SANM Sanmina Corporation

Sanmina-SCI to Offer High-Speed Cable Solutions in Kunshan, China SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sanmina-SCI Corporation (NASDAQ:SANM), a leading global electronics manufacturing services (EMS) company, today announced its high-speed InfiniBand(R) family of cables assemblies will be manufactured at its Kunshan, China, facility. As a result, Sanmina-SCI's Cable Systems Division will provide industry-leading cable design, supply chain management and assembly, improving scalability and access to the company's extensive array of low-cost, global manufacturing operations. "We are very pleased to extend our cable assembly solutions and quality products to Kunshan," said Kim Davies, director of business development for Sanmina-SCI's Cable Systems Division. "This strategic service offering extends Sanmina-SCI's global manufacturing infrastructure, world-class cables design and manufacturing solutions, and system integration and quality initiatives. Since cables assembly in Kunshan began in July 2003, we've continued to serve our customers by delivering reliable, high-performance, cost-effective cables. This is one more step forward in providing the best cable solutions in the EMSindustry." Sanmina-SCI's Cable Systems Division focuses on providing a full array of cable assembly products and services that include wiring harnesses, RF and fiber optic cables assemblies. This announcement closely follows the company's original design manufacturing (ODM) initiatives, having recently developed and tested its InfiniBand cable design. The 10-meter, 4X cable design outperformed all InfiniBand Industry Trade Association (IBTA) interoperability and compliance standards. The facility in Kunshan, China, also serves as Sanmina-SCI's site for printed circuit board (PCA) assembly, backplanes, enclosures and a launch point for customers' new product introductions. About Sanmina-SCI Sanmina-SCI Corporation is a leading electronics contract manufacturer serving the fastest-growing segments of the global electronics manufacturing services (EMS) market. Recognized as a technology leader, Sanmina-SCI provides end-to-end manufacturing solutions, delivering unsurpassed quality and support to OEMs primarily in the communications, defense and aerospace, industrial and medical instrumentation, computer technology, and multimedia sectors. Sanmina-SCI has facilities strategically located in key regions throughout the world. More information regarding the company is available at http://www.sanmina-sci.com/. Sanmina-SCI Safe Harbor Statement The foregoing, including the discussion regarding the company's future prospects, contains certain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including uncertainties associated with economic conditions in the electronics industry, particularly in the principal industry sectors served by the company, changes in customer requirements and in the volume of sales to principal customers, the ability of Sanmina-SCI to effectively assimilate acquired businesses and achieve the anticipated benefits of its acquisitions, and competition and technological change. The company's actual results of operations may differ significantly from those contemplated by such forward-looking statements as a result of these and other factors, including factors set forth in the company's fiscal year 2003 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on December 9, 2003 and 10-Q filed on August 9, 2004, with the Securities Exchange Commission. DATASOURCE: Sanmina-SCI Corporation CONTACT: Kim Davies, Director of Business Development, Cable Systems Division, +1-203-775-8945, or , or Paige Bombino, Investor Relations, +1-408-964-3610, both of Sanmina-SCI Web site: http://www.sanmina-sci.com/

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