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IPC COMMUNITY 92 SPRING 2025 REGIONAL UPDATES IPC North America By Brian Knier, Vice President, Marketing, Member Success The North American region welcomed 2025 with the WHMA Annual Global Leadership Summit, a networking event for executives representing wire harness manufacturers, OEMs, and suppliers for companies that build wiring harnesses and cable assemblies. In addition to best-practice roundtables, technical education workshops, keynote speakers, and a busy exhibit hall, WHMA honored three indus- try members with recognition awards. WHMA's Hall of Fame Award, the highest recogni- tion WHMA can give a member, was bestowed upon Rick Bromm, ALTEX Wire and Cable, for his long-term service and strong leadership of WHMA as a board member and Chair. The Volunteer Excellence Award, given to those who have significantly contributed their time and talent to WHMA and the cable and wire harness industry, was given to Scott Morris, Marsh Electronics. The Hall of Builders Award, created to honor individuals from WHMA-member companies who have significantly contributed to advancing the cable and wire harness industry, was awarded post- humously to Cathy Hanlin, Precision Manufacturing Company, in recognition of her leadership and exper- tise in developing and implementing the standards relied upon by the global electronics industry. Early in January, IPC and the Printed Circuit Boards Association of America (PCBAA) led nine electron- ics CEOs to a series of meetings on Capitol Hill in support of a 25% tax credit for sourcing printed cir- cuit boards in the United States. The credit, which was included in H.R. 3249 by Rep. Blake Moore (R-UT) in the last Congress, is aimed at increasing demand for domestic production of PCBs. The Republican-controlled Congress and the new Trump administration have set an ambitious goal of passing tax legislation by Labor Day 2025. The IPC members visited 13 members of Congress, including nine who sit on the congressional tax-writing committees. Participants included the top executives of Amphenol, Delta Circuits, Eagle Circuits, Electronics Interconnect, Isola, Summit Interconnect, STI Electronics, TCLAD, and TTM Technologies. IPC Around the World