Winners of IPC Hand Soldering Competition at Southern Manufacturing & Electronics Announced

In cooperation with Southern Manufacturing & Electronics, IPC hosted its popular Hand Soldering Competition (HSC), on February 8-10.

Skilled competitors demonstrated their expertise in hand soldering printed circuit boards while competing for cash prizes.

The first-in-person trade show held in the United Kingdom since the onset of the COVID pandemic, and the first time IPC held a competition at Southern Manufacturing and Electronics, the HSC welcomed 15 competitors, representing 11 electronics companies from the United Kingdom.

A technically challenging competition board was introduced this year which resulted in only two of the 15 competitors successfully completing a functioning circuit board assembly.

On the winner’s podium at Southern Manufacturing & Electronics were:

• First Place: Justyna Mikolajczyk, ZETTLEX (United Kingdom),
  completing her board in 57 minutes and 50 seconds, scoring 549 points out of 558 possible points.
  She received a first-place certificate, cash prize of £300 and a gift from HSC sponsor Almit.

• Second Place: Przemyslav Marszalek, TVC-The Validation Center Ltd. (United Kingdom),
  completing his board in 57 minutes and 56 seconds with 524 points out of 558 possible points.
  He received a second-place certificate, a cash prize of £200 and a gift from HSC sponsor Almit.

IPC thanks Polygone CAO, who designed this year’s competition board in accordance with IPC-A-610H criteria and featured 116 components that provided a significant challenge to competitors,

IPC-A-610 Master Instructors from ART-Advanced Rework Technologies, an IPC licensed master training center in the United Kingdom, served as competition judges for this year’s competition.

For more information see the original Press Release