WASHINGTON – IPC is hosting its annual US advocacy event May 21-22.

Executives from US electronic companies will join policymakers to discuss defense electronics, EPA regulations, workforce education and training, and the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) at Impact Washington, DC.

Members will meet with Reps. Jack Bergman (R-MI) and Lance Gooden (R-TX); Eric Ueland, deputy assistant to the president and deputy director of the White House Domestic Policy Council; Mike Molnar, director of the Office of Advanced Manufacturing (OAM) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST); Bart Meroney, senior advisor, Office of Manufacturing, International Trade Administration, US Dept. of Commerce; Henry Darwin, acting deputy administrator, US EPA; Scott Stump, assistant secretary for Technical, Career and Adult Education at the US Department of Education; majority and minority staff of the Senate Finance Committee and House Ways and Means Committee; former Indiana senator Joe Donnelly, who has worked with IPC and DoD on defense supply chain issues; and former Virginia congressman Tom Davis.

Participating member companies include Calumet Electronics; Chemcut; Eagle Circuits; Juki Automation Systems; Heller Industries; Lockheed Martin; Summit Interconnect; STI Electronics; TTM Technologies; Uyemura International; VirTex Enterprises; and Zentech Manufacturing.

Chris Mitchell, IPC VP of Global Government Relations, and Shawn DuBravac, author of the USMCA report, are available for interviews, depending on schedules.

For more information, visit http://bit.ly/2IG5M8D.

 

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