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Press release

Presteigne, UK
27th November 2000

LABTECH TREBLES PLATING CAPACITY

Labtech, part of the Intelek Group and UK-based manufacturer of microwave printed circuit boards, announces that it is trebling its plating capacity.

Labtech has recently installed a new electrolytic nickel and hard and soft gold line, a new fully automatic electroless nickel gold line and a new hot air solder levelling process. They have also renewed their resist-strip chemical etch line to a higher specification. A new electrolytic plating line from PAL and a new oxide coating line have been in use since the end of September 2000.

This investment, totalling £750k, completes Labtech's major capital expenditure programme in the chemical processing area and is the end of a two year programme to provide a higher technical tolerance capability with automated SPC production.

Bob Lowther, Labtech's Sales and Marketing Director, comments "Labtech is experiencing a major growth in demand for microwave circuits, arising from sustained, strong growth in the wireless communications market. The emergence of wireless broadband data access networks and third generation cellular telephony will drive demand for our advanced microwave circuits to even higher levels. This investment programme will enable Labtech to meet current and future customer requirements."

Labtech is one of the companies forming Intelek plc, which supplies leading edge technologies to the world's electronics and aerospace markets. Intelek is one of the first companies to be listed on the London Stock Exchange's new techMARK index.

For more information, please contact: Anne Margaret Crow, Intelek
Tel :+44 1793 827000
Fax : +44 1793 827578
e-mail: info@intelek.plc.uk

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