Balver Zinn Appoints Distributor PROSEM Technology to Support SMT Business in India

BALVE, GERMANY � September 2008 � Balver Zinn, a leading provider of high-quality solders in various alloys, anodes, solder wire, fluxes and pastes, announces the appointment of PROSEM Technology as its SMT product distributor in India.

With verbal agreement reached in early September, this appointment will provide customers in India with local access to Balver Zinn's world-renowned Cobar range of SMT products, including pastes, fluxes and wires. Balver Zinn also holds the global license for Nihon Superior's award winning SN100C� range of solder, and the solder bar will now be available through PROSEM Technology.

Balver Zinn's Business Development Manager Paul Salmon explains the move, �This appointment is an important step in constructing a global distribution network for our products, and PROSEM Technology is ideally located to provide great coverage of the SMT market in India.�

Balver Zinn's products will complement PROSEM Technology's existing portfolio. Established in 2002, the company has emerged as a leading supplier of electronics manufacturing equipment and services in India, with a product range including solder paste printers, reflow ovens, and peripheral equipment such as solder paste height measurement equipment, video microscopes, AOI and stencil cleaners. PROSEM's head office is in New Delhi to better serve customers in the Northern and Eastern part of country.