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The International Microelectronics and Packaging Society (IMAPS) Poland Chapter was established in September 1982. In the beginning, it was the ISHM-Poland Chapter and, from 1997, it became the IMAPS-Poland Chapter. The IMAPS is a non-profit-making organization whose aim is to spread knowledge relating to hybrid microelectronics – a key technology in the assembly and application of semiconductors, thin-film circuits and printed circuit boards to form practical miniaturized electronic equipment. In 2008, the IMAPS joined with the IEEE Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology (CPMT) Society, bringing into formation the IMAPS–CPMT organization.

The 39th IMAPS Poland International Conference was held in Gdańsk,...