1. FED – Professional Association for Design, Printed Circuit Boards and Electronic Manufacturing - Founded in 1992
Ihr Fachverband für Design, Leiterplatten- und Elektronikfertigung = Your Trade Association for Design, Printed Circuit Boards and Electronics Production

2. 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.

3. FED (Association for Electronic Design)
Members
Executive Board
President
Rainer Thüringer, Ph.D.
Design
Erika Reel
PCB
Sven Nehrdich
Assembly
Patrick v. Unold
Finances
Harald Steininger
Regional Groups
Klaus Dingler
IPC-DC & Education
Rainer Thüringer
Ph.D.
IPC & Standards
Rainer Taube

4. FED (Association for Electronic Design)
FED-Office (located in Berlin)
General Manager
Stephan Weyhe, Ph.D.
Technical Manager
Michael Ihnenfeld
Standards & Publications
Dietmar Baar
Seminars & Conferences
Antje Brandt
Sandra Köckeritz
Database Homepage
Christina Griegel Sandra Köckeritz
FED-/IPC-Documents
Silke Gamm

5. FED (Association for Electronic Design)
Technical Advisory Board
Chief of Board
Ursula Christoph
12 Regionalgroups in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
26 Representatives

6. Development of membership 2006 – 2012

7. Structure of members

8. Turnover 2012
Aggregated results 2012 = 1,49 Mio. EUR 8 8 8

9. 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).

10. 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

11. 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)

12. 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.

13. 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 efforts to implement training of PCB-design in schools, vocational colleges and technical universities.

14. Knowledge management is our business.
Identification of knowledge requirements by
Surveys among participants of seminars, conferences and specialist conferences
Observation of competitors
Observing legislation demands
Individual recordings

15. Knowledge management is our business.
Identification of suitable knowledge by
Literature and internet research
Consulting experts
Participating in specialist conferences
Professional input from Board of Directors and Advisory Board
FED forum (approx. 2,500 members)
Working groups on several advanced issues

16. 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 Library of Knowledge
Presentation of knowledge in conferences and regional chapters
Selling standards and guidelines
Organizing seminars and trainings

17. 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 FED website diary
Free membership in the FED supplier web compendium
Free web job advertisements
Free participation in the annual meeting of managing directors

18. 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
Informations regarding the membership under > Verband

19. Focusing on quality management at 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. 

20. 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
Location: MARITIM Hotel & Congress Center Bremen