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This show fit right into our schedule. It gave us great access for meetings with key suppliers so we could plan for next year’s equipment needs right at budget time. Great, reasonably priced location plus made our budgets even more effective! IPC Midwest is a great place to get up to speed with the current state of the industry. It’s been a solid source of information. IPC Midwest gave me a great chance to meet new people from well-known companies across the industry. We had a great exchange of ideas about the machines, products and processes we use daily.
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Start to finish, IPC Midwest offers something for everyone involved in design, printed boards, electronics assembly and test. FREE Keynote Session Secrets of the Future of IndyCars: Where Electronics Will Be the Winning Edge Derek Daly Fasten your seat belt … and get ready for the ride of your life! As someone from an industry that shares with ours the pressures to go faster and faster, our keynote speaker is intimately aware of what it takes to succeed with speed. Not only did Derek Daly live the demands of FAST in his work, he was one of the many that looked to our industry to help him achieve it! To him, electronics has been the greatest source of competitive edge in the motor sports industry … and he should know. As the test-driver of the car with the first electronic dashboard in 1987, Daly has witnessed firsthand how the role of electronics has lapped other advancements in his industry. A past Formula One, IndyCar and World Sports Car driver; television motorsports personality; businessman and author, Derek Daly knows how to be a champion … and survivor. Join IPC for a fascinating race through his life and gain an insider’s look into how electronics holds the key to the checkered flag in racing. On the Fast Track Show Floor Reception Wednesday, September 24, 5:00 pm–6:00 pm I feel the need … the need for speed! For years we’ve been under the gun to go faster, faster, faster. Now it’s time for us to round the track and enjoy some of the exhilaration ourselves. Join us for an evening of racing and revelry as we celebrate all things FAST. There’ll be lots of food and fun. Got a bit of the speed racer in you? Put your skills to the test — flat-out down the chute or in the low-groove. Just be sure to fuel up by taking plenty of pit stops with our exhibitors — they may just hold the key to your company’s next victory.
FREE Breakfast with the Presidents Thursday, September 25, 8:30 am–10:00 am Join us for a very special panel discussion and Q&A featuring EMS Presidents and enjoy breakfast on us! IPC Board members Don Schroeder, president of CTS Electronics Manufacturing Solutions, and Michael Brown, Chairman of the Board, Logic Corporation, will moderate this revealing session on critical issues facing the EMS industry. FREE Forums Emerging Advanced Packages: Stacked, 3-D, CSP, Embedded — Surviving the Board Assembly Process Wednesday, September 24, 10:00 am–11:00 am Consumers are demanding smaller, lighter electronic devices with higher performance and more features. This pressure has driven innovative, small, cost-effective package designs in many formats. Our panelists will cover the latest in emerging packages and how these packages can be assembled on boards. Wednesday, September 24, 1:30 pm–3:00 pm In this interactive session, speakers from the EMS industry will discuss how to best use the A-Line when evaluating processes and equipment in the exhibit hall. Morey Corp. will provide background on their work in designing and manufacturing the souvenir device. Questions about electronics manufacturing in general, and the A-Line in particular, are welcome. There’s More Than One Way to Assemble Lead Free: A Status Report on Processes Wednesday, September 24, 3:15 pm–4:45 pm Since lead-free regulations went into effect, it has become painfully obvious that there is more than one way to build a lead-free electronics assembly. Is one better than another? This session will provide insight on the lead-free assembly process, including how companies are training their employees on lead free, whether it’s possible to run one line for both leaded and lead-free product, and how companies are verifying that the components and boards are RoHS compliant. Scriba: A Cross-Platform Data Entry Tool for IPC 175x Version 2.0 Thursday, September 25, 10:15 am-11:45 am In 2006, the IPC-1752 standard for materials declaration was released to help companies comply with the RoHS directive. Since then, there have been many changes in environmental regulations and in how companies manage information to comply. To address these changes, has updated the IPC-1750 series standards and produced Version 2.0. This forum will discuss the details of the Version 2.0 schema and provide a demonstration of the Scriba 175x data editing tool, a free toll for creating and editing individual 175x XML.
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