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<strong>Sanmina</strong>-<strong>SCI</strong> <strong>Contacts</strong>:<br />
Michael Kovacs<br />
Director, Marketing & Public Relations<br />
+1.408.964.3142<br />
michael.kovacs@sanmina-sci.com<br />
Paige Bombino<br />
Investor Relations<br />
+1.408.964.3610<br />
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br />
SANMINA-<strong>SCI</strong>’S MANUFACTURING CAMPUS IN CHENNAI<br />
FORMALLY INAUGURATED<br />
SAN JOSE, CA (March 29, 2010) - <strong>Sanmina</strong>-<strong>SCI</strong> Corporation (Nasdaq GS: SANM), a leading<br />
global Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) company, today announced the formal<br />
inauguration of its state-of-the-art technology manufacturing campus in the Oragadam Hi-<br />
Tech Special Economic Zone (SEZ) near Chennai in the state of Tamil Nadu.<br />
The Grand Opening Ceremony held on Sunday, March 28th, was attended by the Company’s<br />
Co-founder, Chairman and CEO Jure Sola, President and COO Hari Pillai, Executive Vice<br />
President, South Asia Pacific, CT Chua and Vice-President and Managing Director for India,<br />
Kumaran Subramaniam. The management team was joined by Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief<br />
Minister, Dr. M.K. Stalin, Tamil Nadu Minister for Labor Mr. T.M. Anbarasan, Mr. Andrew T<br />
Simkin, US Consul General, Chennai and many of the company’s local employees, customers<br />
and suppliers.<br />
<strong>Sanmina</strong>-<strong>SCI</strong>’s investments and footprint in Tamil Nadu began in 2003, with the formation of<br />
the Chennai IT Center to support <strong>Sanmina</strong>-<strong>SCI</strong>’s global IT systems. Manufacturing operations<br />
started with the signing of an MOU with the Government of Tamil Nadu for the acquisition of<br />
the Oragadam Campus in June 2007, in conjunction with the start up of operations at an<br />
interim location at the nearby MEPZ Special Economic Zone (SEZ). Today, <strong>Sanmina</strong>-<strong>SCI</strong> has<br />
moved all manufacturing operations to its new 100 acre Oragadam Campus. With over 1,500<br />
highly skilled and dedicated employees in India, <strong>Sanmina</strong>-<strong>SCI</strong> offers leading Original<br />
Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) customers a comprehensive array of services ranging from<br />
design and engineering, supply chain management, PCB assembly and full system assembly.<br />
Markets served include communications, enterprise computing and storage, defense and<br />
aerospace, medical, renewable energy and multimedia markets. The operations are ISO
9001:2008, ISO 13485, ISO 14001:2004, TL 9000, UL and CCC certified to provide the<br />
highest manufacturing standards to its customers.<br />
“With our new state-of-the-art campus and well diversified customer base, <strong>Sanmina</strong>-<strong>SCI</strong> is<br />
positioned to fully capitalize on the rapidly expanding market opportunities in India. The<br />
formal opening of this facility is a great milestone in our continuing commitment to provide<br />
leading-edge technology services and cost competitive solutions to the important Indian<br />
market and to the entire sub-continent,” stated Jure Sola, Chairman and Chief Executive<br />
Officer of <strong>Sanmina</strong>-<strong>SCI</strong>.<br />
“I am delighted to be here with our India management team and employees, as well as our<br />
valued customers, suppliers and honored guests from Government to celebrate this joyous<br />
occasion. We are very proud of the accomplishments that have been made by the team in a<br />
few short years and look forward with optimism and confidence towards the future,” added<br />
Hari Pillai, President and Chief Operating Officer of <strong>Sanmina</strong>-<strong>SCI</strong>.<br />
About <strong>Sanmina</strong>-<strong>SCI</strong><br />
<strong>Sanmina</strong>-<strong>SCI</strong> Corporation is a leading electronics contract manufacturer serving the fastestgrowing<br />
segments of the global Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) market.<br />
Recognized as a technology leader, <strong>Sanmina</strong>-<strong>SCI</strong> provides end-to-end manufacturing<br />
solutions, delivering superior quality and support to OEMs primarily in the communications,<br />
defense and aerospace, industrial and medical instrumentation, multimedia, computing and<br />
storage, and automotive technology sectors. <strong>Sanmina</strong>-<strong>SCI</strong> has facilities strategically located in<br />
key regions throughout the world. More information regarding the company is available at<br />
http://www.sanmina-sci.com.<br />
<strong>Sanmina</strong>-<strong>SCI</strong> Safe Harbor Statement<br />
The foregoing, including the discussion regarding the Company's future prospects, contains certain forward-looking statements<br />
that involve risks and uncertainties, including uncertainties associated with economic conditions in the electronics industry,<br />
particularly in the principal industry sectors served by the Company, changes in customer requirements and in the volume of<br />
sales to principal customers, the ability of <strong>Sanmina</strong>-<strong>SCI</strong> to effectively assimilate acquired businesses and achieve the anticipated<br />
benefits of its acquisitions, and competition and technological change. The Company's actual results of operations may differ<br />
significantly from those contemplated by such forward-looking statements as a result of these and other factors, including factors<br />
set forth in the Company's fiscal year 2009 Annual Report on Form 10-K and the other reports, including quarterly reports on<br />
Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K, that the Company files with the Securities Exchange Commission.<br />
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