Nov 30, 2007 Masato Nakamura, Business Development Manager for Nihon Superior USA, recently relocated from Palisades Park, NJ to San Diego to manage the office and distribution of Nihon Superior�s products in the Americas. He can be reached at 619-684-1422 or via e-mail at m.nakamura@nihonsuperior.co.jp.
Additionally, Keith Howell recently joined Nihon Superior USA as Technical Director. With many years of product and process development experience with Speedline Technologies, he brings the company technical and process knowledge for the support of customers implementing lead-free through the North American SN100C� licensees, AIM Solder of Cranston, RI, and FCT Assembly, a division of Florida CirTech, Greeley, CO.
Mr. Tetsuro Nishimura, President of Nihon Superior and inventor of SN100C�, said, �This expansion is evidence of the overwhelming acceptance of SN100C� as it addresses concerns with the cost of implementing lead-free and well as reliability.�
An Sn-Cu-Ni+Ge lead-free alloy with low copper dissolution and low oxidation properties, SN100C� is available as solder bar, wire, cored wired, solder paste and solder spheres.
About Nihon Superior Co. Ltd.
Nihon Superior was founded in 1966 when it began marketing unique flux products imported from the US. Since then, the company made its mark on society by gathering the most advanced soldering and brazing technologies and products from around the world, and supplying them to companies in the metal-joining industry. Backed by its knowledge of these technologies, Nihon Superior has developed into a global company by establishing manufacturing and sales centers in Japan as well as in Asia and China, and by forming business partnerships with overseas companies.
