| September 1972 |
Signing of Articles of Association |
| February 1973 |
First Council Meeting (ACT) Association of Circuit Technologists |
| February 1973 |
Incorporated as Ltd Company No 1096446 |
| March 1974 |
Inaugural open meeting at Caxton Hall, London |
| June 1974 |
First one-day Symposium at Brunel University |
| October 1974 |
First ACT participation at Internepcon, Brighton |
| October 1974 |
First Issue of ‘Circuit World’ – Journal of the Institute |
| March 1975 |
First Technical Evening Meeting at Caxton Hall |
| May 1976 |
Institute status achieved with change of title to The Institute of Circuit Technology |
| June 1976 |
Change of company name to the Institute of Circuit Technology Ltd |
| April 1978 |
Commencement of residential courses covering design, manufacturing and assembly of Printed Circuits, started at Bournemouth, and then at the University of Oxford and Cranfield Institute of Technology |
| June 1978 |
Sponsorship of First Printed Circuit World Convention at the Café Royal attended by over 700 delegates |
| December 1978 |
First Annual Northern symposium at Newcastle |
| November 1979 |
Resolution at EGM, Newcastle to permit the Institute to invite companies to join as affiliated members |
| 1980 |
ECIF proposes unification of all Industry groups |
| June 1981 |
Sponsorship of second printed circuit world convention in Munich |
| 1983 |
Institute running six courses and two major symposia covering all aspects of Circuit Technology |
| May 1984 |
Sponsorship of third printed circuit world convention – Washinton DC |
| 1984 |
Printed Circuit Association(PCA) formed to represent the commercial aspects of the Industry, but halved ICT Membership |
| March 1985 |
PCA affiliates with the ECIF |
| January 1988 |
Unification of the PCA, ICT and NUKCG had been discussed for many years and finally the Printed Circuit Inteconnection Federation (PCIF) was formed as the umbrella group for the individual groups, still excluding the NUKCG. |
| 1989 |
ICT Training courses ceased at Oxford |
| March 1992 |
IIT (ICT) Ltd dissolved |
| April 1999 |
25th Anniversary Symposium and Dinner at Streatley on Thames |
| 2001 |
PCIF merges with the FEI |
| 2002 |
FEI combines with other groups to form Intellect, a wide ranging electronics trade body |
| 2004 |
ICT appoints Technical Director and splits from Intellect |
| 2005 |
Annual foundation course in PCB design and manufacture begin at the University of Loughborough as a joint Venture with the NUKCG |
| 2006 |
Running four evening seminars and one annual symposium each year |
| September 2007 |
Annual Symposium at National Physical Laboratory |
| 2008 |
Annual Foundation Course at Loughborough University now run solely by the ICT |
| 2008 |
Reintroduced Group Membership, 1st Issue of the ICT Journal, began FP7 ASPIS Project |
| June 2008 |
Annual Symposium at Tweed Horizon Conference Centre |
| June 2009 |
35th Annual Symposium at Bletchley Park. Anniversary pen distributed |
| November 2009 |
ICT again becomes Limited Company - No 7077056 |
| April 2010 |
ICT Seal and embossed stamp received. Attendance Certificates made available at our events. |
| June 2010 |
36th Annual Symposium at National Motorcycle Museum |
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