ITASCA, IL — July 12, 2016 -- Contact: Michelle O’Brien, Marketing & Communications Specialist

Kester hosted an Advanced Selective Soldering Process Seminar, on June 28 at their Global Headquarters in Itasca, IL.

The seminar, which was attended by 30 people, covered topics on flux, cleaning, process and PCB design. Kester’s Global R&D Director, Bruno Tolla, and Technology Manager, Denis Jean, presented flux evaluation for selective soldering applications and no-clean flux reliability. Mike Bixenman from Kyzen, Joe Clure from Ersa and Dale Lee from Plexus also presented.

For more information, contact Michelle O’Brien at Email Contact.

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.