Global Electronics Association

Global Electronics Association The Global Electronics Association, formerly known as IPC, is the leading voice of the $6 trillion global electronics industry.

IPC (www.IPC.org) is a global industry association based in Bannockburn, Ill., dedicated to the competitive excellence and financial success of its 3,000-plus member companies which represent all facets of the electronics industry, including design, printed board manufacturing, electronics assembly and test. As a member-driven organization and leading source for industry standards, training, market research and public policy advocacy, IPC supports programs to meet the needs of an estimated $2 trillion global electronics industry. IPC maintains additional offices in Washington, D.C.; Atlanta, Ga.; Miami, Fla.; Brussels, Belgium; Bangalore and New Delhi, India; Bangkok, Thailand; and Qingdao, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Suzhou and Beijing, China.

Happy World Standards Day. Every standard starts with a group of people working out how something should be done. In ele...
10/14/2026

Happy World Standards Day.

Every standard starts with a group of people working out how something should be done. In electronics, that’s engineers, fabricators, assemblers, and suppliers, sometimes from competing companies, hashing out how a board gets designed, built, and tested until the answer works for everyone. It’s slow, detailed work, and it’s the reason a board made in one country performs the same way when it ends up in another.

The Global Electronics Association is proud to bring these experts together to develop IPC standards that support quality, reliability, and consistency across electronics manufacturing. To our standards development committee members: thank you. Your time, expertise, and dedication make this work possible.

If you want a say in the standards our industry relies on, join an IPC standards development committee: https://bit.ly/3Wr64az

Ask someone who has been to why they go back, and the answer is rarely just one session.It might be the keynote that c...
10/13/2026

Ask someone who has been to why they go back, and the answer is rarely just one session.

It might be the keynote that changes how you think about the year ahead, or the technical paper that solves a problem your team has been stuck on. The supplier you finally meet in person on the show floor, and the conversation at a reception that turns into a real project.

Add the Technology Theater and the Learning Lounge, and you'll get more in a week than any single session could offer.

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Product-level carbon data matters more across the electronics supply chain every year. The challenge is that companies c...
10/12/2026

Product-level carbon data matters more across the electronics supply chain every year. The challenge is that companies collect and report emissions differently, making the numbers hard to compare, validate, or act on.

The Global Electronics Association has released IPC-1783-CO2E, International Standard for Data Collection and Reporting of CO2 Equivalent (CO2e) Emissions for the Electronics Manufacturing Supply Chain.

The standard provides electronics-specific guidance, so companies can collect and report CO2e data more consistently. That consistency supports more credible product carbon footprint calculations, even across complex, global supply chains.

Download IPC-1783-CO2E and put a common approach to emissions data to work in your supply chain: https://shop.electronics.org/ipc-1783/ipc-1783-standard-only/Revision-0/english

The Global Electronics Association is saddened to learn that Chris Peters, the first executive director of U.S. Partners...
10/09/2026

The Global Electronics Association is saddened to learn that Chris Peters, the first executive director of U.S. Partnership for Assured Electronics (USPAE), has died after a long illness.

Chris helped turn an idea into an organization with a clear purpose: bringing industry and government together to address electronics challenges critical to national and economic security.

Over nearly six years, he shaped USPAE’s vision, built trusted relationships, and secured the funding that let the organization demonstrate its capabilities and earn the confidence of key Department of War partners. His commitment to collaboration and supporting the warfighter mission is a major part of what USPAE stands for today.

We thank Chris for all he gave to USPAE, to U.S. government partners, and to the broader electronics community. Those who knew him will remember his kindness and generosity.

Our condolences go out to his colleagues, family, and friends.

Event Essentials registration is now open for APEX EXPO 2027! 🎉 If your team is working through a challenge in quality, ...
10/09/2026

Event Essentials registration is now open for APEX EXPO 2027! 🎉

If your team is working through a challenge in quality, productivity, or performance, an Event Essentials Pass is a practical place to look for answers. You can meet hundreds of exhibitors, see new technologies, and connect with industry experts.

The pass also includes the opening keynote, the Learning Lounge, the Technology Theater, networking receptions, and more.

📍 Anaheim, California

Register for your Event Essentials Pass today.

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Please give a warm welcome to Jason Palmi, the Global Electronics Association's new Chief Financial Officer! 🎉Jason join...
10/08/2026

Please give a warm welcome to Jason Palmi, the Global Electronics Association's new Chief Financial Officer! 🎉

Jason joins us from Ramcel Precision Stamping and Manufacturing, where he helped double revenue from $28 million to $56 million in three years. His experience also includes leading global finance for a $1 billion business unit at ConAgra, plus senior roles at Medline and Zurich.

For the rest of 2026, Jason will work side by side with Tom Sandman as co-CFOs before fully stepping into the role at the start of 2027. Thank you, Tom, for the strong foundation you've built for us!

Welcome to the team, Jason!

10/07/2026

Yesterday our team traded inboxes for scavenger hunt clues and took over downtown Schaumburg, Illinois. 🗺️

We tracked down historical landmarks and picked up a surprising amount of town trivia along the way. Then things got a little sillier. We froze in place as human statues (a few people were suspiciously good at it), threw together synchronized dances on the spot, and battled through word challenges with way more competitive energy than anyone planned on.

The dances were almost never in sync, which made them even better.

We'll be laughing about some of those moves for a while. Thanks to everyone who jumped in and made it such a fun day!

Plenty of companies have announced they're dropping degree requirements. A 2024 report from The Burning Glass Institute ...
10/06/2026

Plenty of companies have announced they're dropping degree requirements. A 2024 report from The Burning Glass Institute and Harvard Business School found skills-based practices still accounted for fewer than 1 in 700 hires.

Electronics manufacturing has been skills-based for a generation.

Employers hire for aptitude, train on the floor, and promote people as fast as they can grow, so operators can become technicians and technicians can become engineers.

In a new Forbes piece, our own David Hernandez, Vice President of Education, and Ebony D. Thomas of Grads of Life explore what other industries can learn from our experience.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/gradsoflife/2026/10/06/how-electronics-manufacturing-embraced-skills-based-hiring-before-it-had-a-name/

"EU-headquartered firms earn less than 10 cents for every euro spent on data centre semiconductors, server manufacturing...
10/02/2026

"EU-headquartered firms earn less than 10 cents for every euro spent on data centre semiconductors, server manufacturing and assembly, and cloud infrastructure." Sanjay Huprikar, Chief Global Officer.

As the world rushes to meet soaring AI demand, European electronics manufacturers are struggling to keep up. Eleven years ago, domestic production of server systems covered 112% of EU demand. Today, EU companies can only meet 48% of that demand.

Our latest report, produced with DECISION Etudes & Conseil, outlines what an end-to-end strategy requires for the EU to capitalize on the AI boom: https://www.electronics.org/chips-systems-building-end-end-eu-strategy-data-centre-cloud-infrastructure-and-ai

10/01/2026

Chips get most of the attention in Washington. But the circuit boards underneath them matter just as much, and Stephanie Austin, director of marketing at Zentech Manufacturing, came to Capitol Hill to make that case.

Zentech runs sites in Baltimore, Dallas, and Bloomington, Illinois, and about 85% of its work is defense-related, so decisions made in Washington eventually land on the shop floor.

Her point to lawmakers was straightforward: the circuit board ecosystem is bigger than chips, and bare boards need the same kind of support, especially funding and equipment, to stay domestic. Without it, ramping up production when it counts becomes a real bottleneck.

See what advocacy looks like: https://lnkd.in/emhSfjzb

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