Having engineers trained to IPC quality standards is recognised and valued throughout the industry, and for some companies it is a pre-requisite of having any contract work carried out. As a result, companies are enlisting the expertise of tutors from IPC-accredited training centres to deliver specialist training to improve processes and procedures.rnThe IPC association was founded in 1957 as the Institute for Printed Circuits. However, as more electronics assembly companies became involved, the name was changed to the Institute for Interconnecting and Packaging Electronics Circuits, although the initials IPC remain the formal name of the organisation. The international organisation was formed by major global industrial companies including Boeing, NASA, Hewlett Packard, Raytheon, BAE Systems and Nokia, all of which recognised the need to ensurernthat sub-contractors' quality is maintained at an appropriate worldwide level of standard classification. This standard is accepted by multinational OEMs, aerospace and defence contractors, along with many smaller electronics production companies.
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