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  • IPC certification · Mar 1, 2019 · 2 min read

    Why Should You Get Certified in Electronic Manufacturing

    In a recent report by GlobeNewsWire.Com, Global Market Insights, Inc reported in their research that the electronic manufacturing services sector is expected to reach $650 billion by 2024. This global industry growth is spurred by the exponential demand for consumer electronics…

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  • IPC certification · Feb 19, 2019 · 2 min read

    4 Reasons Your Business Should Invest in IPC Training and Certification Programs

    The electronics industry is a quickly growing and dynamic field. New trends and techniques are introduced on a regular basis, demonstrating the sector’s rapid growth and progress. For manufacturing companies across the United States and around the globe, investing in IPC…

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  • IPC certification · Jan 28, 2019 · 3 min read

    The Value of IPC Certification Courses

    What makes taking a class worthwhile? Is it the knowledge that is gained by taking the course? Or how often that knowledge is useful? These kinds of questions are much more difficult to answer about, say, a middle school geography class, but in terms of a class that affects a…

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  • Soldering and assembly · Jan 22, 2019 · 6 min read

    Training Veterans for the Electronics Industry

    Nearly one out of every ten veterans is unemployed. Statistics like this are disturbing, to say the least. Veterans have provided an important service for our country and those of us who live safely within it. Despite their dedication to our country and citizens, hundreds of…

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  • Electronics manufacturing · Dec 6, 2018 · 3 min read

    How to Design for Manufacturability

    Manufacturing is a big part of the U.S. economy. Did you know we would be the ninth-largest economy in the world if we were looking at manufacturing alone? But more than simply manufacturing, it’s important to create a high-quality, usable product, and to do so, you must……

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  • Electronics manufacturing · Dec 3, 2018 · 3 min read

    How to Navigate the Pitfalls of Printed Circuit Boards

    Each year, Americans dispose of around 220 million tons of old electronic devices and computers, the majority thrown away in order to upgrade. This is good news for manufacturers. Devices with printed circuit boards are in high demand. Not just in the U.S., but around the…

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  • ESD and component recognition · Nov 7, 2018 · 3 min read

    Why It’s Important to Take a Counterfeit Component Course

    Electronics components have a short lifespan. Original equipment manufacturers send out over 4,000 product discontinuance notices each year to mark the end of production of individual components. Reasons for discontinuance include the introduction of new regulations, changes……

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  • Electronics manufacturing · Oct 12, 2018 · 3 min read

    4 Important Events in the Evolution of the Printed Circuit Board

    These days, most pieces of technology include at least one printed circuit board. They are one of the most innovative inventions of the last century and are of great interest to those who are drawn towards electronic technician certification. A complex invention, not only do……

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  • Electronics manufacturing · Sep 28, 2018 · 3 min read

    The Future is Now

    We are living in the “future.” Take any science-fiction novel from the past 50 years, and look at the technology that is featured, and in most cases, we’re using some or all of it today. Our phones, computers, and our cars have advanced to a nearly super-human level of…

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  • IPC certification · Aug 8, 2018 · 3 min read

    Electronic Technician Training to Launch Your Career

    Circuit boards and electricity play a vital role in many elements of our daily lives. They run our cars, our homes, our phones, and even some of us. Becoming an electronics tech who handles the very detailed and exact kind of work to build and repair electronics takes years……

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  • Aug 3, 2018 · 2 min read

    PRESS RELEASE: Blackfox Partnership with Singapore Firm Wizlogix

    Blackfox Training Institute has partnered Singaporean firm, Wizlogix Pte Ltd to establish Singapore’s only IPC Training Centre. This new centre in Singapore offers the same IPC Certifications as offered in the Longmont, Colorado Headquarters…

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  • IPC certification · Jun 27, 2018 · 3 min read

    5 Key Steps to Becoming an Electronic Technician

    There are several pros to becoming an electronic technician in Colorado, from minimum education requirements to the potential for high pay, but what is an electronic technician and how do you become one? Can you be a technician without electronic manufacturing……

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