TrueNorth Chooses Sanmina-SCI as Partner to Build Cutting-Edge Aviation Telecommunications Systems in Ottawa, Canada

SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Sanmina-SCI Corporation (Nasdaq: SANM), a leading manufacturing solutions company making some of the world's most complex and valuable optical, RF, electronic and mechanical products, and TrueNorth Avionics, a leading innovator in airborne telecommunications solutions for voice, Internet data and Wi-Fi, today jointly announced that Sanmina-SCI will manufacture TrueNorth's in-cabin telecommunications equipment for business aircraft at its Ottawa, Ontario, Canada facility.

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"We are very impressed with Sanmina-SCI's depth of domain expertise in communications network products, wireless and product integration, plus its many years of experience serving the aerospace industry. Our customers are the world's leading aviation companies and the products must meet incredibly high standards for reliability and safety. Sanmina-SCI has an outstanding reputation for quality and provides the level of manufacturing excellence we are looking for," said Mark van Berkel, President and CEO of TrueNorth.

TrueNorth's Simphone OpenCabin systems are the most advanced airborne telecommunications systems on the market and are used in leading aircraft. The software-centric system brings unprecedented reliability, operator control and communications capabilities to business aviation.

"TrueNorth is an industry leader with a reputation for creating cutting-edge avionics telecommunications technologies. Our Ottawa facility has achieved the latest certifications for quality and manufacturing excellence required for highly complex products like Simphone's OpenCabin systems," said Dave Dutkowsky, Executive Vice President of Sanmina-SCI's Communications Networks Division. "This partnership also highlights our design engineering, NPI and product industrialization capabilities, which will help TrueNorth rapidly introduce new products and quickly deliver high reliability products."

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 superior quality and support to OEMs primarily in the communications, defense and aerospace, industrial and semiconductor systems, medical, multimedia, enterprise computing and storage, automotive and clean technology 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.

About TrueNorth

TrueNorth Avionics, Inc., is a world-class technology company that develops integrated communications solutions for business aviation, with HD voice and high-speed data services that enable real-time global connectivity. Featured products include the Simphone OpenCabin™ telecom system, and TrueNorth ExpressPlus™, a compact and secure networking system that manages Wi-Fi communications, IFE and cabin control devices. More information is available at http://www.truenorthavionics.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 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 our Company's Annual and quarterly reports filed with the Securities Exchange Commission.

SOURCE Sanmina-SCI Corporation

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