May 06, 2009 
The Balver Zinn Group Managing Director, Josef Jost has now put in place an agreement for ARK Manufacturing Solutions to be responsible for sales of the company's entire portfolio of solder paste, solder wires, solder bars, flux products, as well as their complete line of cleaning products.
ARK Manufacturing Solutions is an ideal partner for the Balver Zinn and Cobar brands, combining twenty years of experience in the electronics industry with a long reputation for leading products and technologies. ARK's large, established customer base is a direct result of their added focus on service and support and will enable the Balver Zinn Group to reach an increased number of manufacturers in this region with their superior performance products.
The addition of the Balver Zinn and Cobar branded solder products will afford ARK the opportunity to offer customers optimized soldering solutions and the highest quality materials, helping to ensure a continual high quality process.
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.
