Isola Group SARL Celebrates 50th Anniversary of IPC Membership

BANNOCKBURN, IL - Isola Group SARL celebrated its 50th anniversary of membership with IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries® at a recognition luncheon on Wednesday, September 29, 2010. Isola has been a member of IPC since 1960.

Isola operates manufacturing sites in North America, Asia Pacific and Europe. Numerous Isola employees are active on IPC committees, many in leadership positions. Isola was among the founding exhibitors at the first IPC Printed Circuits Expo in 1994.

IPC President & CEO Denny McGuirk said, “Isola joined when IPC was only three years old, showing its faith in the future growth of our industry. IPC is proud to have supported several generations of employees, products and technologies through the past 50 years.”

“Isola is grateful to IPC for the recognition of 50 years of involvement with IPC. Isola would like to thank IPC for its dedication to the electronics industry and continued support of the technical standards, trade shows and educational programs for the electronics industry,” said Rich Pangier, director of OEM marketing for Isola.

In celebration of the occasion, IPC made a charitable donation of $1500 to further education and research in electronics manufacturing.

IPC (www.IPC.org) is a global trade association based in Bannockburn, Ill., dedicated to the competitive excellence and financial success of its 2,700 member companies which represent all facets of the electronics industry, including design, printed board manufacturing, electronics assembly and test. As a member-driven organization and leading source for industry standards, training, market research and public policy advocacy, IPC supports programs to meet the needs of an estimated $1.7 trillion global electronics industry. IPC maintains additional offices in Taos, N.M.; Arlington, Va.; Garden Grove, Calif.; Stockholm, Sweden; Moscow, Russia; Bangalore, India; and Shanghai, Shenzhen and Beijing, China.

About Isola Group SARL

Isola Group, SARL (www.isola-group.com), with headquarters in Chandler, Ariz., is a technology-driven global designer, developer and manufacturer of high-performance base materials used in the manufacture of advanced multilayer printed circuit boards worldwide. Isola's broad range of products are used in multiple applications including aerospace, automotive, broadband telecommunications, military, chip packaging and testing, high-end computing, high-speed digital designs and other specialty markets. Isola operates multiple manufacturing, R&D and sales offices throughout Europe, Asia and the United States.