BANNOCKBURN, IL – IPC announced its annual US lobbying event, IMPACT Washington D.C., will take place May 21-23.

The trade group welcomes C-level executives from members companies across the US to meet with members of Congress and the Administration on issues critical to the future of the electronics industry and US economy.

During the two-day event, the group will meet with congressional leaders and senior officials from the Departments of Defense, Commerce, Education and Treasury. Former Congressman Tom Davis and former CBO director Doug Holtz-Eakin will deliver political and economic analyses.

This year, IPC will present its Government IMPACT Award to Senators Joe Donnelly (D-IN) and Todd Young (R-IN) for their leadership in supporting a robust domestic electronics industrial base. Sen.

Donnelly serves on the Armed Services, Agriculture, and Aging committees, and represents the Defense Department’s Executive Agent for Printed Circuit and Interconnect Technology at the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Crane, IN. Sen. Young serves on the committees for Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Foreign Relations, Labor and Pensions, and most recently, the House Ways and Means Committee.

Participating member companies include: American Standard Circuits; ASM Assembly Systems; Calumet Electronics; Chemcut; DIVSYS; Eagle Circuits; Isola Group; Juki Automation Systems; Optimum Design Associates; RS2 Enterprise; STI Electronics; TTM Technologies; Uyemura; VirTex Enterprises; and Zentech Manufacturing.

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Register now for PCB West, the largest trade show for the printed circuit and electronics industry in the Silicon Valley! Coming Sept. 11-13 to the Santa Clara Convention Center.

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