BALVE, GERMANY – Solder materials supplier Balver Zinn Group has acquired a global license for solder pastes and wire using Nihon Superior’s SN100C alloy.
 
The licensees will sell SN100C bars and ingots in territories only assigned by Nihon Superior; DKL services the UK and Ireland, while Balver Zinn covers areas from the Atlantic coast of Europe to India.
 
Balver Zinn also said its recently acquired Cobar business unit will introduce a suite of Pb-free paste wire and flux products. Existing Cobar products will not be affected.
 
SN100C is a patented nickel-stabilized SnCu alloy, based on the eutectic Sn99.3Cu0.7% with a trace amount of nickel.