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Labtech Acquires The Assets Of Filtronic Components’ Milton Keynes Facility
Posted: 16 March 2005
Labtech Limited, a leading manufacturer of microwave printed circuit boards and MMIC packaging solutions, based in Presteigne, Wales and a subsidiary of Intelek plc, has purchased the assets of Filtronic Components Limited’s Microwave Components design and manufacturing facility located in Milton Keynes UK.
The purchase allows Labtech, which employs 100 people, to extend it’s range of microwave manufacturing services to existing and new customers who operate in the Defence, SatCom and Telecommunication markets.
The Milton Keynes facility will be known as “Labtech Microwave”, which will be offering a range of passive and active Microwave Components, Low Noise and MultiOctave Amplifiers, MultiOctave Pin Switches, DLVA’s and MultiOctave Detectors.
The company’s existing Presteigne operation, will become Labtech Circuits, which will continue to manufacture Microwave PCB’s, MMIC Packaging Solutions and RF Machining.
Labtech will also be offering, from the Milton Keynes facility, Thin Film Microwave Circuit Manufacture, Box-Build Assembly and Build-to-Print Microwave Module Assembly & Test.
“ An expanded offering will open many new opportunities not previously accessible”, said Labtech’s Managing Director, Dr. Brian Mazonas. “A turnkey capability yielding a higher level of added value service for our customers will consolidate Labtech as a major European supplier of Microwave Components and Microwave Manufacturing Services.”
Labtech won the coveted Queen’s Award for Enterprise in 2001, achieved the British Standards Institute’s prestigious ISO14001 environmental award in 2003 and added the new Quality Management Standard ISO9001:2000 to its credits in 2004.
One of the first companies to be listed on the London Stock Exchange’s techMARK Index, Intelek supplies leading edge electronic components and systems for the satellite, wireless communications and aerospace sectors.
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