BANNOCKBURN, IL – IPC’s draft version of IPC-1402, Standard for Green Cleaners Used in Electronics Manufacturing, is open for public review through July 15.

IPC-1402 was developed by an international group of volunteers and governmental agencies from Asia, Europe and North America. This standard defines and sets minimum criteria for green cleaners – chemical cleaners meeting a defensible set of green chemistry requirements – used in electronics manufacturing processes. Also, this standard provides a core set of foundational environmental, health and safety requirements that aim to reduce impacts and improve the safety of cleaning products.

“IPC-1402 reflects the electronic industry’s commitment to advance green electronics and workplace safety and will expand IPC’s existing 300-plus catalog of electronics manufacturing standards to include safer, greener practices,” said Teresa Rowe, IPC senior director, assembly and standards technology. “IPC standards are truly industry-made, and we encourage industry to review the draft standard. Bringing IPC-1402 to our industry is an important step forward in building a sustainable electronics manufacturing ecosystem.”

IPC encourages personnel whose company uses chemical cleaners on electronic products or components, or on machines and tooling used during operations and maintenance, to review the draft standard and provide comments to the task group charged with drafting and finalizing this standard.

The draft document is freely available. To request a copy of the draft document and instructions on how to submit comments, e-mail answers@ipc.org.

At the end of the public review period, comments will be consolidated, and the standards development team will work toward comment resolution. Then, the final document will move to the ballot group for consensus vote. IPC-1402 is expected to be released mid-December.