Company History

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Company History

• Established in 1982 NIC Components Corp. is
  associated with NIPPON INDUSTRIES CO. LTD (Tokyo,
  Japan), a Japanese manufacturer and supplier of
  passive components.
• NIPPON INDUSTRIES CO LTD.
• Established 1975
• Initially design and production of aluminum
  electrolytic capacitors
• Expansion of diversified product offering
  through creation and management of NIC
  manufacturing network.

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NIC Company Profile

• NIC Components Corp.
• Established 1982 as North American sales and
  marketing operation for NIPPON INDUSTRIES CO
  LTD.
• Expansion (sales and warehousing) outside of
  North America in support of multinational
  customers with production in Europe and Asia
• Two automated warehouses (Melville, NY and San
  Jose, CA)
• Additional warehousing and sales operations
  (Buckingham, UK, Mexico, Japan and Singapore)
• Engineering support and full test laboratory
  (Melville, NY)
• Product design and engineering kits

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SMT COMPONENTS

• Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors
• Ceramic Chip Capacitors
• Tantalum Electrolytic Capacitors
• Films Capacitors
• Resistors
• Inductors / Ferrite Chip Beads
• Thermistors
• Varistors - Transient/Surge Absorber
• Rectifier Diodes

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LEADED COMPONENTS

• Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitors
• Tantalums Electrolytic Capacitors
• Ceramic Disc Capacitors
• Ceramic Monolithic Capacitors
• Film Capacitors
• Resistors
• Resistor Networks

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Product Reliability Trace-ability

• ENVIRONMENTAL TEST
•  Quality assurance tests includes
•   Load Life
•   Humidity - Moisture Resistance
•   Solderability - Resistance to Sold.Heat
•   Temperature Cycling
•   Temperature Coefficient
•   Frequency Characteristics
•   Dielectric Breakdown Voltage Test

Industry (EIA JIS) standard testing methods are
used for product reliability and qualification.
HALT and Load Life-Endurance testing are
performed on each type component to establish
reliability characteristics. Product Lot Number
and Date Code identified on product reel labels
provides trace-ability to production
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Quality Certification

• ISO 9000 Certification Registration of Quality
  Program
• QS9000 Certification
• - MLCC Facility, Taiwan
• - Thick Film Chip Resistor Facility
• Life Test, Reliability and Environment Testing
• Records - Keep Samples
• Factory Profiles - Plant Tours - Customer Audits
• Customer Performance Rating Systems

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Customer Expectations

• Reduce the Number of Suppliers per Commodity
• Optimization of Inventory Levels Logistics
• Increase Suppliers Responsiveness/Support
• Improve the Value of Products Services

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NIC Product Solutions

• NIC Offers the Broadest Line of State-of-the-Art
  Passive Components in the Industry
• NIC Product line covers All Major Capacitor
  Dielectrics Aluminum, Ceramic, Film Tantalum
  in both Thru-Hole Surface Mount Packages as
  well as Full Line of TH-SMT Resistive SMT
  Magnetic products
• NIC is a Direct Cross to most Major
  Manufacturers to Limit Single-Source
  Relationships for at-risk products

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Optimization of Inventory Levels and Logistics

• NIC Offers Worldwide Support to our customers
  from our Global Network of NIC Warehouses
• North America (New York California)
• Europe
• SE Asia (Singapore, Japan Taiwan)
• NICs Worldwide Material Management Skills
  Automated Warehousing, Controls Inventory Levels
  with Global E-commerce Solutions (EDI)

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NIC Support Network (Example Multi-National OEM
or CEM)
NIC EUROTECH
NIC CA
NIC NY
NIC COMP ASIA
NIC NY
NIC EUROTECH
NIC EUROTECH
NIC CA
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NIC Support Solutions

• Personal Service
• All NIC account representatives are trained
  professionals with attention to supporting NICs
  customers
• Prompt and accurate customer response
• Product and market knowledge
• Developing solutions keyed to individual
  customers needs
• Teamwork
• NIC recognizes and understands the valuable role
  distribution plays in supporting the customer
• Inventory logistics
• Price objectives
• Design support
• Importance of open lines of communication