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PCB Industry Standards: Threat or Advantage?
September 10, 2013 | Pete Starkey, I-Connect007Estimated reading time: 1 minute
Not many people are as knowledgeable or as well-connected in the global printed circuit industry as Michael Weinhold, technical director of the European Institute of Printed Circuits. Almost half a century in the industry and for many years a product application manager for DuPont in Switzerland, where he pioneered numerous developments in the fabrication of high-density interconnect: Controlled expansion laminates, laser hole formation, fine-line imaging, and fine-pitch SMT and flip-chip assembly, and latterly an expert on embedded component technology, he travels extensively as an ambassador for the European PCB industry.
Besides his other activities, Weinhold represents Switzerland at the IEC–TC 52 and TC 91 committees, developing standards for PCB fabrication and assembly. He is the only European representative on the UL 746E standards committee and also represents the European printed circuit industry in the World Electronic Circuit Council, focused on harmonising PCB technology and standards on a worldwide basis. Moreover, he is a member of the JISSO International Council, supported by the world’s major electronics industry trade and technology associations, whose mission is to harmonise standards from bare chip to finished electronic assembly.
Who better to give us the benefit of his advice and opinion on standards, increasingly a topic of controversy and heated discussion within the industry worldwide, than Weinhold?
I had the opportunity recently to sit down with Weinhold after the EIPC 2013 Summer Conference in Luxembourg, where one of the leading speakers, IPC Vice President of International Relations David Bergman, talked about standards and how they affected business, were a medium for communication, helped to deliver products faster by not having to specify basic requirements for form, fit and function, reduced overall costs by establishing a common understanding between users and suppliers, and increased the reproducibility of products and services. Read the full article here.Editor's Note: This article originally appeared in the August 2013 issue of The PCB Magazine.