BALVE, GERMANY – The Balver Zinn/Cobar Group has opened a new application and training center here.

This center is equipped with various assembly machines from related companies, including Seho, Ekra and Hakko.

The objective of the center is to support R & D activities, demonstrate processes, provide process support training, and root cause failure analysis for customer issues.

Training programs will take place in the IPC-qualified application part of the center; certified trainers will provide training courses such as hand soldering, DoE in soldering, and IPC training in accordance with J-STD-001E and IPC-A-610E.

For more information, visit www.balverzinn.com/ipc-training.html.

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