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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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