IPC’s Validations Services QPL/QML Program was developed to promote supply chain verification. It also provides auditing and certification of electronics companies’ products, and identifies processes which conform to IPC standards.
With IPC’s Validations Services, companies can differentiate itself from the competition by becoming part of IPC’s global network of trusted industry sources. For more information, take a look at our IPC Validation Services page or contact us.
Outsourcing: outdated
More and more organisations are finding that outsourcing is not a panacea to reduce costs. A few decades ago outsourcing was hot. Organisations looked at which operations they could cut from the core, so which [...]
Fire-fighting
Time has not stood still in fire-fighting. We have been faced with many major fires in the last few years. There were forest fires in Sichuan province, China, there was the devastating fire in Notre [...]
Awacs: Airborne Warning and Control System
Since the defence industry is a major partner for PIEK, regular visits are paid to the main players. One recent visit was to AWACS in Geilenkirchen. AWACS was established by NATO at the end of [...]
Cyberattacks: indirect attack on economic growth?
The time of Bonnie and Clyde has long gone, when banks were robbed by people with guns. These days guns are no longer necessary. Today’s criminal has his laptop as a weapon and has enough [...]
To the top with PIEK
Mount Everest is the Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas, Nepal.
3D printing in health care: giving an arm and a leg to the underprivileged
All over the world, there are about 30 million people who have to go without various limbs as a result of a war, violence, accidents, etc. Only a small number of those people is fortunate [...]
