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IPC COMMUNITY 110 WINTER 2025 IPC Asia By Sydney Xiao, President, IPC Asia Q4 is traditionally the busiest time for the IPC Asia team, and the last quarter of 2024 was no different. There were remarkable advancements across standards, certification, validation, educa- tion, and events. Standards • The new Requirements for Design and Testing of Insulated Gate Bipolar Translator (IGBT) has been submitted for PIN approval. • IPC Asia has released several new standards, including IPC-2221C-JP, Generic Standard on Printed Board Design; IPC-2552-CN, General Electronic Components Model-based Definition (MBD) Standard; and IPC-1402-CN, Standard for Greener Cleaners Used in Electronics Manu- facturing. • A new task group, D-33AA-JP, has been estab- lished in Japan to focus on the Automotive Applications Addendum to IPC-6012E, Qualifi- cation and Performance Specification for Rigid Printed Boards. • IPC collaborated with Delta Electronics to establish an IPC Asia CFX Demo Line and pre- sented a certificate to Delta Electronics during IPC CEMAC. Certification and Validation • The Chinese version of the IPC-7711/7721D training course was released. • On Nov. 5, 2024, 25 representatives from 14 companies participated in the Zhongshan CIT Club event. • IPC awarded the IPC J-STD-001/610 QML vali- dation certificate to Access Device Integrated Communications Corp., Beijing Railway, Pateo, and Cincon Electronics. Education • IPC Asia released the new workforce train- ing courses, including IPC-7530, Guidelines for Temperature Profiling for Mass Soldering Processes (Wave and Reflow); IPC-1402, Green Cleaners Used in Electronics Manufacturing; and IPC-7095E, Design and Assembly Process Implementation for BGAs. • IPC standards were recognized in China's national curriculum standard for vocational education. IPC-A-600, IPC-A-610, IPC-A-620, and IPC-7711/21 standards were included in electronics technical talent development requirements. Events • IPC Japan Hand Soldering and Rework Com- petition was successfully held in Nagoya, Oct. 23-25, 2024, with 140 participants competing Strategic Partnerships: Strengthening collaborations with Japanese companies, including LDP, METI, Keidanren, NEC, and Panasonic. John Mitchell delivered a keynote at the Keidanren Executive Summit, addressing over 100 executives on international standardization.