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Real Time with... IPC APEX EXPO 2025: EPOCH Expands With Automation
April 17, 2025 | Real Time with...IPC APEX EXPOEstimated reading time: Less than a minute

With a 35-year history, EPOCH is expanding its operations in Bangalore, India, focusing on automation and customer collaboration. Phil Marcoux leads a task force for AI in PCB design, working with various companies to enhance collaboration, and cites that, historically, data sharing has provided the greatest challenge for AI development. Luckily, he says, that is changing. EPOCH combines AI and traditional methods in manufacturing, especially in product design.
The 25th IPC APEX EXPO, March 18-20, 2025, at the Anaheim Convention Center in California, has concluded successfully. If you couldn’t make it to the show, don’t worry—the I-Connect007 team has coverage of the entire week’s events. Don’t miss our Real Time with… IPC APEX EXPO 2025 video interviews with the movers and shakers of the electronics industry.
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12/06/2023 | Edy Yu, I-Connect007Recently, EPOCH celebrated the company’s 30th anniversary. The I-Connect007 China team covered the event, captured a conversation with EPOCH CEO Foad Ghalili during the celebration, and filed this video report.
ZDI Partner, Epoch International, to Exhibit in Del Mar
04/05/2022 | Zero Defects InternationalZero Defects International (ZDI) has announced Epoch International's participation as an exhibitor in the 2022 Del Mar Electronics and Manufacturing Show. This exposition will be held May 4-5 at the Del Mar Fairgrounds in San Diego, California.
Driving Down Cost in the Supply Chain
04/08/2021 | Meghan Zou, EPOCHDriving cost out of the supply chain goes beyond reduction of raw material cost. Though many of the manufacturers today concentrate on negotiation with their raw material supplier(s) the hidden cost of internal supply chain goes undetected. To address the cost of the entire supply chain we should not only look at direct material cost but also the cost of internal supply chain. At Epoch we looked at four areas in particular which include: planning/tracking, storage/delivery, inventory management, and supplier relationships.
Zero Defects' Partner, Epoch, Relocating to Silicon Valley
05/07/2019 | Zero Defects InternationalEpoch International (EPOCH), a high-tech PCBA design and engineering services company with offices in Los Alamitos, California and Dalian, China, announced a strategic move to relocate its corporate headquarters and all operations to a state-of-the-art facility in Fremont, California.