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April 29, 2024 | IPCEstimated reading time: 1 minute
IPC's Validation Services Program has awarded Arlon Electronic Materials Division, an electronics material manufacturing company headquartered in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., an IPC-4101 Qualified Products Listing (QPL) requalification for the third time.
Arlon produces and sells military-grade, copper-clad laminates, prepregs, and packaging substrates to the global electronics industry. The company continues to be listed as an IPC-4101E, Specification for Base Materials for Rigid and Multilayer Printed Boards trusted source capable of manufacturing in accordance with industry best practices for IPC slash sheets 40, 41, and 42, the polyimide-based slash sheets covered in IPC-4101E. Arlon successfully requalified their product 33N, 35N and 85N to slash sheets 40 and 41 of IPC-4101E. Arlon also successfully requalified their products 37N and 38N to meet the requirements of slash sheet 42.
IPC's Validations Services QPL/QML Program was developed to promote supply chain verification. It also audits and certifies electronics companies' products and identifies processes that conform to IPC standards.
“Arlon has differentiated itself from the competition in the polyimide market by becoming part of IPC's global network of trusted industry sources,” said Randy Cherry, IPC director of Validation Services. “We are pleased to recognize Arlon for their requalification and for being the first U.S. facility to be a trusted supplier conforming to IPC-4101E as well as covering all three polyimide specification sheets.”
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