EXHIBIT 99.1


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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From:  SMTEK International, Inc.        Contact:   Rick Vitelle
       2151 Anchor Court                           Chief Financial Officer
       Thousand Oaks, CA  91320                    (805) 376-2595


         SMTEK International Announces Sale of Irlandus Circuits Ltd.
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     THOUSAND OAKS, CALIFORNIA (November 19, 1999) - SMTEK International,
Inc. (Nasdaq: SMTI) today announced that it has sold its Northern Ireland
printed circuit board (PCB) operation, Irlandus Circuits Ltd., to a local
management buy-out group for 2.8 million pounds sterling, or approximately
$4.5 million (U.S.) cash.  The gain on the sale was not material.

     The Company stated that the sale represented the divestiture of the
last PCB operation from the former DDL Electronics and will enable the
company to focus on its core competencies in electronics manufacturing
services (EMS).

     Headquartered in Thousand Oaks, California, SMTEK International, Inc.
is an EMS provider serving original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in the
computer, telecommunications, instrumentation, medical, industrial and
aerospace industries.  The company provides integrated solutions to OEMs
across the entire product life cycle, from design to manufacturing to end-
of-life services, for the worldwide low to medium volume, high complexity
segment of the EMS industry. The company's EMS operations are located in
Southern California, Florida and Northern Ireland.

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