KIC Press Release January 4, 1999 - KIC Opens New Asia Office in Singapore

(San Diego, CA -- January 4, 1999) : KIC Thermal Profiling announces that the company is establishing KIC Asia, a new sales and service office located in Singapore. The new entity has been initiated to serve electronics manufacturers and KIC distributors throughout Asia.

Sales Manager for KIC Asia is Freddie Chan, who has nine years of experience with the company‘s products. "Freddie has been instrumental in developing and expanding the use of KIC thermal process monitoring in the Asian marketplace," says Bjorn Dahle, KIC‘s Vice President for Sales and Marketing. Ronnie Teo, who has several years of experience with KIC‘s full product line, is the new Service Manager for KIC Asia.

"The opening of KIC Asia reflects the company‘s growing presence and increased customer base in this important region," says Dahle. "KIC‘s success in Asia is due largely to our active distributors, who deserve the increased attention and rapid response that a locally-based office provides." The Singapore office serves Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia directly, as well as KIC‘s distributors in Hong Kong, China, India, Japan, Korea, The Philippines and Taiwan. Australia will continue to be managed from KIC‘s U.S.-based headquarters.

KIC Thermal Profiling develops products, services and programs for thermal monitoring, profiling and real-time process control. The KIC product line includes the Slim-KIC(tm) Thermal Profiler, the Prophet(tm) Thermal Manager and award-winning Auto-Predict software. The company‘s advanced technology, software expertise and full technical support ensure the easy application of KIC products to wave soldering, SMT reflow, curing and other thermal processes.

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.