SMTC Corporation to Participate in Two Upcoming Conferences

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SMTC Corporation, a global electronics manufacturing services provider and winner of Frost & Sullivan’s 2019 Best Practices Award for Customer Value Leadership in the Electronics Manufacturing Services Industry,  will participate in the 2020 Southwest IDEAS Investor Conference being held virtually on November 18-19, 2020, in the 11th Annual Craig-Hallum Alpha Select Conference being held virtually on Tuesday, November 17, 2020.

Ed Smith, President and Chief Executive Officer of SMTC, and Steve Waszak, the company’s Chief Financial Officer, will be available to provide an update on SMTC and its current business opportunities, in one-on-one meetings via teleconference throughout the two conferences.

Additionally, there will be a webcast that is open to the public available at SMTC’s Investor Relations Calendar page on Wednesday, November 18, 2020.

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