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IPC Soldering

IPC Contest

Weller is PROUD to be
IPC Gold Sponsor

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Supporting the Future of Soldering with WXsmart

As IPC Gold Sponsor on trade fairs in Europe 2023, where the best compete in professional hand soldering, Weller provides with WXsmart stations and further accessories not only the equipment, but also supports with professional soldering expertise and knowledge. The highlight of our IPC Sponsorship in 2023 will be the competition in November at the productronica fair in Munich, where even the world champions are crowned.

After the difficult pandemic years and low interactions, we are looking to meet everyone again shortly at productronica for the IPC Hand Soldering Competition in Germany. Here talents from all over the world compete in hand soldering of high density PCBAs, which requires highly skilled and qualified technicians in order to meet zero-defect soldering leading to overall assembly reliability.

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IPC 2023 Competitions in Europe – sponsored by Weller

IPC Hand Soldering Competitions are not only taking place at productronica, but also on different trade fair shows in Europe , e.g. in Budapest (Hungary), Farnborough (UK); Lyon (France) Nuremberg (Germany) and Vicenza (Italy). Here the participants compete to build a functional electronics assembly within a given time, around 1 hour.

All assemblies are judged on their soldering quality in accordance with IPC-A-610 Class 3 criteria, the speed at which the assembly was produced and the overall electrical functionality of the assembly. IPCA-610 Master Instructors are serving as independent judges for this championship.

The IPC Hand Soldering Competition is the perfect place to discover all new talents of the industry and celebrate best skills and professional achievement for manufacturing floor‘ workers. In 2023 there are a lot of further events on trade fairs in Europe – all supported by Weller as IPC Gold Sponsor with soldering Equipment and expert knowledge.

The IPC Hand Soldering Competition is a unique opportunity for the Industry to recognize its best talents & promote specific skills that are becoming more and more scarce. The IPC Hand Soldering Competition is used by many key players in the Electronics Industry to demonstrate their know-how to their customers as well as to champion and reward their best experts and more skilled workers internally, thus fostering a dynamic and successful work dynamic, fully compliant with stringent IPC requirements, on their manufacturing floor.

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“We are proud that IPC signed this Gold Sponsoring contract with us and that the best soldering talents on the world can experience our innovative und unique WXsmart station live in the contest. This is one part of our engagement to connect the Future of Soldering and demonstrate the power of together.”
Philippe Buidin - IPC Statement Vice President, Marketing Weller, General Manager, Weller GmbH
Weller-tools-quality-quote-Philippe-Buidin-web
“We are proud that IPC signed this Gold Sponsoring contract with us and that the best soldering talents on the world can experience our innovative und unique WXsmart station live in the contest. This is one part of our engagement to connect the Future of Soldering and demonstrate the power of together.”
Philippe Buidin - IPC Statement Vice President, Marketing Weller, General Manager, Weller GmbH