IPC Korea Hosts Festival of Electronics Standards and Technology
February 2, 2024 | Glenn Gong, IPC AsiaEstimated reading time: 1 minute
IPC K-FEST, our annual premier event in Korea, successfully convened on Nov. 9 in Suwon, South Korea, with nearly 80 representatives from more than 40 companies spanning diverse sectors.
K-FEST stands for Korea Festival of Electronics Standards and Technology and is organized by IPC Asia and the IPC Korea Advisory Committee. “IPC K-FEST 2023 is where innovation meets inspiration, where standards meet technology, and where the future of electronics comes alive,” says Sydney Xiao, president, IPC Asia Pacific.
The event kicked off with welcome remarks from Dr. John W. Mitchell, IPC president and CEO, and Jongwon Kwon, general project director, De-facto Standard Forum. Sydney addressed the topic of “IPC Standards Trends.”
During the technical seminar session, industry experts presented insights into quality issues and countermeasures of electroless tin plating, evaluation of basic properties of soldering materials, verification processes of SMT manufacturing based on IPC standards, and correlation between IPC QML and PCBA capability.
Other activities during the event included appointing members to the second IPC Korea Advisory Committee, a meeting with the IPC-A-610 Regional Task Group, and the annual IPC Member Appreciation and RTG Awards.
“We have seen the growing scale of IPC Korea's activities, especially through this K-FEST event,” said Jaesang Min of LG Electronics, a member of the second IPC Korea Advisory Committee. “We are looking forward to the future role of IPC in leading relevant standards in the electronics and automotive electronics industries.”
“IPC K-FEST is the fantastic result of a team effort between IPC and the IPC Korea Advisory Committee, bringing together the best minds in the global electronics industry,” Sydney said. “We shall make IPC K-FEST the go-to annual event in Korea, where we can all come together to cheer on the amazing strides in electronics standards and technology. Let's celebrate the future at IPC K-FEST.”
This article originally appeared in the Winter 2024 issue of IPC Community. To see more photos from the event, and read about other things happening at IPC, click here.
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