We are proud to announce that, following approval from the British and Italian governments, ipTEST is now part of the Microtest Group.

Founded in 1999, the Microtest Group is a leader in the field of semiconductor testing, delivering specialist and highly parallel automated production test solutions around the world, and testing millions of devices every year. The acquisition allows Microtest and ipTEST to offer the full range of test capabilities for high power testing, from high power to highly parallel.

"We are excited to join the Microtest Group, which allows us to further focus on high-power testing for wide-bandgap semiconductors.”, says Conor McCarthy, Managing Director of ipTEST. “There are significant synergies from combining our technologies, especially in the area of intelligent GaN and SiC devices requiring combined high-power and digital testing. Our corporate values and cultures are extremely similar, and we look forward to working with the Microtest team to bring new skills to serve our customers."

Giuseppe Amelio, CEO of Microtest: "The integration of ipTEST strengthens Microtest in an extraordinarily interesting market. This acquisition marks an important milestone in our growth journey, and allows Microtest to offer a full portfolio solution to power microchip manufacturers.”

Microtest Group also has extensive capabilities for ASIC design and ovenless burn in.

This is an important next step in our journey at ipTEST, and our mission to provide the fastest, most flexible power test capabilities to our customers. We are already working closely with our new colleagues in the Microtest Group to bring exciting new capabilities for automated test to market.

Each Microtest Group company provides its own unique set of benefits and all complement the three core pillars of the Group:

SEMI Equipment
Test services
ASIC DESIGN and special applications