Recognizing leadership and support of IPC standards, education, advocacy and solutions to industry challenges, 4 IPC Rising Star Awards were presented at IPC APEX EXPO 2016. Recipients included Steven Bowles of L-3 Fuzing and Ordnance Systems, Stan Rak of Continental Automotive GmbH, Matt Turpin of Zentech Manufacturing, and Peter Zhou of Huawei Technologies Co, Ltd. IPC president and CEO John Mitchell said these individuals enrich both industry and IPC and will have continued impact.