BEDFORDSHIRE, UK -- Jaltek Group and
Connect Systems International last week signed an agreement to cross-market and manufacture electronics products.
Jaltek offers design and prototype services, while Connect Systems has 19 high-volume SMT lines in plants Europe in Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania.
Connect Systems is a member of the
IPTE Group, which recently acquired and integrated EMS provider
Barco Manufacturing Services Division.
It reported fiscal 2006 sales of 170 million euros and employs about 1,700 workers.
Jaltek employs 90 staff across its sites in Bedfordshire, and Wokingham, Berkshire.