Back in the year 1992 five engineers founded a business for test automation (ITE) in Belgium and laid the foundations for what later became IPTE: Integrated Production and Test Engineering. What began on a small business scale has grown into a global player in the meantime. Today, the IPTE Factory Automation group has around 600 employees world-wide. The portfolio and services has continually and fundamentally grown, both on its own strength and through appropriate acquisitions. These days IPTE Factory Automation is present with own facilities and service in following countries:

• Belgium
• China
• Estonia
• France
• Germany
• Mexico
• Portugal
• Romania
• Singapore
• Spain
• USA

Development of the IPTE NV group and IPTE FA at a glance:

• 2017:
  Celebrating 25 years IPTE
  IPTE Mexico moves to a new and larger facility in Guadalajara
• 2016:
  Started Internal Software Engineering Group in Sibiu, Romania
• 2014:
  Move of IPTE Platzgummer from Karlsfeld to Dachau
• 2012:
  20 years of IPTE - An outstanding jubilee event
• 2011:
  IPTE FA Romania founded
  Opening of IPTE Service Center in Brazil
  Representative BRC Test in charge of business in Turkey
• 2010:
  Sell-off of the business unit Factory Automation to Hubert Baren and Vladimir Dobosch, effective as of January 1st, 2010
  After completion of the sell-off process, the remaining business unit electronics manufacturing services continues independent operations under the name Connect Group
• 2009:
  Final decision for separation of the automation business unit
• 2008:
  Acquisition of Platzgummer GmbH/Germany
  Acquisition of TAF3 in Tallin, Estonia
  IPTE Mexico founded
  IPTE Spain founded
• 2007:
  Acquisition of board-assembly activities of Barco/Belgium
  15th anniversary of IPTE
• 2006:
  Full 100-percent integration of Antest, France
  Test-activity expansion with IPTE Bruges, Belgium
• 2005:
  Move of IPTE Germany GmbH to new facilities in the
  Heroldsberg/Nuremberg area
• 2004:
  IPTE Industrial Automation Shanghai/China founded
  IPTE Iberia Automacao Industrial, Portugal founded
  Acquisition of Infotron, Germany
• 2003:
  Connectronics Romania founded
  IPTE Optronics founded
  Acquisition of AnTest, France
  Acquisition of the Prodel Group, France
• 2002:
  IPTE China founded
  Acquisition of Ratio Slovakia
• 2001:
  Acquisition of And Elec, France
  Acquisition of Autoveyor, Singapore
• 2000:
  Company name change to IPTE for all parts of the group
  Initial public offering and listing on the stock exchange in Brussels
  Acquisition of ARF Test, France
• 1999:
  ITE America founded
  Acquisition of Connect Systems
• 1998:
  Acquisition of the business unit Philips Automation of Test (AoT)
  ITE Asia Pacific founded in Singapore
  Acquisition of PTS/Germany, now IPE
  ITE Nordic founded
• 1997:
  ITE USA, ITE Germany, ITE France founded
• 1995:
  ITE UK founded
• 1992:
  ITE started with five employees