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Kester to Exhibit and Present at IPC APEX EXPO 2017
January 30, 2017 | KesterEstimated reading time: 1 minute
Kester will be exhibiting (booth #2205) at IPC APEX Expo 2017, which will take place February 14-16 at the San Diego Convention Center. Kester’s booth will offer attendees the opportunity to meet with the R&D and sales teams, and learn more about Kester’s new products.
In addition to exhibiting, on February 14 at 1:30PM, Kester’s Bruno Tolla and Kyzen’s Mike Bixenman will present “Electrochemical Methods to Measure the Corrosion Potential of Flux Residues”. This session will address several topics concerning corrosion and current leakage as they affect board assembly and more challenging field exposure conditions.
About Kester
Kester is a global supplier of assembly materials for the Electronic Assembly and Semiconductor Packaging industries. Kester is focused on delivering innovative, robust and high-quality solutions to help our customers address their technological challenges. Kester’s current product portfolio includes soldering attachment materials such as solder paste, soldering chemicals, TSF (tacky solder flux) materials, and metal products such as bar, solid and flux-cored wire. Kester is an Illinois Tool Works (ITW) company. ITW is a Fortune 200 company that produces engineered fasteners and components, equipment and consumable systems, and specialty products. It employs approximately 49,000 people, and is based in Glenview, Illinois, with operations in 57 countries.
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