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IPC COMMUNITY 42 SUMMER 2024 IFTEC is still a family company and is chiefly run by Pierre-Jean's son and daughter. Pierre- Jean is now retired and lives in Savoie near Albertville, nestled in the mountains of the Alps and known for the Winter Olympic Games in 1992. One of his favorite hobbies is archery. Cécile lives in the Paris region and works at IFTEC headquarters in Bourg- la-Reine, south of Paris. As a psychologist, she continues her practice several evenings a week and Saturday mornings in addition to her activity as administrative and finan- cial director at IFTEC. "All this is enhanced with a little fitness to keep fit," her father says. Jonathan lives in Lyon, the capital of French gastronomy. In 2021, he opened a secondary IFTEC facility in the center of the historic city. As managing director, he regularly trav- els back and forth between Paris and Lyon to visit his sister and other IFTEC employees. He is passionate about music and is part of a Lyon association called Le Sequencceur. He organizes Do It With Others (DIWO) work- shops at IFTEC Lyon one Saturday a month to teach the process of making electronic musical instruments. in-person training," Pierre-Jean says. "In-person training allows them to share, touch, and have answers to their personal questions more readily addressed." Participants receive individualized time to ask questions and share comments and concerns. "We are professionals who train professionals," he says. "We always have one foot in training and the other in technical advice. Consequently, trainees, when they return to their company, can quickly implement what they learned at IFTEC." On the Cutting Edge IFTEC trainers stay current by participating in IPC standards committees. "As an IPC training center, we believe it is essential to be involved in IPC's standardization process, to understand how criteria and requirements are defined and for what purpose," Pierre-Jean says. "We can then provide the correct information to our custom- ers during the training and certification ses- sions." Get to Know the Albrieuxs Although IFTEC is not an electronics manufac- turer, trainers are required to conduct training classes on different production sites, using sev- eral tools and equipment. It allows them to have a very global vision of electronics manufactur- ing processes and the various technologies used in the industry. "It is this added value that we believe we bring to the IPC technical commit- tees," he says. IFTEC is also part of the training committees that create the IPC training and cer- tification programs. "As a user of these programs, it seems natural to participate in their develop- ment." Just as IFTEC trainers want to stay on the cut- ting edge through standards development, they also see other positive changes happening in their country. "All changes are interesting because they push us to innovate and evolve," Pierre-Jean says. "I think one of the most significant changes in recent decades has been the switch to Restric- tion of Hazardous Substances (RoHS). IFTEC sup-