Solectron Opens Design and Engineering Services Center in Timisoara, Romania to Serve OEMs Worldwide

Solectron Corporation (NYSE:SLR), a leading provider ofelectronics manufacturing and integrated supply chain services, todayannounced the establishment of a Design and Engineering ServicesCenter in Timisoara. The expansion of these capabilities in theTimisoara facility, Solectron's largest plant in Europe, will focus onproviding advanced collaborative design and engineering services toSolectron's customers worldwide. Core capabilities will includeelectrical and mechanical design, advanced process technology, leadingedge test development and failure analysis.

"With the addition of the Design and Engineering Services Center,Solectron Timisoara is now a full-service manufacturing center inEurope," said Dave Purvis, executive vice president and chieftechnical officer, Solectron. "Furthermore, this investmentunderscores our commitment to the region by offering new services thatexpand our capabilities and enables us to deliver significant addedvalue to our customers."

Solectron's collaborative design and engineering is also winningover customers.

"We're seeing a definite increase in customer demand forSolectron's unique collaborative approach to product design andengineering," added Purvis. "The Timisoara Design and EngineeringServices Center is another example of how Solectron is helping OEMs toreduce costs, improve quality and increase time-to-market."

Creating a competitive design execution center in Europe is a coreelement of the company's global design and engineering strategy, andMike Cannon, president and CEO of Solectron, together with othersenior management representatives, attended the opening of the newDesign and Engineering Services Center.

"The proximity to our customer base, highly competitive coststructure and strong local pool of technical talent all point toTimisoara as an excellent choice and a formidable capability in ourfuture design and engineering services portfolio," added Purvis.

Additionally, Timisoara offers Solectron high levels of technicaltalent -- both within Solectron as well as from Timisoara's TechnicalUniversity. Solectron Timisoara has a positive relationship with theuniversity, and will continue to develop specific projects andeducational programs initiated in close partnership with theuniversity.

Solectron is the largest private employer in the Timisoara region.The Timisoara site serves major OEMs in the computer,telecommunications, digital consumer and industrial market sectors.

Solectron Timisoara is committed to total quality management andhas successfully implemented the Solectron Production System(TM)(SPS), the company's industry-leading Lean Six Sigma methodology, toimprove quality in its operations. The European Union's Reduction ofHazardous Substances is set to take effect on July 1, 2006, andSolectron Timisoara offers lead-free manufacturing to meet RoHSrequirements. The site was also awarded the prestigious InternationalQuality Crown Award for Corporate Excellence and Leadership by theBusiness Initiative Directions (BID), an organization renowned for itsexpertise in the analysis of quality programs worldwide.

About Solectron

Solectron Corporation (www.solectron.com) provides a full range ofelectronics manufacturing and supply-chain management services to theworld's leading networking, telecommunications, computing, consumer,automotive, industrial and medical device firms. The company'sindustry-leading Lean Six Sigma methodology (Solectron ProductionSystem(TM)) provides OEMs with low cost, flexibility and quality thatimproves competitive advantage. Solectron's service offerings includenew-product introduction, collaborative design, materials management,product manufacturing, and product warranty and repair and end-of-lifesupport. Based in Milpitas, Calif., Solectron operates in more than 20countries on five continents and had sales from continuing operationsof $10.4 billion in fiscal 2005.