Kester Solder, based in Chicago since 1899, is a leading flux-cored solder supplier and manufacturing company serving customers worldwide. The company established two manufacturing facilities in Singapore in 1969 and Germany in 1972, boosting its reputation in Asian and European markets, including North America. Element Solutions Inc. acquired Kester in 2019, while Kester joined other Solutions business units with a dedicated products and solutions supply of innovative semiconductors, solar, and electronics assemblies. Furthermore, Kester also provides primary and high-tech attachment materials and solutions for automotive industries, including other electronic solder assemblies, such as solder wire, solder paste, preforms, bar solder, semiconductor packaging advanced materials, ad liquid solder flux.