Cadence, Downstream and WISE join the IPC-2581 Consortium for the adoption of the IPC-2581 standard.

The goal of the consortium is to accelerate the adoption of IPC-2581 as an open, neutrally maintained global standard to encourage innovation, improve efficiency and reduce costs. The members of the consortium will openly support and promote the adoption and usage of IPC-2581 by enabling their products, offerings and services to import/export/consume IPC-2581.




The consortium consists of PCB design & supply chain companies Cadence believes that it is in the industries best interest that an open, public, neutrally maintained standard be adopted by all segments of the PCB design, fabrication, assembly and test supply-chain. Cadence commits to develop and maintain IPC-2581 export from its Allegro PCB design software and stay current with latest approved and published IPC-2581 specification. Cadence additionally commits to collaborating with all consortia members to ensure that Allegro derived IPC-2581 data can be accurately and smoothly consumed by their technology(s), methodology(s) and process(es).

Additional resources on IPC-2581 you will find on:

Mike Buetow Blogs on the topic of standards and breaks the news about the consortium – Intelligent Design

PCD&F article: Equipping the PCB Design and Supply Chain with 21st Century Data

Wise Software Joins IPC-2581 Consortium press release

IPC281 consortium