KIC Press Release August 1, 2008 - KIC Partners with GS Electronic Vertriebs und Service GmbH

(San Diego, CA -- August 1, 2008) : KIC, the leader of thermal process development and control products, and winner of multiple industry awards, announces that it has expanded its presence in the European marketplace with the addition of GS Electronic Vertriebs und Service GmbH, a leading solutions provider of photovoltaic cell manufacturing, to its global distributor network. Focusing on solutions for the fast-growing photovoltaic (PV) cell manufacturing market, the company will represent KIC‘s new SunKIC profiler in all of Europe.

GS Electronic Vertriebs-und Service GmbH supplies production equipment for the microelectronics and photovoltaic industries. Its portfolio includes screen printing systems, drying and firing furnaces, inspection systems, and turnkey fabrication lines for wafers, cells and modules.

Founded in 1987 by Wolfgang Glockner and Ludwig Schuhmann, the company is headquartered in Fulda (Hessen), Germany. It focuses on excellent sales and service of high-quality products, and has a track record of many successful installations at well-known manufacturers of electronic components, and PV wafers, solar cells and modules throughout Europe. With the company‘s well-trained service engineers, strong support from American equipment manufacturers, and its well-assorted spare parts stock in Fulda, GS Electronic Vertriebs-und Service GmbH is able to offer excellent service to in Germany and throughout Europe.

"We are pleased to partner with GS Electronic," said Bjorn Dahle, KIC president. "The photovoltaic market is looking for technologies that can improve the solar cell efficiencies. GS Electronic has an impressive success record in this market. The combination of GS Electronic‘s technical know-how and KIC‘s process technologies will add significant value to all solar cell manufacturers. Besides being at the center of global PV activity, GS Electronic‘s commitment to customer service and satisfaction complements KIC‘s strategy."

For more information about GS Electronic Vertriebs-und Service GmbH, contact Ludwig Schuhmann at +49 (0)661 9429635; E-mail info@gselectronic.de or visit www.gselectronic.de.

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, and then worked to create the next generation of thermal systems to help manufacturers optimize and monitor thermal processes.

In addition to KIC Explorer, products include the KIC 24/7 continuous monitoring system, the KIC Vision automatic profiling system and more. With the introduction of cutting edge tools, the company continues to stay on the leading edge of process optimization and real-time thermal management systems, and has won numerous industry awards.