Custer Consulting Group,
IPC TMRC and Other Presentations

The IPC Technology Marketing Research Council meets semiannually. Walt Custer is a regular speaker providing an "Industry Outlook" for the global electronics industry. Walt's entire presentations are provided here in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. These are large files, which can either be downloaded and saved or viewed on line. The majority of these slides are continually updated in Custer Consulting's 700-chart "Business Outlook" report, which is available electronically or, by mail on a subscription basis.  In addition to Walt's TMRC charts, other presentations are also included.

These files are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. Adobe Acrobat Reader, a free program, is required.

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  • Custer Keynote at IPC Expo/APEX 2006   Feb 2006, Business Outlook: Global Electronics Industry (109 charts, 409k)
  • Webinar organized by PBR Seminar:August 8, 2005; Business Outlook: Global Electronics Industry (175 charts, 575k)
  • 2004 IPC Expo/APEX-Keynote (104 charts, 300kb)
  • 2004 International Printed Circuit and Electronics Assembly Fair-Dongguan_China-Keynote (84 charts, 233kb)
  • EPC2004, Cologne, Germany, October 2004, custer-EPC2004.pdf (157 charts, 468k)
  • IPC TMRC, Baltimore, MD, May 14, 2004, Custer-IPC_TMRC-20040514.pdf (146 charts, 492k)
  • PCMI Conference, Long Beach, CA, March 24, 2003, Business Outlook, Global Electronics Industry
    PCMI03.pdf (149 charts, 3.8MB
  • Smart Conference, Brighton, UK, November 20, 2002, Timing & Magnitude of Much Awaited Recovery
  • Custer-SMART-Nov2002.pdf (118 charts, 556k)
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  • IPC TMRC, New Orleans, LA, November 5, 2002, Business Outlook, Bumpy but Improving Recovery,
  • TMRC20021105-custer.pdf (154 charts, 821k)
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  • Business Outlook, NECA (North East Circuit Association), Chelmsford, MA, September 2002, NECA0902.pdf (144 charts, 765K) - Sponsored by Shipley
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  • Timing & Magnitude of Coming Recovery, IPC TMRC Conference, Chicago, May 2002,  IPC0502.pdf (121 charts, 659K)
  • Business Outlook Global Electronics Industry, TPCA Conference, Taipei, November 3, 2001, TPCA2001.pdf (69 charts, 607K)

  • IPC TMRC, Orlando, FL; October 11, 2001
    What Happened and Who Did It Happen to? TMRC1001.pdf (621K)

  • When Will the Downturn End? IPC0501Z.pdf  1.7MB
  • IPC TMRC, Chicago, IL May 22, 2001
  • IPC Printed Circuits Expo, Anaheim, CA April 2001 When will the Turnaround Occur? ipc4-01b.pdf
  • Silicon Coast Computer Group
    October 26, 2000 meeting
    Broadband Internet Access at The Sea Ranch: Starband 2-Way Satellite System as a Possible Alternative
    starband.pdf (40 charts with pictures in PDF format, 1,489 k)
    STARBAND.MPG (video: Starband Communications and Northern Arizona University provide high speed Internet to remote Indian Nations). This is a 2.27 minute movie (LARGE 38,285k file size which will take hours to download on using a standard 28k analog phone modem). It downloads in about 5 minutes using a Starband satellite dish or other broadband Internet access.
  • ECA (Electronic Components, Assemblies, Equipment and Supplies Association)
    A Sector of the Electronic Industries Alliance
    Fall Conference, October17-19, 2000, Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco
    eca.pdf (91 charts, 545k)
  • IPC TMRC, Washington, D.C., June 22, 2000
    Ipc62000.pdf (118 charts, 647k)
  • International Printed Circuit Conference, St. Petersburg, Russia, May 30, 2000
    Click here for link to three papers
  • Chicagoland Board Assoc, Chicago, IL April 19, 2000
    cca400b.pdf (77 charts, 445k)
  • IPC Printed Circuits Expo, Long Beach, CA April 6, 2000
    ipc4060a.pdf (72 charts, 438k)
  • China Printed Circuit Association, Shanghai, China, March 19, 2000
    cpca300.pdf (118 charts, 448 k) . Also Ron Underwood, Chairman-elect of the IPC - speech at the joint CPCA-JPCA meeting underwood-cpca.html
  • IPC TMRC, San Diego, CA, December 1999
    ipc_tmrc1299-custer.pdf (145 charts, 1,110 kb, 12/99)