MUNICH — Indra Setiawan of SIIX EMS in Indonesia won top honors in the annual IPC hand soldering world championship.

Setiawan completed the printed board assembly within 56 minutes and scored 321 points out of 340. Setiawan received a cash prize of €1000 and a soldering station from sponsors JBC Tools, Hakko and Almit.

Pauline Duval of Thalès DMS in France took second place with a score of 318 points and earned €500. With a score of 316 points, third place and €300 went to Maricel Calabig Velasco of Integrated Micro-electronics in the Philippines.

This global event included 17 competitors representing companies in France, Hungary, Indonesia, Poland, Germany, Thailand, Malaysia, Korea, Vietnam, United Kingdom, Japan, India, China and the Philippines.

“The competitors brought their best skills to meet the requirements of this year’s challenge,” said Philippe Léonard, director, IPC Europe. “It’s intricate work, especially as components keep getting smaller and smaller. This was a very challenging competition, and we had a very talented field of competitors from around the world showcasing their skills.”

Assemblies were judged on soldering in accordance with IPC-A-610G Class 3 criteria, the speed at which the assembly was produced and overall electrical functionality of the assembly.

Judges came from China, Estonia, France, Holland and the US.

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