Promise Statement

KIC is committed to providing Innovation That Works™. We are dedicated to total thermal process improvement and total customer satisfaction. Our innovative products and services are designed to improve a variety of thermal monitoring, profiling and process control applications.

Why Choose KIC?

With KIC you get instant access to decades of experience in thermal process monitoring. Our service department is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and dedicated to providing you with prompt, knowledgeable solutions.

Our customers are among the most demanding in the industry, stimulating us to continually develop new products and services to meet those needs. KIC's innovative technologies are at work in thousands of leading edge companies worldwide in numerous industries, providing:

• Lower production costs and increased equipment utilization
• Improved product quality and product yield
• Automatic and continuous documenting and tracking of the thermal processes
• An increased bottom-line

KIC -- A History of Firsts

For nearly three decades KIC has advanced industries worldwide with their innovative technology firsts. The timeline below highlights a history of KIC's numerous significant technological achievements.

2002

KIC^® Auto-Focus™: oven setup tool that automatically suggests an initial oven recipe for new products, with the potential for new product setup without having to run a verification profile.

2001

KIC^® 24/7: the second generation continuous process control system that automatically provides production traceability and SPC charting, including Cpk, for every product that passes through the oven.
The KIC 24/7 wins the SMT Vision Award.

2000

KIC Pilot™: an automated oven setup control software that enables a line operator with one hour of training to setup and optimize the reflow oven for a new boards.
The KIC Pilot wins the SMT Vision Award, EP&P Excellence Award, and the EP&P Grand Excellence Award for the best new SMT assembly product of 2000.

1999

KIC introduces the Process Window Index (PWI).  The PWI is a statistical innovation that defines a profile's fit to the process window in a single number.

1998

KIC Auto-Predict™: the first oven recipe "search engine" that automatically identifies the optimal oven setup.
Auto-Predict wins the SMT Vision Award.

1995

KIC introduces WinKIC: the first Profiling software for Microsoft^® Windows^®.
"Virtual Profiling": continuously calculates the product profile for every board that passes through the oven.

1991

SideKIC^®: the first wireless real-time pass-through profiler.

1989

KIC introduces the first Profile Prediction software for microcomputers.

1977

KIC introduces the first continuous monitoring system for conveyorized furnaces for microcomputers.

Innovation That Works™

All KIC products are backed by a no-strings-attached, 30-day money back guarantee.