Sanmina-SCI Wins Parata Systems Manufacturing Contract

Sanmina-SCI's Regional Manufacturing and Highly Technical Experience Well
Suited to Parata's Next-Generation Pharmacy Automation Products

SAN JOSE, Calif. and DURHAM, N.C., Aug. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Sanmina-SCI Corporation (Nasdaq: SANM), a leading global Electronics
Manufacturing Services (EMS) company, and Parata Systems, today announced that
Sanmina-SCI has been awarded a manufacturing services agreement for production
of Parata's recently released, next-generation pharmacy automation solutions:
Parata(TM) Max(R) and Parata(TM) Mini(R).
"We are pleased that Parata has selected Sanmina-SCI as a strategic
manufacturing partner," said Gelston Howell, Senior Vice President of
Sanmina-SCI's Medical Division. "We look forward to working with Parata and
enabling them to take advantage of our robust supply chain while leveraging
our medical manufacturing capabilities in the Research Triangle Park area."
"Parata was intentional about locating manufacturing for its latest
innovations in the Durham, North Carolina, region because of the obvious value
of proximity as we roll out our next-generation technologies, as well as our
commitment to the region's high-quality workforce," said David Thoma, Vice
President of Manufacturing and Operations, Parata Systems. "We selected
Sanmina-SCI for its unparalleled experience with high-volume, highly technical
manufacturing expertise, among other considerations."
Parata Max is the retail pharmacy industry's first and only
next-generation dispensing automation. Parata Max automates key steps in
prescription dispensing, including selecting and labeling a vial, counting
pills, capping and sorting finished prescriptions by patient last name. As
the next generation to flagship Parata RDS, Max retains and improves on high
speed and high accuracy, while introducing improved capacity and ease-to-use
to support once-daily maintenance. Parata Mini automates counting for a
pharmacy's top 49 movers, typically about 30 percent of a store's total
prescription volume, with high-speed, high-accuracy counting.
Sanmina-SCI's Medical Division leverages more than 20 years of experience
with the largest global network of FDA-registered, ISO 13485:2003 compliant
medial design and manufacturing facilities in the EMS industry. The Medical
Division offers medical Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) complete
end-to-end manufacturing services from engineering and manufacturing to
logistics and repair/returns management, specializing in a full range of
medical products, from small and medium-sized medical devices, such as blood
pressure monitors and prostate therapy systems to large equipment that
includes CT scanners and ultrasound systems.
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, enterprise 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.
About Parata Systems
Durham, N.C.-based Parata Systems, LLC, was founded in 2001 to offer
industry-leading technology that improves consumers' safety and convenience at
key touch points in the circle of pharmacy care: fill, serve and adhere.
Parata's current solutions include: Parata Max and Parata Mini, to improve the
speed and accuracy of dispensing at retail pharmacies; Parata APM(R) to expand
convenience, safety and privacy via self-service prescription pick up; and
onePAC(TM) packaging, which improves patient safety by promoting adherence
with easy-to-use, customized, convenience packaging for medications. To learn
more call, click or visit Parata Systems, http://www.parata.com,
info@parata.com, 1-888-PARATA1 (727-2821).
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 2007 Annual Report on Form 10-K
filed on November 28, 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.
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Michael Kovacs, Director, Corporate Marketing of Sanmina-SCI Corporation,
+1-408-964-3142, michael.kovacs@sanmina-sci.com, or investors,
+1-408-964-3610; or Nanette Kirsch, Senior Director, Marketing Communications
of Parata Systems, LLC, +1-919-433-4363, nkirsch@parata.com