Institute of Interconnecting and Packaging Electronic Circuits (IPC)
Status
Scope
IPC Standards and Publications are designed to serve the public interest through
eliminating misunderstanáings between manufacairers and purchasers, facilitating
interchangeability and improvement of products, and assisting the purchaser
in selecting and obtaining with minimum delay the proper product for
his particular need. Existence of such Standards and Publications shall not
in any respect preclude any member or nonmember of IPC from manufacturing
or selling products not conforming to such Standards and Publication, nor
shall the existence of such Standards and Publications preclude their voluntary
use by those other than IPC members, whether the standard is to be used
either domestically or internationally.