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IPC COMMUNITY 62 SUMMER 2024 electronics, I realized that a standard for IME does not exist, and that sparked the idea that we should do something," Paavo says. "Later on, the French plastronics network had the same idea. Our proposal and the French proposal led to the formation of the IPC 3D Plastronics Steer- ing Group. Our first face-to-face meeting was in Lyon, France, in April 2022." IME technology merges printed electronics, surface mount (SMT) components, and injec- tion molding using mass-production processes, STANDARDS P aavo Niskala, a noted expert in in-mold electronics (IME) at TactoTek, recog- nized the need for an industry-wide standard when one of his automotive OEM clients asked him how to test a prototype TactoTek had developed. That question led to the creation of the first-ever IPC standard of this type, IPC-8401, Guidelines for In-Mold Electron- ics, to be released later this year. "When the customer asked me how to test the part, which is a combination of mechanics and In-mold Electronics Where innovative materials and manufacturing techniques come together By Linda Stepanich, Contributing Editor, IPC Community