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Four industry suppliers come of age....
Four industry suppliers come of age....
Four major corporations celebrate significant anniversary milestones this year. The first five years of any new
company’s life are always the hardest, and it is testament to the hard work and ingenuity of these entrepre-
neurs that these businesses have thrived and grown to become household names in our industry.
What follows are their stories on how they came from small beginnings to the successful businesses they
are today, and some of the bumps and major developments along the way.
ing business partnerships with Taiwan; and Nihon Superior (Shanghai)
overseas companies. Co., Ltd. has been established in Shanghai
celebrating 10 years of SN100C
Since its establishment in 1966, Nihon China.
Superior has grown by leaps and bounds, Nihon Superior is committed to
Toshiro Nishimura established Nihon with the company creating a number of earning customers’ highest level of trust
Superior in 1966 to market the products new facilities to accommodate its growth, by taking full responsibility for every
of Superior Flux Mfg. & Co. (Ohio, USA) from a new building for the main office at product delivered. The company is ready
imported by Matsushita Electric Trading Mondo Okada-cho, Nishinomiya, Hyogo to meet rising demands for diversification,
Co., Ltd. Soon after, the company began Prefecture in November 1969 to its latest increasingly sophisticated technologies, and
importing and sales of brazing alloys plant and employee dormitory in Tsuyama. environmental protection.
through a partnership with Unibraze Inc., March 1999 marked a milestone in The following companies have been
USA. In June 2004, Mr.Tetsuro Nishimura Nihon Superior’s history with the com- licensed by Nihon superior to sell the
took up the position of president, and mercial introduction of the SN100C solder SN100C product line worldwide: Asahi
Mr.Toshiro Nishimura took up the posi- alloy, a unique, patented composition of Chemical Research Laboratory Co., Ltd.,
tion of chairman. tin/copper/nickel that has grabbed a 48% Fukuda Metal Foil & Powder Co., Ltd.,
Nihon Superior is focused on gathering share of the lead-free market in Europe and AIM, Inc., FCT Assembly, Inc., DKL
the most advanced soldering and brazing is the world’s leading solder alloy for lead Metals Ltd., BALVER ZINN Josef Jost
technologies and products from around free. GmbH & Co. KG, Cobar Europe BV,
the world and supplying them to compa- More recently, Nihon Superior Chernan Metal Industrial Corp., AIM
nies in the electronics and metal-joining (M) Sdn. Bhd. has been established in Solder (HK) Ltd., FCT Asia PTE Limited,
industries. Backed by knowledge of these Malaysia; Kyu Tai Industrial Co., Ltd. in How Tsen Intl. Electronics Metal Co., Ltd.,
technologies, the company has developed Taiwan was established as a joint venture; and WKK Distribution Ltd. WKK has
into a global company by establishing Nihon Superior (Thailand) Co., Ltd. was been recently licensed to manufacture
manufacturing and sales centers in Japan established in Thailand; Nihon Superior the SN100C product in Asia as
as well as in Asia and Europe and by form- (Taiwan) Co., Ltd. has been established in well.
precision (DRS™), and the first embedded in intelligent sensing solutions
celebrating 25 years
inspection sensor for electronic component for the electronics assembly
placement analysis (EPV®). and semiconductor equip-
CyberOptics was founded by Dr. Steven Cyberoptics AOI and paste measurement ment markets. Hundreds of
K. Case, a professor from the University systems are currently installed in every manufacturing plants around
of Minnesota, in 1984. For over 20 years, DEK printer and all JUKI placement the globe use CyberOptics
CyberOptics has provided industry-leading machines. sensors and systems to measure
process control sensors and inspection In recent years, CyberOptics introduced and eliminate defects, provid-
systems, primarily focused in the electronics the Flex High-Resolution AOI system ing the critical edge to their
assembly equipment market. for 01005 component inspection, the customers.
In 1990, the company introduced the MicroPad™ sensor for SE 300 to provide Tomorrow, electron-
first non-contact, laser-based 3D solder accurate 3D solder paste measurements ics and semiconductor
paste inspection system (LSM™). Other for 01005 component pads, and its first manufacturers will rely on
firsts at CyberOptics include the develop- embedded process verification product— CyberOptics to anticipate
ment of the first laser-based, non-contact EPV 5. the industries’ needs and in-
profiling system (CyberScan®), the From the beginning, the company has novatively solve problems with
first high-speed, non-contact centering focused on non-contact laser sensors and the company’s sensors, systems
Happy
method for component placement systems three-dimensional image analysis, quickly and software—keeping you
(LaserAlign®), the first digital, PC-based achieving global recognition for pioneering ahead of your
high-resolution ‘smart sensors’ for non- optical technology. customer’s demands.
contact 3D measurement with sub-micron Today, CyberOptics is the world leader
Anniversary!
20 – Global SMT & Packaging – January 2009 www.globalsmt.net
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