The Third IPC "Hampoo Cup" Chinese PCB Design Competition

China, July 12, 2014 (Newswire.com) - Organized by the IPC - Association Connecting Electronics Industries®, the online audition & registration of The Third IPC “Hampoo Cup” Chinese PCB Design Competition has been officially launched. The competitions of eight areas including east China, south China, central China, north China, northwest, southwest, northeast China, Taiwan & Hongkong & Macau will take place simultaneously.

IPC “Hampoo Cup” Chinese PCB Design Competition is a professional top competition with commonweal and practicalness, title sponsored by Shenzhen Hampoo Science & Technology Co., Ltd and originated with China's chapter of the IPC (Association Connecting Electronics Industries®) Designers Council.   

The competition aims to create a stage for China’s PCB design engineers to show their personal powers and achievements, share and spread the excellent design philosophy. The competition also intends to popularize the design concept, critical thinking skills, and innovation consciousness that the elements including performance specifications, electricity, heat, structure, manufacturability, cost, and period should be balanced comprehensively so as to improve the overall standard of the PCB design industry. 

Participating object: Free to all PCB design lovers

Schedule arrangement:

The registration has been officially launched. Contestants should submit their works before July 31. The finals will be held in early December and the event lasts nearly six months.
Contestants can visit the contest website to submit online registration, download machine test questions and complete and submit the machine works before the deadline. The Championship Organizers will appoint China's chapter of IPC Designers Council to introduce preliminary evaluation of the works and determine the final contestants.
The Championship Organizers will inform the final contestants by email in October. The finals will be hold in early December during the HKPCA SHOW.

The welfare for final contestants:

1. Before the competition, final contestants have an opportunity to attend the half-day training course of IPC CID.

2. After paying certification fee, written test passers can get the IPC CID certification. IPC member price: 1200 RMB / person. Non-member price: RMB 1500 / person.

3. Before December 31, 2014, final contestants who have already registered for IPC CID training course can get a discount.

4. Final contestants can attend the symposium for the works of PCB Design Finals specially hold by IPC for free.

IPC Awards:

One champion: golden cup, certificate, bonus

One runner-up: silver cup, certificate, bonus

One third winner: copper cup, certificate, bonus

Winning prizes: certificate, souvenir

Individual Awards: certificate, souvenir

Note: All the previous champions will have the chance to be selected as seed players for International PCB Design Competition.

About IPC:

Since 1957, IPC — Association Connecting Electronics Industries® has been guiding the electronic interconnection industry through its dramatic changes. A global trade association dedicated to the competitive excellence and financial success of its more than 3,500 member companies, IPC represents all facets of the industry including design, printed board manufacturing, and electronics assembly and test. As a member-driven organization and leading source for industry standards, training, market research and public policy advocacy, IPC supports programs to meet the needs of an estimated $2 trillion global electronics industry. With global headquarter based in Bannockburn, Illinois, USA, IPC maintains additional offices in Taos, N.M.; Washington, D.C.; Stockholm, Sweden; Moscow, Russia; Bangalore, India; Bangkok, Thailand; and Qingdao (China headquarters), Shanghai, Shenzhen, Chengdu, Suzhou and Beijing, China.

About Hampoo:

Founded in 2003, Shenzhen Hampoo Science & Technology Co., Ltd has remained dedicated to the global leader in electronic products and services by regarding service as its core and taking self-development and innovation as basis. Headquartered in Shenzhen, the sales and service network of Hampoo has spread over major electronic R&D and design centers all over the world with the aim to provide customers with comprehensive solution service such as intelligent mobile terminal, circuit design, PCB fabrication, PCBA and parts sourcing.

With ten years’ experiences in design and R&D, excellent product development IPD process, advanced project management methods and strict quality management system, Hampoo developed a unique informationization R&D and management system which can help customers accurately pinpoint the advantage technology, improve the development efficiency, reduce operating costs and speed time to market.

With the aid of accumulated supplier resources and completed supply chain management system, the products made by Hampoo have been widely used in telecom, medical, automotive, financial, industrial control, digital education, security monitoring and other industries which are highly regarded by 3,000 global customers from 30 countries.