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 IPTE has around 925 employees world-wide. The portfolio and services has continually and fundamentally grown, both on its own strength and through appropriate acquisitions.
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IPTE wins major order for 48-volt battery. Series production of the first complete line will begin in summer 2021.
IPTE Factory Automation takes over 100% of the shares of Connect Group
Over 800 employees worldwide
Celebrating 25 years IPTE
IPTE Mexico moves to a new and larger facility in Guadalajara
Started Internal Software Engineering Group in Sibiu, Romania
Delivery of the 500th depaneling machine
(including 300 inline router)
Assembly line for high-performance batteries
First laser plastic welding project
Introduction of clean room equipment
IPTE FA Romania founded
Opening of IPTE Service Center in Brazil
Move of IPTE Platzgummer from Karlsfeld to Dachau
IPTE Factory Automation becomes a private company.
The business unit electronics manufacturing services continues independent operations under the name Connect Group
Acquisition of Platzgummer GmbH/Germany
IPTE Tallinn, Estonia founded
IPTE Mexico founded
IPTE Spain founded
Acquisition of board-assembly activities of Barco/Belgium
Test-activity expansion with IPTE Bruges, Belgium
Move of IPTE Germany GmbH to new facilities in the Heroldsberg/Nuremberg area
IPTE Industrial Automation Shanghai/China founded
IPTE Iberia Automacao Industrial, Portugal founded
Acquisition Prodel & Antest
IPTE China founded
Acquisition of And Elec, France
Acquisition of Autoveyor, Singapore
IPTE as a uniform name for all parts of the company
Acquisition of Connect Systems
ITE takes over significant shares from PTS in Fürth, which had taken over the former Grundig production automation
Acquisition of the business unit Philips Automation of Test (AoT)
ITE Asia Pacific founded in Singapore
ITE Nordic founded
ITE USA, ITE Germany, ITE France founded
Foundation ITE UK
Company Formation
ITE starts with 5 employees