SANM Sanmina Corporation

Airborne Intercommunications System Part of United States Air Force F-15 Redesign SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sanmina-SCI Corporation (NASDAQ:SANM), a leading global electronics manufacturing services (EMS) company, today announced its Defense and Aerospace Systems Division has been awarded a contract by the United States Air Force under the Reliability Information Analysis Center (RIAC) program administered by the Defense Technical Information Center to redesign the F-15C/D Integrated Communication Control Panel (ICCP). Sanmina-SCI's Defense and Aerospace Systems Division will team up with experts from the Department of Defense (DoD) RIAC, operated by Wyle Laboratories, on this program. The ICCP redesign will utilize Sanmina-SCI's third-generation FireComm(TM) intercommunications system to provide advanced capabilities in terms of digital audio and data processing. The FireComm system will also offer enhanced voice warning, secure wireless capabilities, and an open architecture to support both network-centric operations and the integration of evolving technologies at the lowest possible cost. "We are extremely proud to see the F-15C/D ICCP redesign effort using the FireComm intercommunications system technology. The entire Defense and Aerospace Systems team is confident that our engineering design, manufacturing and quality will result in outstanding system performance for the United States Air Force. Upon successful qualification, we hope to see the FireComm system integrated into the entire F-15C/D fleet," said Jim Cocke, Senior Vice President of Sanmina-SCI's Defense and Aerospace Systems Division. Sanmina-SCI's Defense and Aerospace Systems Division is a proven leader in airborne intercommunications systems with more than 40 years of experience in the defense and aerospace industry. This award leverages the previous successful integration of digital audio and data intercommunications systems into numerous other fixed and rotary wing aircraft. The FireComm airborne intercommunications system is being designed and manufactured by the Defense and Aerospace Systems Division in Huntsville, Alabama. For more information on FireComm, visit http://www.sanmina-sci.com/das or call +1.256.882.4569. This effort is being sponsored by the DoD Technical Information Center, ATTN: DTIC-I, 8725 John J. Kingman Rd., Ste 0944, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060-6218. 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, multimedia and consumer, computing and storage, and automotive 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/. 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 2006 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on January 3, 2007 and the other reports, including quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K, that the Company files with the Securities Exchange Commission. FireComm(TM) is a trademark of Sanmina-SCI Corporation. DATASOURCE: Sanmina-SCI Corporation CONTACT: Michael Kovacs, Director, Corporate Marketing, +1-408-964-3142, , or Paige Bombino, Investor Relations, +1-408-964-3610, both of Sanmina-SCI Web site: http://www.sanmina-sci.com/ http://www.sanmina-sci.com/das

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