Last year we had already decided to take part in the B2Run company run in Hanover. The fun was simply too great for us to miss out on the event. With around 11,500 runners from numerous companies and businesses in the Hanover area, the number of participants was even greater than last year. So it was back to the north shore of the Maschsee for us, where the 6.5 km run began for our ILFA runners.
In mid-June, the time had come: After two years of training and having already passed the written exams, our two apprentices in the training occupation “machine and plant operator with focus on metal and plastics technology” also passed their final oral exams: Both with the grade A! Of course, we are justifiably proud of both of them and congratulate them on their successful entry into professional life.
At first there was only a large heavy-duty crane on our premises, then the truck arrived. And it was a big one: it brought our new InduBond X-Press 360 laminating press directly from Barcelona, Spain. With a weight of around 14 tonnes, a special team was needed to support us with the logistics: the company Schwarze Spezialtransporte has already supported us several times and once again did an excellent job with millimetre precision.
From 9 – 11 May we were exhibitors at PCIM Europe, the trade fair for power electronics, intelligent drive technology, renewable energies and energy management. Here we shared a 26 sqm stand with TCLAD and presented a wide range of PCB boards and thermal management solutions.
We welcomed a total of twelve young people on Girls’ and Boys’ Day, the day of the future. They were able to prove themselves in practice, solve a rally with various tasks together and thus also take an intensive look behind the scenes at ILFA. It was an entertaining day for all participants, boredom was guaranteed! The day started with a round of introductions and a safety briefing so that the girls and boys could move around safely in our production.
The Peter-Ustinov-Schule is a secondary school with around 250 pupils in Hannover-Ricklingen. In grades 9-10, it offers a practical vocational focus with measures for career orientation and vocational training and prepares young people either for vocational training or for secondary school. We took the opportunity to present ourselves as a company with our apprenticeship occupations to two graduating classes.
The year 1993: in the charts right now were Culture Beat with Mr. Vain, Haddaway with What is Love and Meat Love with I’d do anything for Love. In addition, Annett joined ILFA in that year in the PCB production and has stayed until today. Of course, this gave us a good reason to celebrate this anniversary in a fitting manner: with colleagues, a small snack, flowers and many shared memories from the past years.
Under the auspices of the IPC, influential electronics companies and EU government representatives met in Brussels on 13 April 2023 to welcome the upcoming adoption of the European Chips Act. During a panel discussion, Thomas Michels, CEO of ILFA GmbH, and members of Eurocircuits, Zollner Elektronik AG and KATEK GROUP, among others, discussed appropriate measures to ensure greater resilience and sustainable profitability for European electronics manufacturing.
Our latest addition to our machinery and equipment is used in our department for drilling and milling technology (BFT): The A-RMXY2-60S-CCD from Schmoll Maschinen GmbH. With its performance and equipment, the drilling and milling machine is also a real high-end solution in other respects. We are only the second PCB manufacturer in Europe to use this machine with numerous additional applications in production.
And once again we have received new machinery for our production in Hanover. In the area of multilayer technology, we are now supported by an FLX bonding system from DIS. It enables pinless alignment of multilayers, rigid and rigid-flex PCBs. Two different processes take place in one unit: Layer-to-layer alignment and bonding of layers. This process eliminates the additional tolerances associated with pin lamination and thus helps us achieve more precision, especially for high layer multilayers.
