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.
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