AUGUST 2023 I PCB007 MAGAZINE 103
PCBAA hosted its second annual meeting,
June 13–14, in Washington, D.C. It was great
to see our founding members as well as
many new corporate and individual
members. On the first day, we heard from
senior officials at the Departments of
Commerce and Defense, as well as several
members of the House and Senate.
IPC announced the June 2023 find-
ings from its North American Printed
Circuit Board (PCB) Statistical Pro-
gram. The book-to-bill ratio stands
at 0.98. Total North American PCB
shipments in June 2023 were down
15.8 percent compared to the same
month last year.
Chris Chapman is
a Deming manage-
ment method practi-
tioner and consultant
who publishes "The
Digestible Deming"
blog on Substack. Chris has been a student
of Deming's agile, Lean, and related methods
since 2007.
With the ever-increasing diver-
sity of performance needs in
printed circuits, substrates are
an ongoing area of development
and innovation. At IMS Micro-
wave Week, we caught up with
Daniel Barish, a global strategy
and west commercial leader at
Celanese, to discuss substrates,
low temperature co-fired ceramics, in particular.
In March 2023, IPC con-
vened a Sustainabil-
ity for Electronics Lead-
ership Council to offer
peer review and direc-
tion to IPC. The council is
a response to the indus-
try's requests for more
attention on environmen-
tal, social, and corporate sustainability in IPC's
industry standards, education, and advocacy.
I often get frustrated when companies
underestimate what it takes to find a
global partner. They tell me that all it takes
to find the right partner is to gather some
quotes, and then accept the one with the
best price. When I hear comments like
that, I think about what it really takes. I'll
ask them, "Have you been to China, Tai-
wan, or Vietnam? It just makes a difference
when you visit your suppliers in person."
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North American PCB
Industry Sales Down
15.8% in June
Team Players: A New Industry
Leadership Council Seeks
Sustainability Solutions
Celanese: Fired Up Over Ceramics
Global Sourcing Spotlight:
My Six-step Process
to Finding the Right Global
Partners
American Made Advocacy:
Taking the Fight to Capitol Hill
A 21st Century Perspective on
Data, Analysis, and TQM
Daniel Barish
Kelly Scanlon
