Press release

Presteigne, UK
1st July 2003

LABTECH APPOINTS NEW REP COMPANY — NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

Labtech, part of the Intelek Group and UK based manufacturer of microwave printed circuit boards and MMIC packaging solutions, announces the appointment of K-Tech Sales a Bay Area based independent Sales Representative firm covering the Northern California and Nevada electronics market.

K-Tech Sales is a company involved with leading manufacturers of semiconductors, wireless communications and networking and offer a range of products including RF Interconnect Solutions and components up to 50GHz.

Bob Lowther, Labtech's Sales & Marketing Director, says “The appointment of K-Tech is a great boost for Labtech in being able to offer it's low cost MMIC packaging solutions to one of the world's leading hi-tech regions. Labtech continues to be successful in the USA market and believes there is a strong demand for our high-end microwave PCB and packaging technologies.”

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 techMARK Index. www.intelek.plc.uk

For more information, please contact:

Bob Lowther — Labtech
Tel: +44 (0)1544 260093
Email: b.Lowther@labtech.ltd.uk
Web: www.labtechcircuits.com

Kurt Dreyer — K-Tech Sales — San Jose, CA
Tel: +(408) 244 1951
Email: kdreyer@ktechsales.com
Web: www.ktechsales.com

Products Available

• Metalbacked PCBs
• Precision s/sided & d/sided softboard PTFE PCBs
• Multilayer Circuit Boards (PCBs)
• DLVAs
• PIN diode switches
• Multioctave broadband amplifiers
• TDM modules
• Active & passive microwave components
• Microwave thin film circuit manufacture
• RF machining & box build assembly