BANNOCKBURN, IL – Doug Pauls has been elected to a two-year term as chair of the IPC Technical Activities Executive Committee.

The TAEC chair is elected by vote of the IPC general committee chairmen. Pauls, a principal materials and process engineer at Rockwell Collins, is general chairman of IPC’s Cleaning and Coating Committees.

He succeeds Mel Parrish of STI Electronics.

BANNOCKBURN, IL — IPC this week named Steve Pudles chairman of the 55-year-old trade group, succeeding Bob Ferguson, who completed a two-year term.

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CHANDLER, AZ – Rogers Corp. has named Jeffrey Grudzien vice president of its Advanced Circuit Materials division, replacing Michael Bessette, who is retiring after 37 years with the company.

Read more: Rogers Promotes Grudzien to Run Advanced Circuit Materials

SAN DIEGO -- IPC Apex Expo opened yesterday, drawing better than moderate audience to its new location at the San Diego Convention Center.

Read more: IPC Apex Expo 'Treks' On