Sanmina-SCI Guadalajara operations receives National Export Award

Distinguished award presented by President of Mexico, Vicente Fox Quesada, and the President of COMCE, Valentin Diez Morodo

Sanmina-SCI Corporation (Nasdaq: SANM) announced that it has received the National Export Award for its electronic assembly export programs, business efforts and corporate citizenship initiatives in Mexico during 2006. This distinguished award was presented by the President of Mexico, Vicente Fox Quesada, and the President of the Mexican Foreign Trade Council (COMCE), Valentin Diez Morodo, during a celebration in Ixtapa Zihuatanejo.
 
The National Export Award recognizes small, medium and large businesses in the agricultural, manufacturing and service sectors that have made outstanding contributions to increasing the quantity, quality and diversity of the goods and services that Mexico provides to the global markets. The award also recognizes excellence in corporate citizenship.

"This is a key milestone for Sanmina-SCI's Mexico Operations and our employees. The National Export Award comes only a year after we were awarded the State of Jalisco Export Award, and represents the highest achievement in terms of export programs, export/import regulatory compliance, and world-class procedures for manufacturing and delivering products on time to our customers," said Marco Gonzalez Hagelsieb, Sanmina-SCI's Senior Vice President of Mexico Operations. "A significant part of our success has been our Lean Manufacturing initiatives which drive process consistency and reliability, including materials logistics and customs compliance. Our Logistics team in Mexico has been outstanding in their performance and leadership, again playing an instrumental role in Sanmina-SCI Mexico's success."

Sanmina-SCI has more than 19 years of manufacturing experience in Guadalajara, Mexico. The Mexico Operations offer customers a wide range of manufacturing services that include New Product Introduction (NPI), backplanes and printed circuit board (PCB) assembly, complex system-level build-to-order (BTO) and configure-to-order (CTO) manufacturing, high-volume manufacturing, logistics and distribution, and post-manufacturing repair/warranty solutions.