Valor Computerized Systems (Yavne, Israel), a provider of manufacturing productivity solutions to the electronics industry, announced that IPC (Northbrook, IL) has recognized the company with its Special Recognition Award. This award, presented on behalf of the printed circuit board (PCB) and electronics manufacturing services (EMS) industry, their suppliers and customers, is in appreciation of Valor's commitment in developing IPC-2581, Generic Requirements for Printed Board Assembly Products Manufacturing Description Data and Transfer Methodology, and its donation of the ODB++ (X) format.

"By generously donating their ODB++ format to the IPC committee working on IPC-2581 and by providing volunteer committee support from their development group in Israel, Valor made tremendous contributions to the development of this new standard and notably displayed its dedication to the industry," said David Bergman, IPC's vice president of standards and technology. "The time and travel commitment to the two-year standard was significant on Valor's behalf, and IPC would like to recognize Valor's efforts to and support of the industry."

The standard is the result of three years of a collaborative industry initiative, initially started by the National Electronic Manufacturing Initiative (NEMI) and followed by IPC's standardization effort. The standard is in XML schema and was built on Valor's ODB++ format, with added data concepts from IPC's GenCAM standard (IPC-2511B).

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