Solectron Receives Brocade Supplier Award for Electronics Manufacturing Services

		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

Company Receives Award for Outstanding Performance Across the Entire Supply Chain MILPITAS, Calif., June 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Solectron Corporation (NYSE: SLR), a leading provider of electronics manufacturing and supply-chain management services, was awarded the Brocade CEO Award, provided to Brocade suppliers and outsourced manufacturers for demonstrating outstanding performance across the entire supply chain. Only one supplier or outsourced manufacturer receives the prestigious award each year. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20001201/SLRLOGO ) Presented by Brocade at its 2002 Supplier Summit in San Jose last month, the award recognizes companies for delivering exceptional product and service offerings. Since 1997, Solectron has provided new product introduction (NPI), printed circuit board assembly, systems build and integration, enclosure assembly, and repair services for industry-leading Brocade storage area networking products. Brocade SilkWorm(R) fabric switches and software provide the world's leading intelligent networking foundation for SANs. Using Brocade fabric switches, companies can network servers with storage devices through a storage area network, creating a highly available, manageable, scalable, and secure environment for storage applications. "This award is a significant accomplishment for Solectron, and we are extremely pleased to be honored by such a valued customer," said Ko Nishimura, Solectron chairman, president and chief executive officer. "We intend to use it as an important benchmark in our ongoing relationship with Brocade. We commend Brocade for its commitment to manufacturing excellence, and are proud that this world-class company has relied on us for high-quality supply-chain services over the last five years." Solectron was chosen as this year's winner of the CEO Award based on the company's breadth and quality of supply-chain services, innovative technical capabilities and leading-edge process technology. "Based on our continued work to leverage our outsourced manufacturing relationships with companies like Solectron, we believe that Brocade is the price/performance leader in the SAN market today," said Nick Bacica, Brocade Vice President of Supply Chain. "Our manufacturing infrastructure and common architecture allow us the flexibility to anticipate new customer requirements and deliver new products to market quickly with an unrelenting focus on fit to market, time to market, and price to market." 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, or thomasalsborg@ca.slr.com, or media, Robert (Bob) Kula, +1-408-935-5405, or robertkula@ca.slr.com, both of Solectron Corporation.