Solectron Honors Seven Companies With Preferred Supplier Award

		SOLECTRON LOGO Solectron (www.solectron.com), the world's leading supply-chain facilitator, provides a full range of manufacturing and supply-chain management services to the world's premier high-tech electronics companies. Solectron's offerings include new-product design and introduction services, materials management, high-tech product manufacturing, and product warrantyand end-of-life support. Solectron, based in Milpitas, Calif., is the first two-time winner of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award for manufacturing. (PRNewsFoto)[AG JL] MILPITAS, CA USA

MILPITAS, Calif., June 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Solectron Corporation (NYSE: SLR), a leading provider of electronics manufacturing and supply-chain management services, said today it has awarded seven suppliers with its Preferred Supplier Award. Cypress Semiconductor, Daeduck, Micron, Mitsubishi Electronics, ON Semiconductor, Seagate Technologies and Texas Instruments were recognized today at Solectron's Supplier Day 2002 ceremony in Shanghai. (Photo: NewsCom: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20001201/SLRLOGO ) The winners were selected because they provided Solectron and its customers with a competitive advantage through consistently high performance. All winners participate in Solectron's global supplier performance management program, which includes an objective, data-driven evaluation against such criteria as price competitiveness, delivery, quality, supply-chain integration and technology. Award-winning companies must score more than 85 points out of a 100-point scale on Solectron's supplier scorecard over two consecutive quarters. "Solectron and our customers have benefited greatly from our global supplier performance management program," said Kevin Burns, Solectron's executive vice president and chief materials officer. "Our preferred suppliers provide cost-competitive advantages, on-time delivery and quality performance. We are extremely pleased to recognize these seven partners for their outstanding performance and commitment to Solectron and our customers." About Solectron Solectron (http://www.solectron.com) provides a full range of global manufacturing and supply-chain management services to the world's premier high-tech electronics companies. Solectron's offerings include new-product design and introduction services, materials management, high-tech product manufacturing, and product warranty and end-of-life support. Solectron, based in Milpitas, Calif., is the first two-time winner of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. The company had sales of $18.7 billion in fiscal 2001. CONTACT: analysts, Thomas Alsborg, +1-408-956-6614 (U.S.), or thomasalsborg@ca.slr.com, or media, Kimi Nishita, +1-408-956-6213 (U.S.), or kiminishita@ca.slr.com, both of Solectron Corporation.