inTEST Corporation announced it is establishing a new Center of Excellence in Penang, Malaysia that will co-locate sales, engineering, service and manufacturing for all three of its business divisions. The new regional Center of Excellence, where the company are co-locating businesses, is the first of its kind for inTEST and will bring high-quality, innovative, customer-focused solutions closer to customers in Asia while providing a cost-effective location to drive further growth in the region. The company are most successful at winning new customers through hands-on demonstration of products and showcasing engineering capabilities.

By being closer to prospective customers in Southeast Asia, can provide easy access to and demonstrations of market-driven engineered, high-quality solutions that solve their critical challenges with product development, production or quality control processes. It's no surprise the second most urbanized state in Malaysia, Penang, which is also the home to fast growing technology markets including medical devices and semiconductors, as the location of facility. The company believe that having this facility in the region will allow the company to better serve existing customers and add new customers to drive continued growth, while offering a low-cost alternative for sourcing and operations.

The company will co-locate the few staff members that have already located in the region and begin hiring to build out capabilities. The 25,000 square foot facility will support applications engineering, product development and localized manufacturing for nearly all inTEST brands, including Acculogic, Ambrell, EMS Products, inTEST Thermal Solutions (ITS), and Videology. It will serve as the main location in the region for customer product demonstrations, customer service and applications training.

Currently, Asia-Pacific represents approximately 35% of revenue for the company primarily from customers based in the U.S.