Over the past 4 years, CAPLINQ and Profound Materials have steady increased their solder sphere market share and displaced traditional solder ball market leaders Senju, Accurus (Henkel), and Cookson in a very simple way: by providing high-quality solder spheres at the market’s lowest prices.

Globally, Profound Material supplies solder spheres to 9 of the top 10 semiconductor companies, and together with CAPLINQ, is growing its customer base to include numerous more small and medium-sized customers. With the industry’s latest technology manufacturing practices, Profound Material supplies Tin-Lead and lead-free solder spheres with no more than 1.5% Spheroid Tolerance and down to a 0.005 mm diameter tolerance.

We are pleased to publish the following price list for the SAC405 (Sn95.5Ag4Cu0.5) Lead-free solder spheres.

For more information about Tin/Lead (Sn63Pb37) or Leadfree (Pb-free SAC305 or SAC405) solder spheres or any other of our products, visit us or contact us for more details.

Over the past 4 years, CAPLINQ and Profound Materials have steady increased their solder sphere market share and displaced traditional solder ball market leaders Senju, Accurus (Henkel), and Cookson in a very simple way: by providing high-quality solder spheres at the market’s lowest prices.

Globally, Profound Material supplies solder spheres to 9 of the top 10 semiconductor companies, and together with CAPLINQ, is growing its customer base to include numerous more small and medium-sized customers. With the industry’s latest technology manufacturing practices, Profound Material supplies Tin-Lead and lead-free solder spheres with no more than 1.5% Spheroid Tolerance and down to a 0.005 mm diameter tolerance.

We are pleased to publish the following price list for the Sn63Pb37 Tin/Lead solder spheres.

For more information about Tin/Lead (Sn63Pb37) or Leadfree (Pb-free SAC305 or SAC405) solder spheres or any other of our products, visit us or contact us for more details.

Over the past 4 years, CAPLINQ and Profound Materials have steady increased their solder sphere market share and displaced traditional solder ball market leaders Senju, Accurus (Henkel), and Cookson in a very simple way: by providing high-quality solder spheres at the market’s lowest prices.

Globally, Profound Material supplies solder spheres to 9 of the top 10 semiconductor companies, and together with CAPLINQ, is growing its customer base to include numerous more small and medium-sized customers. With the industry’s latest technology manufacturing practices, Profound Material supplies Tin-Lead and lead-free solder spheres with no more than 1.5% Spheroid Tolerance and down to a 0.005 mm diameter tolerance.

We are pleased to publish the following price list for the SAC305 (Sn96.5Ag3Cu0.5) Lead-free solder spheres.

For more information about Tin/Lead (Sn63Pb37) or Leadfree (Pb-free SAC305 or SAC405) solder spheres or any other of our products, visit us or contact us for more details.

A recent customer request prompted this post. The customer was laminating the Linqstat film to another substrate and was asking if CAPLINQ could provide some technical specifications and lamination guidelines.

These are the following technical specifications and heat seal parameters of the LINQSTAT film:

Heat Seal Parameters:
Temperature: 80°C – 120°C (176°F – 248°F)
Pressure: 150 kPa – 400 kPa (21.8 PSI – 58.1 PSI)
Time: 1 – 5 seconds
Heat Distortion Temperature: 85°C

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CAPLINQ has just released the harmonization codes / harmonized system codes for tapioca starch.

Customs Harmonization Code (HTS#) / Harmonized System Code (HS Code) for Tapioca Starch:
1903.00.0000: Tapioca, Substitutes Therefor Prepared from Starch

By clicking on the image below, you will see the detailed travel route used to extract the native food-grade tapioca starch from Lekoni, Gabon to the port in Libreville.

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Transport from the center of an African country to the port of destination is no trivial task. Fortunately for CAPLINQ, Gabon is a country with many natural resources, so some level of infrastructure has already been established. This is of significant importance to the Food-Grade Native Tapioca Starch project in Gabon, Africa since construction of this infrastructure from scratch would make this project cost prohibitive.

CAPLINQ and ANK Gabon have partnered with an existing private Manganese-extraction company that has already expanded the existing railway system from the center of Gabon to the port where the goods are loaded on the cargo ships.

Summarizing the travel route, the cassava roots are extracted in the field in Lekoni, Gabon. They are transported with tractors to the factory that is centrally located within 15 kilometers of the fields where the roots are transformed into food-grade tapioca starch. From here, the native starch is loaded into conatiners and brought by truck to Franceville where they are loaded onto train cars. The train covers the largest distance, moving the goods right to the port in Libreville where they are then loaded on the cargo ships and shipped to the customers’ destination port.

By clicking on the image below, you will see the detailed travel route used to extract the native food-grade tapioca starch from Lekoni, Gabon to the port in Libreville.

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Now that production batches have been tested, CAPLINQ and ANK Gabon can now publish the Physical, Chemical and Microbiological Requirements (collectively known as the Purchase Specifications) to which the Food-Grade Native Tapioca Starch will adhere. Of course, this means that the starch can also be used for industrial starch applications, but the quality of the starch produced will all meet the below food-grade requirements. Additional, customer-specific requirements can also be considered.

Food-Grade Native Tapioca Starch Purchase Specifications:

Items to be listed on Certificate of Analysis (CoA) of every delivery:
Moisture: 11- 14% (ISO 1666)
pH: 4.5 – 7
Total aerobic mesophilic count: 10,000 CFU /g (ISO 4833)
Moulds: 250 CFU/g (ISO 7954)
Yeast: 250 CFU/g (ISO 7954)
E. coli or coliforms: absent (ISO 16654)
Salmonella: absent (ISO 6579)
Shelf-Life: 12 months after delivery date

Items to be measured and supplied yearly to customer:
Ash: max. 0.3% (ISO 3593)
Diffuse reflection Number/Whiteness: min. 90
Visible Impurities: max. 10
Sieve analysis (vibrational): max. 0.15%
Protein content: max. 0.2%
Cyanogenic potential : max 10mg HCN/kg (AOAC 1995 915.03 Pyridine Pyrazolone method)
Brabender viscosity: min. 700 Bu (Conc. 6% ds, 700 cmg, 75 rpm, start temp. 45oC, increasing with 1,5 oC/min. till 90 oC, hold for 20 min., Read peak viscosity)
Sulphite (SO2): max. 10 mg/kg (ISO 5379)
Arsenic (As): max. 0.1 mg/kg (ISO 11212)
Cadmium (Cd): max. 0.1 mg/kg (ISO 11212)
Lead (Pb): 0.5 mg/kg (ISO 11212)
Mercury (Hg): 0.05 mg/kg (ISO 11212)

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As mentioned in an earlier post and part of CAPLINQ’s efforts to compete in the sales of SAC305, SAC405 and Sn63Pb37 solder spheres online, we are pleased to post the harmonization codes for these products.

Customs Harmonization Code (HTS#) for SAC 305 and SAC405 Solder Spheres

8001.20.00.10: Unwrought tin: Tin alloys containing, by weight, 5 percent or less of lead

Customs Harmonization Code (HTS#) for Sn63Pb67 Solder Spheres

8001.20.00.90: Unwrought tin: Tin alloys containing, by weight, more than 25 percent of lead

For more information about Tin/Lead (SnPb) or Leadfree (Pb-free) solder spheres or any other of our products, visit us or contact us for more details.

Native Tapioca starch, even food-grade tapioca starch is a world commodity and CAPLINQ knows that it must compete against a global market of producers. Despite this, we believe that our tapioca starch prices, produced in Gabon, Africa are very competitive and when you include sea freight charges to South Africa, Europe, and South America – our prices are even more competitive.

Volume-Based Native Tapioca Starch Prices | Cassava Starch

Though CAPLINQ typically publishes its price-list publicly, the commodity business of tapioca starch changes so rapidly that prices change every week. Instead, CAPLINQ refers its customers to the Thai Tapioca Starch Association (TTSA) website where prices of Thai-supplied starch are supplied, and CAPLINQ’s sales price have always been below these prices.

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