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I-Connect007 Editor’s Choice: Five Must-Reads for the Week
April 12, 2024 | Nolan Johnson, I-Connect007Estimated reading time: 1 minute
As we publish this week’s most-read news, the I-Connect007 team is wending its way home from an eventful and productive week at IPC APEX EXPO in Anaheim, California. We’ve posted a variety of dispatches from the show this week, released 73 realtimewith.com video interviews (and counting), and also gathered the content and updates you’ll be looking for in the upcoming issue of Show & Tell… IPC APEX EXPO 2024.
With all the action this week, I will admit that I’m still processing everything I heard, saw, and learned. Furthermore, I can’t boil it down to just five news items. So, here’s a bonus list of worthwhile news items from the week—mostly IPC APEX EXPO related—that you should be aware of.
If you want to know what happened at the trade show, be sure to read our daily reports on show activities and snippets of events and activities.
SIA Applauds CHIPS Act Incentives for TSMC’s Advanced Manufacturing Operations in Arizona
IPC Releases “J” Revisions to Two Leading Standards for Electronics Assembly
Feeling the Magic of a Show Opener at IPC APEX EXPO 2024
The Shaughnessy Report: Design Takes Center Stage at IPC APEX EXPO
A Closer Look at Professional Development at IPC APEX EXPO 2024: 3D Printing and AI
Calumet Electronics Boosts PCB Production Capacity with Strategic CapX
U.S. Updates Advanced Semiconductor Ban, Actual Impact on the Industry Will Be Insignificant
lPC Shipments Return to Growth and Pre-Pandemic Volumes in Q1 of 2024
IPC Publishes Comprehensive Strategy to Address Electronics Industry’s Global Workforce Challenge
IPC Announces New Board Members at IPC APEX EXPO 2024
IPC Honors Summit Interconnect and Robert Bosch GmbH with Corporate Recognition Awards
IPC Design Competition: On Your Mark, Get Set, Go!
IPC APEX EXPO 2024 Day 2: A Focus on Workforce Development
Emerging Engineers Get Formal Introduction to IPC APEX EXPO 2024
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