FED - Your professional association for design, pcb and electronics manufacturing

FED – Professional Association for Design, Printed Circuit Boards and Electronic Manufacturing - Founded in 1992

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FED - Your professional association for design, pcb and electronics manufacturing

Our mission statement

For the FED it is mission and obligation to make a substantial contribution to the competitiveness of the electronics industry, offering professional training and constant education, providing IPC-standards and guidelines and promoting exchange of experience.

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FED - Your professional association for design, pcb and electronics manufacturing

Development of membership2006 – 2012

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FED - Your professional association for design, pcb and electronics manufacturing

Our field of activity

• The FED was founded in Berlin in 1992.

• The FED is active in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (total population: 100 million).

• The FED has around 640 members, thereof 580 companies. (cf.: There are approx. 350 EMS and 80 printed circuit board companies in Germany.)

• By 12 regional groups the FED has a high market penetration and local presence in a market with a total revenue of the electronics industry of € 190 billion (D, A, CH).

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FED - Your professional association for design, pcb and electronics manufacturing

Our target groups

The FED is partner for identification, processing and forwarding up-to-date know-how for

• Engineers

• CAD designers

• Printed circuit board manufacturers

• Electronic assembly manufacturers

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FED - Your professional association for design, pcb and electronics manufacturing

IPC courses and trainings

• The FED supports the development of new standards and guidelines in national and international bodies.

• The FED is fully licensed IPC Training Center

• The FED performs high level training for PCB-designers

• 900 electronics technicians out of 4,500 worldwide did achieve the qualification CID(+) in the FED training courses (800 CID & 120 CID+ from 2000 to 2012)

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FED - Your professional association for design, pcb and electronics manufacturing

Our engagement in IPC guidelines

• Following the People‘s Republic of China the FED has translated the largest number of IPC guidelines so far.

• Sales and distribution of guidelines is supported by qualified and personal consultation.

• This is one of the most important contributions to the implementation of the strategic targets of the IPC.

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FED - Your professional association for design, pcb and electronics manufacturing

Our image

• The FED has a high quality first class offer of seminars with many specialized topics.

• The FED has an excellent image according to a member survey conducted in 2011.

• The fluctuation is very low in direct comparison to other associations (approx. 5% p.a.).

• The FED undertakes substantial effortsto implement training of PCB-design in schools, vocational colleges andtechnical universities.

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FED - Your professional association for design, pcb and electronics manufacturing

Knowledge management is our business.

• Surveys among participants of seminars, conferences and specialist conferences

• Observation of competitors

• Observing legislation demands

• Individual recordings

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Identification of knowledge requirements by

FED - Your professional association for design, pcb and electronics manufacturing

Knowledge management is our business.

• Literature and internet research

• Consulting experts

• Participating in specialist conferences

• Professional input from Board of Directorsand Advisory Board

• FED forum (approx. 2,500 members)

• Working groups on several advanced issues

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Identification of suitable knowledge by

FED - Your professional association for design, pcb and electronics manufacturing

Transfer of knowledge

• Developing special concepts for seminars and courses

• Translation of IPC standards and guidelines

• Interpretation of standards and guidelines content

• Extracting knowledge into monographies - the FED Libraryof Knowledge

• Presentation of knowledge in conferences and regional chapters

• Selling standards and guidelines

• Organizing seminars and trainings

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FED - Your professional association for design, pcb and electronics manufacturing

Benefits for members• Exclusive discounts for FED seminars and training courses

• Discounted prices for IPC guidelines and FED documents

• Free participation in the regional chapter meetings

• Quarterly FED magazine for members

• Promotion of company events on a FEDwebsite diary

• Free membership in the FED supplier web compendium

• Free web job advertisements

• Free participation in the annual meeting of managing directors

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FED - Your professional association for design, pcb and electronics manufacturing

Benefits for members

• Assurance of individual specialized qualification

• Identification of technological trends at an early stage

• Easy access to an extensive library of actual knowledge

• Maintenance of existing customers

• Aquisition of new customers

• Access to insider know-how

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Informations regarding the membership under www.fed.de > Verband

FED - Your professional association for design, pcb and electronics manufacturing

Focusing on quality managementat FED

• The FED is an IPC-licensed training center for IPC-J-STD-001, IPC-A-600, IPC-A-610, IPC/WHMA-A-620 and IPC-7711/21

• The complete training program with training slides, examination questions/answers, instructor guides, IPC-guidelines and all necessary forms is available in German language.

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FED - Your professional association for design, pcb and electronics manufacturing

Highlights in 2013

IPC / FED Conference – Embedded Components on June 4./5th

Location: Frankfurt/Main

4th PCB-Designer Day on May 14th

Location: Vogel Convention Center, Würzburg

21st FED Conference on Sept. 19.-21.

Location: MARITIM Hotel & Congress Center Bremen

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