Over 30 years universal and customized high-tech automation solutions

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.

Please go to our locations to find out exactly where we are.

 

 

  • 2020

    IPTE wins major order for 48-volt battery. Series production of the first complete line will begin in summer 2021.

  • 2019

    IPTE Factory Automation takes over 100% of the shares of Connect Group

  • 2018

    Over 800 employees worldwide

  • 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

  • 2015

    Delivery of the 500th depaneling machine
    (including 300 inline router)

  • 2013

    Assembly line for high-performance batteries
    First laser plastic welding project
    Introduction of clean room equipment

  • 2011

    IPTE FA Romania founded
    Opening of IPTE Service Center in Brazil
    Move of IPTE Platzgummer from Karlsfeld to Dachau

     

  • 2010

    IPTE Factory Automation becomes a private company. 
    The business unit electronics manufacturing services continues independent operations under the name Connect Group

  • 2008

    Acquisition of Platzgummer GmbH/Germany
    IPTE Tallinn, Estonia founded
    IPTE Mexico founded
    IPTE Spain founded

  • 2007

    Acquisition of board-assembly activities of Barco/Belgium

  • 2006

    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

  • 2003

    Acquisition Prodel & Antest

  • 2002

    IPTE China founded

  • 2001

    Acquisition of And Elec, France
    Acquisition of Autoveyor, Singapore

  • 2000

    IPTE as a uniform name for all parts of the company

  • 1999

    Acquisition of Connect Systems

  • 1998

    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

  • 1997

    ITE USA, ITE Germany, ITE France founded

  • 1995

    Foundation ITE UK

  • 1992

    Company Formation
    ITE starts with 5 employees