Solder Material Companies
As the global leader of Solder Material Companies, Kester, founded in 1899, is a world-renowned supplier of solder and related materials and services to the electronics assembly, micro-component, industrial soldering, hardware/retail and wholesale plumbing markets. Of all the Solder Material Companies, Kester is known for high quality, advanced technology and superior technical support. With headquarters in Itasca, IL USA, Kester has additional manufacturing facilities in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Singapore, Germany, Japan, Brazil, Taiwan, and Malaysia.
Kester: Core Products
The Kester Core Product Group includes materials used in traditional electronic assembly such as:
- Solder paste
- Bar solder and anodes
- Liquid fluxes
- Solid and flux cored wire solder
- Solder preforms
Kester: Lead-Free SolutionsTM
Kester offers a variety of lead-free solutions for your assembly needs:
- EnviroMarkTM line of lead-free solder paste
- VOC-Free no-clean and water-soluble fluxes
- Lead-free solder wire and no-clean
water-soluble flux types - Lead-free seminars
- Solder Bar, spheres, and preforms and various
lead-free alloys - Unique product packaging for dual leaded and unleaded assembly
- Kester University training, consulting, and
test services
Kester: Advanced Products
The Kester Advanced Product Group includes innovative materials and services designed for microelectronic (component) assembly applications:
- Tacky soldering fluxes for FC, CSP, and
BGA packaging - Wafer/substrate bumping solder pastes
(low alpha available) - Solder spheres for CSPs and BGAs
- Reflow encapsulants for FC and CSP attach
and encapsulation - Thermal interface materials (TIM) for next generation heat transfer solutions
Kester: Value Added Services
The Kester Value-Added Services Group offers knowledge and technical expertise to electronic manufacturing companies who require unique solutions to their assembly processes. Kester's Value-Added Services include:
- Kester University training courses and consultation services for line audits and balancing, process set-ups, hand soldering and rework, and lead-free implementation and readiness assessments
- Lab services for defect analysis and process optimization (i.e. x-ray, SIR, cross-sectioning, ionic contamination, etc.)
- Solder Analysis programs for
wave soldering operations
About Kester
With over 100 years of manufacturing experience, Kester is a leading global supplier of higher performance interconnecting materials and related services for the electronic and micro-component assembly markets. Kester superior products can be seen in its Lead-Free Solutions Materials, Solder Pastes, Bar Solders, Liquid Fluxes, Solid and Fluxed Cored Wires, Tacky Soldering Fluxes (TSF), Ultra-Spheres ®, Solderforms ®, SE-CURE ® Advanced Materials as well as a full spectrum of global customer technical support.
Throughout the world, Kester's products are known for their high quality and advanced technology. Kester's QS-9000, ISO-9001, and ISO 14001 certifications ensure Kester's partners of this dedication to quality and environmental responsibility.
Kester Today
Kester global headquarters operates from a facility located in the Chicago suburb of Itasca, Illinois with additional manufacturing facilities in Canada, Brazil, Mexico, Germany & Asia Pecific regions. Our worldwide manufacturing and technical capabilities provide the support required to serve major electronics manufacturing services providers and OEMs.
Kester's global research and development strategy draws upon resources located in the U.S., Singapore, Germany, and Japan. Our R&D chemists are dedicated to advancing soldering technology to meet the needs of a constantly changing and advancing electronics marketplace. Whatever our customers' direction, Kester will be there to offer the complete product, process, and support solution.
For more information about Kester products, service, distribution or research and development contact Kester global headquarters at (+1) 847.297.1600, by fax at (+1) 847.390.9338 or by e-mail at customerservice@kester.com
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