IPC – Association Connecting Electronics Industries® has announced the election of a new board chairman, vice chairman and secretary/treasurer plus nine board members. The officers and directors will serve through December 31, 2007. 

The three officers elected were: Jim Herring, president and CEO, Circuit Service Inc., Wheeling, Ill., as chairman; Mike Buscher, president, Assembléon America, Alpharetta, Ga., as vice chairman; and Paul Langston, CEO, Coretec, Inc., Scarborough, Ontario, Canada, as secretary/treasurer.

The following board members were reelected: Peter Bigelow, president, IMI, Haverhill, Mass.; Mike Carano, vice president, marketing and strategic development, Electrochemicals, Inc., Maple Plain, Minn; Steve Pudles, president and CEO, Nu Visions Manufacturing, LLC, Springfield, Mass.; Nilesh Naik, CEO, OneSource Group, Dallas, Texas.

The following individuals are new board members: Michael Brown, CEO, Micro Dynamics, Eden Prairie, Minn.; Joseph O’Neil, president, Hunter Technology Corporation, Santa Clara, Calif.; Don Schroeder, president, CTS Electronics Manufacturing Solutions, Moorpark, Calif; Dave Van Loan, president and CEO, Dover Technologies, Binghamton, N.Y.; Alan Wong, president and CEO, Parlex Corporation, Shanghai, China.