KIC and Balver Zinn Group Collaboration to Debut at SMT/Hybrid/Packaging Show 2009

San Diego � April 2009 � KIC, the leader of thermal process development and control products, and winner of multiple industry awards, recently announced that the BALVER ZINN Group, with its Balver Zinn and Cobar brands, is now a Value-Added Reseller (VAR) for KIC's products.

This collaboration of industry-leading companies will make its formal debut in Europe at the upcoming SMT/HYBRID/PACKAGING event, in the Balver Zinn Group stand 536 in Hall 9 of the Messezentrum in Nuremberg. The event is scheduled to take place May 5-7, 2009. Balver Zinn's KIC-trained staff will be on-hand to meet visitors and discuss the latest KIC product offering. Visitors also will be able to see a demonstration of the latest KIC software and view an explanatory video on the company, which will run throughout the three-day event.

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MB Allen, General Manager of KIC's European Operations, said, �This event offers a real opportunity for our two companies to cement this new partnership by working together for the good of our customers � old and new. We are very pleased to have Balver Zinn Group as our VAR partner. They have been very successful here in Europe and have expanded worldwide. They may now offer their customers the tools needed to optimize their reflow and wave production with KIC's easy-to-use products and software. I am happy to be working with Josef Jost and his team, and believe our profiling, optimization and monitoring products will compliment Balver Zinn's products, especially SN100C�.�

KIC and the Balver Zinn Group look forward to meeting customers in stand 536, Hall 9.

For further information, contact MB Allen at +39.06.4547.3670 or europe.sales@kicmail.com.

Based in San Diego, KIC is the industry leader in automated thermal management tools and systems for reflow, wave, cure and semiconductor thermal processes. The company pioneered the development of oven profilers and process development tools, and then worked to create the next generation of thermal systems to help manufacturers optimize and monitor thermal processes.

In addition to KIC Explorer, products include the KIC�24/7 continuous monitoring system, the KIC Vision automatic profiling system and more. With the introduction of cutting edge tools, the company continues to stay on the leading edge of process optimization and real-time thermal management systems, and has won numerous industry awards.