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Sanmina-SCI and Kailight Photonics Partner to Offer World's Most Advanced Tunable All-Optical Signal Regenerator

Posted on: Wednesday, 2 June 2004, 06:00 CDT

SAN JOSE, Calif., June 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sanmina-SCI Corporation , a leading global electronics contract manufacturing services (EMS) company, and Kailight Photonics, developers of all-optical signal regeneration and wavelength conversion technology, today announced an agreement to jointly design, industrialize, manufacture and market Kailight's Tunable All-optical Signal Regeneration (TASR) product line. In support of this joint effort, the Israel-U.S. Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Foundation has approved a USD$1.0 million investment.

Kailight's TASR line of modules provide fast-switching, tunable, all-optical solutions designed to operate within optical regenerators, switches, routers, add/drop multiplexers and cross-connects at bit-rates ranging from 1Gb/s to 42.5Gb/s. This benchmark line also delivers bit-rate and protocol transparency while dramatically reducing network transmissions costs.

"We have proved that our TASR technology exceeds the stringent performance criteria for today's gigabit networks," said Sagie Tsadka, CEO of Kailight. "As we now focus on moving our advanced optical technology from the laboratory into the global market, our Sanmina-SCI partnership will ensure that the TASR product line will meet the highest levels of quality and reliability for both current and next-generation product designs."

According to David Dutkowsky, executive vice president of Sanmina-SCI's Communications Division, growth of the optical network market will continue to be driven by innovative, leading-edge technologies such as those embodied in the TASR product line. "The design is being done in a collaborative manner, leveraging the significant development and industrialization strengths of both companies. Enabled by Sanmina-SCI's global manufacturing expertise, we look forward to jointly offering TASR modules that provide a compelling price/performance point with unmatched flexibility to communications OEMs concerned about next-generation optical network migration."

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 large OEMs primarily in the communications, defense and aerospace, industrial and medical instrumentation, computer technology and multimedia sectors. Sanmina-SCI has facilities strategically located in key regions throughout the world. Information about Sanmina-SCI is available at http://www.sanmina-sci.com/.

About Kailight Photonics

Kailight Photonics develops optical modules for the global telecommunications industry. The company's patented optical signal regeneration and wavelength conversion technology provides breakthrough levels of performance for systems vendors offering next-generation optical-networking solutions. Kailight is a privately held, venture-funded company with offices in Dallas, Texas and Rehovot, Israel. For more information about Kailight Photonics, please visit http://www.kailight.com/.

About the BIRD Foundation

The Israel-U.S. Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Foundation promotes strategic partnerships between Israeli and American companies in various technological fields. BIRD assists, free of charge, in the identification of strategic partners for development of a joint product. The foundation works in full cooperation with the Office of the Chief Scientist of the Israeli Ministry of Industry & Trade and the American National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Over the course of years of activities, BIRD has achieved a proven track record in predicting emerging business areas and breakthroughs. This has earned it a prominent and authoritative position within the Israeli technological community, and enabled it to promote leading technological projects in various business areas. For additional information, please visit http://www.birdf.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 2003 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on December 9, 2003 and 10-Q filed on May 11, 2004, with the Securities Exchange Commission.

Sanmina-SCI Corporation

CONTACT: Roger Bailey, Optical Solutions Division, +1-301-805-1157, orroger.bailey@sanmina-sci.com, or Paige Bombino, Investor Relations,+1-408-964-3610, both of Sanmina-SCI Corporation; or Neil Salisbury, VP,Marketing and Business Development of Kailight Photonics, +1-214-397-0242, orneil.s@kailight.com

Web site: http://www.sanmina-sci.com/http://www.kailight.com/

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