Cobar, founded in 1983 in Holland is known in Europe as the leader in lead-free and VOC-free soldering materials. The Cobar group includes Cobar Europe BV in Breda, Holland, Cobar Solder Products Inc. in Londonderry, NH, USA plus several joint ventures and licensed manufacturing partnerships around the world. Cobar's 54,000 sq. ft. (5,000 sq. m) production facility in Breda, Holland, includes a demo-room, various laboratories equipped with analytical instruments and fully automated, state-of-the-art production facilities.

Cobar's field of activity is chemical technology for the electronics industry, in particular chemicals for soldering and reflow of printed circuit boards. We are a company recognized for its integrity as a partner to the world's largest electronics corporations, including Fortune-500 companies such as AT&T, IBM, Hewlett Packard, Panasonic, Siemens, Philips, Ericsson, Nokia, Bosch, Alcatel and Goldstar. Cobar's 390-RX is the first synthetic No-Clean wave solder flux qualified by Robert Bosch GmbH in Germany, for the most critical applications in the automotive electronics technology such as the air-bag system for Mercedes Benz. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           On March 1, 1994, Cobar Europe became the first soldering company to be accredited to both ISO-9001 and AQAP-110 (NATO). On November 1, 1997 we were again the first to be accredited to ISO 14001. Another first, was the accreditation to the ISO/TS 16949 Standard for Quality Management, on April 1, 2005. The ISO-certificates are not objectives, but milestones in a continuous program of product innovation and quality awareness.

Balver Zinn Josef Jost GmbH & Co. KG

In September 1, 2007 the Cobar Group officially became part of Balver Zinn, with the final full transfer of ownership of Cobar to the non-ferrous metals producer headquartered in Balve, Germany. Through this new partnership, Balver Zinn will have a network that spans the major electronic markets in the world. Moreover, Cobar will benefit from and contribute to Balver Zinn's membership in the "Global Partners Network", an alliance of manufacturers of solder materials worldwide.

Balver Zinn, headquartered approximately 30 km south of Dortmund, Germany is a major non-ferrous metal producer. Balver Zinn has a company history spanning more than 30 years. They are a financially strong; family owned and operated company with a vibrant tradition and a passion for quality. Balver Zinn is well positioned among the leading providers of high-quality anodes with various alloys as well as soft solders and wires. Balver Zinn's products are widely recognized in the printed board industry as well as in electronics and electrical engineering applications. In recent years Balver Zinn has experienced a strong growth of its business with the introduction of Pb-free solders. Balver Zinn has licenses for SN100C™(Nihon Superior, Japan) and for SAC-alloys (IOWA, USA & Senju, Japan).

With a consolidated annual turnover exceeding Euro 70 million, the new partnership positions Balver Zinn as on of the largest suppliers of solder materials in Europe.

For more information visit Balver Zinn on the Internet: www.balverzinn.com