KIC Press Release February 16, 2009 - KIC Appoint A.E. Arrows Engineering as Distributor for Italy

(San Diego, CA -- February 16, 2009) : KIC, the leader of thermal process development and control products, and winner of multiple industry awards, announces that it has named A.E. Arrows Engineering s.r.l. as its distributor in Italy.

A.E. Arrows Engineering was founded in 2005 by Mr. Francesco Pisoni and Mr. Riccardo Pisoni. Mr. Achille Vegetti later joined as a partner and shares the management and sales responsibilities. A.E. Arrows‘ product offering covers the SMT assembly line including solder reflow ovens and wave solder machines by Speedline, which complements KIC‘s profiling and thermal process tools. Other lines include Pillarhouse, Feinfocus, Asscon and Cencorp.

With almost 30 years experience in the electronics industry Arrows has established a large customer base with an added focus on service and support. The addition of KIC‘s products gives Arrows the opportunity to offer customers optimized thermal process solutions and continued process control.

MB Allen, General Manager European Operations: "I am pleased to have A.E. Arrows as part of our European team. Arrows follows KIC‘s philosophy that customer service is essential to meet European customers‘ high standards, especially here in Italy."

For additional information, contact A.E. Arrows Engineering s.r.l.. Viale Isonzo, 20
20089 Rozzano, Mi, Italy, phone: +39 (02) 36581050, E-mail: info@arrows-eng.com,
Web site: http://www.arrows-eng.com.

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.