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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001137638-05-000049.txt : 20050202
<SEC-HEADER>0001137638-05-000049.hdr.sgml : 20050202
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20050202184750
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001137638-05-000049
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20050131
FILED AS OF DATE:		20050202
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20050202

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			FITZGERALD RICHARD E
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001254727

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	033-63618
		FILM NUMBER:		05570844

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8055322800X104

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		SMTEK INTERNATIONAL INC
		STREET 2:		200 SCIENCE DRIVE
		CITY:			MOORPARK
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			93021-2800

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SMTEK INTERNATIONAL INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000026987
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS [3672]
		IRS NUMBER:				330213512
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0702

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		200 SCIENCE DRIVE
		CITY:			MOORPARK
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			93021
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8055322800

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		200 SCIENCE DRIVE
		CITY:			MOORPARK
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			93021

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	DDL ELECTRONICS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19940119

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	DATA DESIGN LABORATORIES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	DATA DESIGN LABORATORIES
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19880817
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            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">This option, which provided for 25% vesting on each of the 1st and 2nd anniversaries of the date of grant and 50% vesting on the third anniversary of the date of grant, was canceled in a merger between the Issuer and CTS Corporation (the &quot;Merger&quot;) in exchange for a cash payment in an amount equal to (a) the total number of vested and unvested option shares multiplied by (b) an amount equal to the difference between  $14.26 per (the cash value of the consideration recevied by the issuer's shareholders per share) and the exercise price per share for each outstanding option on January 31, 2005, the effective date of the Merger.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>By: /s/ Kirk A. Waldron as Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2005-02-02</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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