# Navigating Tariffs, Talent, and Technology: Parting Insights from IPC APEX 2025

- Show: [EMS@C-LEVEL](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ems-c-level)
- Published: 2025-03-21
- Length: 5m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ems-c-level/2025-03-21-navigating-tariffs-talent-and-technology-parting-insights-from-ipc-apex-2025

## Summary

Host of EMS@C-Level summarizes key takeaways from IPC APEX 2025, highlighting that EMS companies are prioritizing policy stability over specific tariff outcomes to confidently make investment decisions regarding their global manufacturing footprints. The episode details the industry's shift toward targeted AI projects with clear ROI, building on the connectivity and data foundations established by previous Industry 4.0 initiatives. It also covers the critical focus on talent development, featuring insights from Audrey McGuckin, and notes the growing political engagement of IPC, including new board members like Gunter Lauber and Markus Haschenbrunner.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ems-c-level/2025-03-21-navigating-tariffs-talent-and-technology-parting-insights-from-ipc-apex-2025#t=0) Introduction: IPC APEX 2025 Wrap-up and Tariff Uncertainty

## Topics

- [Policy, trade & tariffs](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/policy-trade-and-tariffs)
- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)
- [Hiring & workforce](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/hiring-and-workforce)
- [Manufacturing partners & offshoring](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/manufacturing-partners)

## Most relevant to

large enterprises

## Mentioned

- IPC (other)
- Koh Young (other)
- Creative Electron (other)
- McGuckin Group (company)
- CFX (other)
- Zona (company)
- ASMPT (company)

## Related episodes from other shows

- [What to Expect at IPC APEX 2025: Standards, Innovation & Networking](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ontrack/2025-04-16-what-to-expect-at-ipc-apex-2025-standards-innovation-networking) (OnTrack)
- [OnTrack PCB Design Podcast 2025 Year in Review](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ontrack/2025-12-30-ontrack-pcb-design-podcast-2025-year-in-review) (OnTrack)
- [PCB East 2025: Exhibitors, AI Trends & Networking Opportunities](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/ontrack/2025-05-09-pcb-east-2025-exhibitors-ai-trends-networking-opportunities) (OnTrack)
- [124: Tariff Talk](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/thoroughly-considered/2025-05-08-124-tariff-talk) (Thoroughly Considered)
- [276: 2026 Automation Industry Outlook, Live from the A3 Business Forum](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/manufacturing-happy-hour/2026-02-24-276-2026-automation-industry-outlook-live-from-the-a3-business-forum) (Manufacturing Happy Hour)

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