Balver Zinn Group Appoints IMK as Representative in North America

Balver Zinn Group has named IMK as manufacturer's representative for the leading Balver Zinn and Cobar brands for the North American territories of Canada (excluding British Columbia) and Upstate New York.

The Balver Zinn Group Managing Director, Josef Jost has put an agreement in place for IMK to take responsibility for sales of the full line of Balver Zinn and Cobar's award-winning solder paste, solder wires, solder bars, flux products and complete line of cleaning products.

IMK is a well known and established company, bringing over twenty five years of 'hands on' experience and a wealth of knowledge to the electronics and semiconductor assembly sectors. Their reputation for exceptional support, service and professionalism will help the Balver Zinn Group to bring their superior products to a wider audience in North America - and provide the performance benefits that will help manufacturers to compete in these challenging times.

Balver Zinn Group has won awards for their superior products throughout North America, Europe and Asia, in recognition of the performance and process enhancements they offer today's electronics manufacturers.

The latest product in the Balver Zinn Group portfolio is the XF3 solder paste, developed to accommodate extended reflow profiles, with or without the use of nitrogen. XF3 demonstrates superior wetting performance on all common metal surfaces and exhibits a robust printing window for printing at 10 � 200 mm per second. XF3 is classified as an IPC-J-STD 004 REL0 solder paste; with safe residues that keeps the reflow oven clean. Further products are being launched throughout 2009.