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December 31, 1969 |Estimated reading time: 2 minutes
IPC Works on OE StandardizationNORTHBROOK, Ill. IPC Association Connecting Electronics Industries announced that the Optoelectronics (OE) Standards Committee met at the IPC Annual Meeting, which took place October 9 through 13, 2001, in Orlando, Fla.
The committee originally met at IPC's International Conference on Optoelectronics in May 2001. During the meeting, the committee decided to develop an OE standard to provide the industry with guidelines for the future. The standard also looks to increase levels of optical/electrical package integration and incorporate PCB substrate characteristics into optical systems.
Solectron's Nishimura Keynotes SMTA Annual MeetingCHICAGO Changes in the economy, the state of the supply chain and how his company will prepare for the upturn were topics Solectron Corp. President, CEO and Chairman of the Board Koichi Nishimura, Ph.D., touched on during his keynote speech at the Surface Mount Technology Association (SMTA) Annual Meeting/Awards Luncheon.
Nishimura began his remarks by congratulating the award winners. He then commented on the striking changes since last year's SMTAI conference, specifically the decline of the economy and the tragic events of September 11. He offered his condolences to all those who lost loved ones in the terrorist attacks.
"But I have confidence in the future," he added. "We are resilient."
At the same time, the attacks will have significant affects on such economic sectors as travel and entertainment. Nishimura quoted a statistic from the Wall Street Journal that stated 108,000 jobs have been affected by the events of September 11. "But the long-term outlook remains bright," he said.
Specifically, the economy will experience four to six quarters of slowdown as it deals with excess capacity, inventories and orders, Nishimura said. "But it's not a question of if the economy will rebound it's a question of when," he added.
Bergman Honored at PCB EastNORTHBROOK, Ill. IPC announced that Dieter Bergman, IPC director of technology transfer, has been honored with the Marsh Award at the PCB Design Conference East in Worcester, Mass.
The Gene Marsh Award for Design Innovation recognizes individuals for significant contributions to the PCB engineering and design industry.
Bergman joined IPC in 1974 as technical director. He was responsible for coordinating standards, specifications and guidelines development. As director of technology transfer, Bergman works closely with the IPC technical committees by moving information into the manufacturing infrastructure, developing standards for design and manufacturing, and working on efforts to standardize data transfer. Bergman helped found the IPC Designers Council and has worked to further develop its certification programs.