---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-23-033729"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "INTT"
cik: "0001036262"
company_name: "INTEST CORP"
filed_at: "2023-12-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T16:46:06.800136+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# inTEST establishes Southeast Asia Center of Excellence in Penang, Malaysia; leases 25k sq ft facility

## Summary
- Leased 25,000 sq ft facility in Penang, Malaysia for RM65,000/month over 3 years starting April 1, 2024; option to extend 2 years.
- Facility will co-locate sales, engineering, service, and manufacturing for all three divisions (Acculogic, Ambrell, EMS, ITS, Videology).
- Asia-Pacific currently represents ~35% of inTEST's revenue, primarily from US-based customers.
- Company plans to hire additional staff in the region to build local capabilities.
- CEO: This is the first Center of Excellence, part of geographic expansion strategy to be closer to customers in Asia.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-23-033729
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: INTT
- cik: 0001036262
- company_name: INTEST CORP
- filed_at: 2023-12-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1036262/000143774923033729/0001437749-23-033729-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1036262/000143774923033729/intt20231205_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-23-033729.txt

## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  INTEST CORP entered into Lease Agreement with PERFECT PRESS SDN BHD valued at Ringgit Malaysia sixty-five thousand (RM65,000) monthly for three years; security deposit liquidated (effective 2024-04-01).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: lease
  - Counterparty: PERFECT PRESS SDN BHD
  - Value: Ringgit Malaysia sixty-five thousand (RM65,000) monthly for three years; security deposit liquidated
  - Effective: 2024-04-01
  source text: On December 4,2023, inTEST SE ASIA SDN BHD (“inTEST Asia”), a newly-formed subsidiary of inTEST Corporation (the “Company”), entered into a lease agreement (the “Lease”) with PERFECT PRESS SDN BHD (the “Landlord”) for a 25,000 square foot facility located in Simpang Ampat, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1036262/000143774923033729/0001437749-23-033729-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.