Canon Communications LLC and IPC - Association Connecting Electronics Industries® have reached an agreement to jointly produce an electronics manufacturing conference and exhibition this year. Slated to be the largest event of its kind in the Midwest, Electronics Midwest will take place September 28-30, 2010, adjacent to O'Hare International Airport at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, Illinois.

The new event combines IPC's Midwest Conference & Exhibition, previously held in Schaumburg, and Canon's Electronics Midwest show, and is co-located with four other Canon manufacturing shows--Medical Design & Manufacturing (MD&M) Midwest, Design & Manufacturing Midwest, Assembly Technology Expo and PLASTEC Midwest. These co-located events will attract 1,500 exhibitors and 30,000 attendees. As part of Electronics Midwest, a technical conference, professional development courses and standards development meetings will be produced by IPC to run concurrently with the exhibition.

"We're extremely pleased to be a part of Electronics Midwest," said IPC President, Denny McGuirk. "Although we're very distinct organizations, driven by different goals and with unique priorities, I am confident this new event will bring the synergies of the two organizations together to produce a strong Midwestern event for the conference attendees, exhibitors, and technical committee members."

A key priority for IPC was to continue its trade show objective, "to create a fair, focused and cost-effective event." As a result, the collaboration agreement includes special exhibit pricing offered to IPC member companies.

Charles McCurdy, CEO, Canon Communications, believes the new collaboration is a winner for both organizations and their audiences. "I believe Electronics Midwest will serve the electronics manufacturing industry well. Our two organizations bring their respective strengths--IPC as the premier global electronics trade association and Canon as the world's leading producer of advanced manufacturing trade events--to develop an unparalleled Midwest event for the electronics manufacturing industry."

For more information on Electronics Midwest, contact Tony Hilvers, IPC Vice President of Industry Programs, at +1 847-597-2837, or Joshua Dome, Canon's Sales Director, at +1 310-996-9427.

About IPC

IPC is a global trade association based in Bannockburn, Illinois, dedicated to the competitive excellence and financial success of its 2,700 member companies which represent all facets of the electronics industry, including design, printed board manufacturing, 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 $1.7 trillion global electronics industry. IPC maintains additional offices in Taos, New Mexico; Arlington, Virginia; Garden Grove, California; Stockholm, Sweden; Moscow, Russia; and Shanghai and Shenzhen, China. For more information, visit www.ipc.org.

About Canon Communications LLC

Canon Communications LLC, a portfolio company of Apprise Media LLC, is the leading producer of trade events, publications and electronic media for the world's $3 trillion advanced, technology-based manufacturing industry. Canon produces more co-located shows than any other B-to-B media company--60 in eight countries. For more information, visit www.cancom.com.