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What are IPC standards, and why are they important for PCB manufacturing?

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The Association Connecting Electronics Industries (founded in 1957 as the Institute for Printed Circuits) developed an industry standard set of guidelines, IPC, with the goal of streamlining workmanship through training and certification processes. These standards were developed collaboratively and with industry consensus; IPC members, academics, government agencies, OEMs, and electronics manufacturing services firms (like ACDi) […]

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Conflict Minerals Final Rule: How will this affect you?

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I have become downright conversant in the topic of Conflict Minerals lately. As the responsible party for completing new supplier forms at ACDi, I’ve completed at least a dozen this year alone and everyone has had a question related to our Conflict Minerals mitigation program. While in early phases, this complicated regulation is going to […]

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