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Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF AUDITORS
The Board of Directors
SMTC Corporation
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement on
Form S-8 of SMTC Corporation of our reports dated December 3, 1999 on the
consolidated financial statements of SMTC Corporation (formerly The Surface
Mount Technology Centre Inc.) and February 18, 2000 except as to note 22 which
is as of July 19, 2000 on the consolidated financial statements of SMTC
Corporation (formerly HTM Holdings Inc.), which reports appear in the
registration statement on Form S-1 of SMTC Corporation dated July 20, 2000, as
amended (File No. 333-33208) and to the reference to our firm under the caption
"Auditors".
/s/ KPMG LLP
Toronto, Canada
August 18, 2000
