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Sanmina-SCI Corporation
	BusinessWeek How is Cloud Computing changing the world? BusinessWeek’s Rachel King talks with Sanmina-SCI’s Chief Information Officer, Manesh Patel, to discuss how the Company and Google are at the forefront of a fundamental shift in the way companies obtain software and computing capacity. “At Sanmina-SCI, spurring innovation is one of the main motivations for investment in Google Apps,” says Patel.

	EE Times Sanmina-SCI readies a comeback writes EE Times’ editor Bolaji Ojo. In an interview with EE Times, Joe Bronson, President and COO of Sanmina-SCI, “insisted the company has a strong global brand and only needs to improve its efficiency ratios while increasing sales from new markets.

	Forbes Forbes magazine, in Kerry Dolan’s technology article titled “Speed: The New X Factor,” looks at how consumers want newer, snazzier versions of electronic goods faster than ever before. “Few cases better illustrate the speed-to-market trend than that of the Playaway, a digital audio book player conceived in August 2004 and designed and produced at breakneck pace to make this year’s holiday season [and] . . . Sanmina-SCI committed to produce, package and deliver the Playaway to retailers’ distribution warehouses by late September."

	Manufacturing Today Manufacturing Today and Libbie Hammond sit down with Jure Sola, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Sanmina-SCI. In this candid interview, Mr. Sola discusses the early days of Sanmina, the Company’s extraordinary growth, the challenges after the down turn, and the strength and spirit of the Company today. Sanmina-SCI turns 25 this year. The following interview provides a compelling look at the Company’s history.

Medical Division
	Medical Product Outsourcing One of the “non-traditional” industries that EMS providers have embraced has been the medical technology sector, and they have done so not reluctantly, but with open arms. To examine current business trends, Medical Product Outsourcing recently sat down with Gelston Howell, Senior Vice President of Sanmina-SCI’s Medical Division, to discuss the medical EMS sector.

	Electronic Business Electronic Business magazine’s article titled, “Expanding EMS’ Reach,” examines the “leap of faith” Medical OEMs take when partnering with an EMS provider like Sanmina-SCI. Gelston Howell, Sanmina-SCI’s Medical Division Senior Vice President, discusses the division’s organization and services, plus its leadership in the EMS industry.

	Purchasing Purchasing magazine examines medical manufacturing and the EMS industry. “The electronics manufacturing services (EMS) industry is expected to grow 12 percent per year through 2010, but some EMS providers will eclipse that growth by focusing on an underserved market segment: medical equipment.” Purchasing magazine sits down with Gelston Howell, EVP of Sanmina-SCI’s Medical Division, to further discuss this emerging market.

	Medical Product Outsourcing “Advances in electronics alone could help more patients achieve better outcomes, with faster recovery times and lowered costs,” writes Stacy Bell of Medical Product Outsourcing in her recent article “Power Up With EMS Outsourcing.” Stacy talks with Gelston Howell, SVP of Sanmina-SCI’s Medical Systems Division, to learn how the Company is contributing to the growth of medical electronics outsourcing and leading the EMS industry.

Mexico Operations
	Turning the Tide A contributed article entitled Turning the Tide is featured in the April edition of Electronics Supply & Manufacturing magazine. As a leader in the resurgence of Mexico’s EMS industry, Sanmina-SCI exported $3.1 billion in equipment in 2006 and received the National Export Award in November 2006.