KIC Press Release January 8, 2007 - Vitronics Soltec Announces Technology Partnership with KIC

(Stratham, NH -- January 8, 2007) : Vitronics Soltec announces the formation of a technology partnership with KIC Thermal Profiling of San Diego, CA. The companies intend to build upon each other‘s technological leadership in their respective sectors of soldering equipment and process management and traceability in order to further advance soldering processes.

According to Vitronics Soltec President Erik Tobiason, "This is a long term partnership aimed at developing new capabilities in order to add value to our mutual customers." KIC President Bjorn Dahle said, "Through this partnership we will be able to leverage our joint strengths to develop new technology solutions for process improvements." Tobiason further added, "Vitronics Soltec and KIC both see this as an excellent and exciting opportunity to bring true innovation to soldering processes."

Chris Clement, Director of Vitronics Soltec‘s Global Reflow Product lines, said "This partnership will have a direct impact on the value proposition of our machines. Specifically, this will add to the high-end process capabilities of the XPM family for improvement in several areas including process yields, machine up-time, throughput, cost of ownership, and overall productivity."

The XPM family, as well as other Vitronics Soltec soldering solutions and KIC products will be exhibited at APEX 2007 in Los Angeles, California, February 20-22. Vitronics Soltec‘s booth is #1344; KIC‘s booth is #1528.

About Vitronics Soltec
Vitronics Soltec specializes in the design and manufacturing of mass soldering equipment for the global circuit board assembly market, and includes Reflow, Wave, and Selective Soldering technologies. Vitronics Soltec manufactures its systems in three facilities worldwide; Stratham, New Hampshire, USA; Oosterhout, The Netherlands; and Suzhou, China. Direct sales and support centers are located in the United States, The Netherlands, Germany, Singapore, Shanghai, Malaysia, Korea and India. For more information about the company, visit: www.vitronics-soltec.com.

About KIC
Based in San Diego, KIC is the industry leader in automated thermal management tools and systems for reflow, wave, cure and semiconductor thermal processes. The company pioneered the development of oven profilers and process development tools. KIC remains on the leading edge of the thermal industry with innovative tools for process development, optimization and real-time management.