 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

The Shifting Global Economy: What Business Leaders Need to Know Now
October 7, 2025

IMPACT 2025
October 21-24, 2025

Modern Wire Bonding in Package Assembly
October 22, 2025

IPC Standards European Committee/Task Group Meetings
October 27-30, 2025

IPC Hand Soldering Competition (HSC) 2025 in Japan
October 29-31, 2025

IPC K-FEST (IPC Korea Festival of Electronics Standards and Technology)
November 3-4, 2025

Global Electronics Association at productronica
November 18-21, 2025

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