IPC rebranded to become the Global Electronics Association, reflecting its role as the voice of the electronics industry.
Guided by the vision of “Better electronics for a better world,” the Global Electronics Association is dedicated to enhancing supply chain resilience and promoting accelerated growth through engagement with more than 3,000 member companies, thousands of partners, and dozens of governments across the globe.
“The board's support and approval of this transformation shows our collective recognition that the electronics industry has fundamentally changed. The association has expanded well beyond its beginning in printed circuit boards – we’re enabling AI, autonomous vehicles, next-generation communications, and much more,” says Tom Edman, board chair of the Global Electronics Association and president and CEO of TTM Technologies. “As we chart our path forward with our new name, we will continue and elevate our efforts to build partnerships between governments and industries, foster new investment, drive innovation across the industry, and minimize disruptions in the electronics supply chain.”
Key takeaways:
· As part of its new mission, the association is increasing resources to strengthen advocacy, deepen industry insights, and enhance stakeholder communications — all aimed at advancing and elevating the electronics industry.
· The Global Electronics Association will retain the IPC brand for the industry’s standards and certification programs.
· The IPC Education Foundation is now known as the Electronics Foundation, continuing to focus on solving the talent challenges for the electronics industry.
· The Global Electronics Association also released a study of the global electronics industry, which unveils that electronics supply chains are more globally integrated than any other industry; trade inputs like semiconductors and connectors now exceed trade in finished products such as smartphones and laptops; top exporters such as China, Vietnam, and India are among the fastest-growing importers of electronic inputs; and this mutual reliance challenges the viability of reshoring and decoupling strategies.
“Electronics today are the backbone of all industries, which makes its supply chain crucial to economies, governments, and everyday life,” says Dr. John W. Mitchell, president and CEO of the Global Electronics Association. “Our new mission and vision position us to work more deeply with industry and our members globally to advocate for the importance of electronics in our continuously changing world.”
