Contact:        Clint Gendusa
        847-790-5371
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

TECHNICAL STANDARDS FORUMS OPEN TO ALL ATTENDEES AT IPC PRINTED CIRCUITS EXPOÒ 2001 

Northbrook, IL 12/14/00

IPC- Association Connecting Electronics IndustriesÒ announces the introduction of the Technical Standards Forums at IPC Printed Circuits ExpoÒ 2001.
This new format, hosted by the IPC Technical Standards Committees, will take place on Monday, April 2, 2001, and has been created to reduce conflicts with the technical conference and allow committee members to spend more time on the trade show floor.
Attendees can now visit each of the committees in individual sessions and receive updates on subcommittee and task group efforts.
 "These new forums give everyone the opportunity to get caught up on standards activities and share their experiences with committee leaders and peers," said IPC Director of PCB Standards and Technology Chris Jorgensen.
"This is a great chance for new attendees to be introduced to committee activities and industry leadership," said Michael Hill, Viasystems, and Technical Activities Executive Committee (TAEC) chair.
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Among the committees holding forums include:
· Data Generation and Transfer Committee
· Printed Board Base Materials Committee
· Fabrication Processes Committee
· Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Committee
· Testing Committee and Process Control Management Committee
· Flexible Circuits Committee
· High Speed/High Frequency Committee
· Rigid Printed Board Committee
· High Density Interconnect Committee
Full committee handouts and advanced agendas for the forums will be posted on the IPC Printed Circuits Expo Web site at www.ipcprintedcircuitexpo.org.
IPC Printed Circuits ExpoÒ will take place on April 1-5, 2001 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA.
For more information on the Technical Standards Forums contact Jorgensen at 847-790-5328 or e-mail [log in to unmask] 
IPC is a US-based trade association dedicated to the competitive excellence and financial success of its more than 2,700 member companies which represent all facets of the electronic interconnection industry, including design, printed wiring board 
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manufacturing and electronics assembly.  As a member-driven organization and leading 
source for industry standards, training, market research and public policy advocacy, IPC supports programs to meet the needs of a $44 billion US industry employing more than 400,000 people.
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