KIC Appoints Comtree Inc/Northtouch Canada Inc as New Representatives in Canada

(San Diego, CA -- October 5, 2004) : KIC, the leader of thermal process development and control products and winner of multiple VISION awards, announces that effective immediately, Comtree Inc./Northtouch Canada Inc. will represent KIC in the Canadian region.

The two organizations are working together to supply complete coverage of Canada. Ernesto Provenzano and Graham Gibson work out of the Toronto area and Benoit Giroux works out of the Montreal area. Together, the companies bring more than 48 years of sales and management experience, as well as an engineering-oriented background.

Leading electronics manufacturer‘s agent companies representing a wide array of world-class manufacturing, Comtree Inc. and Northtouch Canada Inc. provide superior services in the areas of Design for Test and Manufacturing, Assembly, Test and Verification, Debugging and Repair, and Corporate-wide Productivity Tools.

Both companies are successful manufacturer‘s representatives because the lines represented have an excellent reputation in the industry and continue to be innovative and concerned with both quality and customer satisfaction. Headquartered in Ontario and Quebec respectively, the companies are known as a top manufacturer‘s representative and will represent KIC‘s full line of automated thermal management tools and systems for reflow, wave, cure and semiconductor thermal processes.

Comtree Inc. can be contacted as follows:
Ernesto Provenzano or Graham Gibson
10-7050 Telford Way Mississauga, Ontario Canada L5S 1V7
Tel: (800) 455-5464 Fax: (905) 673-7771
E-mail: ernesto@comtreeinc.cc or ggibsonroam@ca.inter.net
Web site: www.comtreeinc.com

Northtouch Canada Inc. can be contacted as follows:
Benoit Giroux 3539 St-Charles, #511 Kirkland, QC Canada H9H 3C4
Tel: 514-630-5762 Fax: 514-313-5474
E-Mail: giroux@northtouch.com
Web site: www.northtouch.com

KIC - Headquarter Office
15950 Bernardo Center Dr #E
San Diego, CA  92127
Bjorn Dahle
+1(858)673-6050