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Winners of IPC Hand Soldering and Rework Competition at NEPCON Thailand 2023 Announced Jun 28
June 30, 2023 | IPCEstimated reading time: 1 minute
In conjunction with NEPCON Thailand 2023, IPC hosted its popular IPC Hand Soldering and Rework Competition in Bangkok, on June 21-23, 2023. The seventh edition of the competition in Thailand welcomed 39 participants from 15 companies.
Skilled contestants competed against each other to rework a functional electronics assembly within a 50-minute time limit. Assemblies were judged on soldering in accordance with IPC-A-610H, IPC J-STD-001H, IPC-7711/21C - Class 3 criteria, the speed at which the assembly was produced, and overall electrical functionality of the assembly.
On the winner’s podium at NEPCON Thailand 2023 were:
- First Place: Atiwan Tongbai, Benchmark Electronics (Thailand) Public Co., Ltd. He received a certificate, a cash prize of $USD300, and a soldering station from premier sponsor QUICK. As the winner, Atiwan Tongbai qualified for the IPC Hand Soldering World Championship in Munich, Germany in November.
- Second place: Montree Rojsutthiwan, Clarion Asia Thailand Co. Ltd. He received a certificate and a cash prize of $USD200.
- Third Place: Anongnat Inthaput from Sanmina-SCI Systems (Thailand) Ltd. She received a certificate and a cash prize of $USD100.
IPC would like to thank Hand Soldering and Rework Competition sponsors and partners for their generous support this year.
- Premier Sponsor: QUICK
- Gold Sponsors: NIHON SUPERIOR, SOLDERINDO, INVENTEC Performance Chemicals
- Co-Organizer RX TRADEX THAILAND
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