FOCUS ON PCB 2024: EUROPEAN PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD INDUSTRY MEETS AGAIN IN VICENZA ON MAY 15 AND 16

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FOCUS ON PCB 2024: EUROPEAN PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD INDUSTRY
MEETS AGAIN IN VICENZA ON MAY 15 AND 16

THE EVENT DEDICATED TO EUROPEAN PCB/PCBA SUPPLY CHAIN COMPANIES AND EMS RETURNS TO VICENZA.
IT FOLLOWS THE SUCCESS OF FOCUS ON PCB 2023, WHICH CLOSED WITH +27% VISITORS COMPARED TO THE FIRST EDITION AND WITH 35 TECHNICAL INITIATIVES FULLY TRANSLATED INTO ITALIAN AND ENGLISH FOR THE BENEFIT OF AN INCREASINGLY INTERNATIONAL AUDIENCE.

FEBRUARY 21, 2024 – On May 15 and 16, 2024, the Vicenza exhibition center will once again host “Focus on PCB – From Design to Assembly” the only European B2B trade fair dedicated to the world of printed circuit boards.
Organized by NürnbergMesse Italia, promoted by Assodel PCB Group and hosted by IEG – Italian Exhibition Group, Focus on PCB is sponsored by ANIE Electronic Components, and is an essential reference point for the European PCB (Printed Circuit Board), PCBA (Printed Circuit Board Assembly) and EMS (Electronics Manufacturing Services) industry.

The event, now in its third year, is unique in the panorama of electronics fairs and is growing steadily: for 2024 it is already registering a growth in exhibition offerings.

“The first two editions of Focus on PCB focused on creating an environment conducive to the meeting of players in the world of printed circuit boards and the proposal of a program of collateral activities, such as conferences and workshops- with high added value,” stresses Stefania Calcaterra, Managing Director of NürnbergMesse Italia. “This year we wanted to invest further in enhancing the quality and number of visitors, so as to consolidate the reputation that Focus on PCB has earned among professionals in the printed circuit board industry as an event of excellence capable of encouraging business. To this end, we are working with dedicated resources on multiple fronts to reach more and more domestic and international professionals, to further expand the program of side events and to support visitors in organizing their visit.”

The event’s audience of visitors includes high-profile technical figures from multiple industries: from aerospace to medical, IoT to robotics, transportation to automotive and rail, and lighting. Focus on PCB 2024 will implement several initiatives to deepen new technologies, innovative applications, market trends, and provide opportunities to update on regulations, standards, and technological innovations for industries in the sector.

The attention on the issues of sustainability continues as it is an essential goal in designing printed circuit boards that manage to combine innovation and intelligent use of resources, and training, a fundamental activity to keep the competitiveness of the PCB industry high. There will be plenty of opportunities to analyse industry trends so as to gain the tools needed to better understand international markets.

The only Italian date of the IPC Hand Soldering Competition returns, with Master IT judges from GestLabs, the soldering competition promoted by IPC, the global association of reference for the electronics industry, which made its debut in Vicenza last year during Focus on PCB and that saw 28 professional solderers challenge each other on the construction of a functional PCBA.

And the community of professionals in the PCB industry will be able to find a new instrument at the fair that is functional to deepen everything that revolves around the world of printed circuit boards: it is the Focus on PCB/Journal, published by Open Factory Edizioni and produced in collaboration with NürnbergMesse Italia, which aims to give voice to a sector that is rich in talent, skills and desire to emerge and it is of strategic importance for several industries. The journal will also be available before the event online and at major industry events.

More than 100 companies and representatives from the EMEA and APAC area have been confirmed so far and will animate the 6,000 square meters of exhibition space in Hall 1 of Fiera di Vicenza.

Visitors and exhibitors at Focus on PCB will be able to continue to receive all updates in the coming months by following the news on the website www.Focus onpcb.it and on the event’s LinkedIn page, in an approach path towards the 2024 edition of the fair.

NÜRNBERGMESSE ITALIA

NürnbergMesse Italia has been in the Italian market since 2009, as the Italian branch of the NürnbergMesse group, one of the 15 largest exhibition companies in the world which includes NürnbergMesse GmbH, based in Nuremberg, and its 15 branches and affiliates and which employs over 900 people in eleven locations in Germany, Brazil, China, India, Italy, Greece, Austria, and the United States. The group also has a network of international representatives in more than 100 countries. The NürnbergMesse exhibition portfolio includes around 120 national and international exhibitions and congresses, both in-person and digital, with a focus on five product clusters: Retail & Consumer Goods, Building & Construction, Process Technology, Electronics & Security, Social & Public. In addition to managing the promotion in Italy of the group’s events in Nuremberg and around the world, since 2017 NürnbergMesse Italia is also an organizer of events in Italy. As an employer and organiser of major events, NürnbergMesse takes responsibility for people and the environment. It shapes its corporate actions on the basis of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals with the goal of achieving climate neutrality of energy supply by 2028.