Martin Schneider-Ramelow was singled out for particular honor at September’s EMPC2015 conference in Friedrichshafen, which he presided over as General Chair. The Fraunhofer IZM department head was voted Chair of the European Liaison Committee (ELC) of IMAPS (International Microelectronics and Packaging Society) Europe. IMAPS is one of the world’s largest associations of microelectronics companies, engineers and scientists, with about 1000 members across Europe.

Germany has the largest European chapter with approximately 300 members.  Martin Schneider-Ramelow has been Chair of IMAPS Germany since 2009 and has made increasing the membership base his particular focus over this period. At the society’s general meeting on September 14 he was unanimously voted First Chair for the fourth time. As such, he will be continuing to steer IMAPS on German and European level for another two years.