( BW)(CA-SOLECTRON)(SLR) Solectron Opens Design and Engineering
Services Center in Timisoara, Romania to Serve OEMs Worldwide

    Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

    TIMISOARA, Romania--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 20, 2005--Solectron
Corporation (NYSE:SLR), a leading provider of electronics
manufacturing and integrated supply chain services, today announced
the establishment of a Design and Engineering Services Center in
Timisoara. The expansion of these capabilities in the Timisoara
facility, Solectron's largest plant in Europe, will focus on providing
advanced collaborative design and engineering services to Solectron's
customers worldwide. Core capabilities will include electrical and
mechanical design, advanced process technology, leading edge test
development and failure analysis.
    "With the addition of the Design and Engineering Services Center,
Solectron Timisoara is now a full-service manufacturing center in
Europe," said Dave Purvis, executive vice president and chief
technical officer, Solectron. "Furthermore, this investment
underscores our commitment to the region by offering new services that
expand our capabilities and enables us to deliver significant added
value to our customers."
    Solectron's collaborative design and engineering is also winning
over customers.
    "We're seeing a definite increase in customer demand for
Solectron's unique collaborative approach to product design and
engineering," added Purvis. "The Timisoara Design and Engineering
Services Center is another example of how Solectron is helping OEMs to
reduce costs, improve quality and increase time-to-market."
    Creating a competitive design execution center in Europe is a core
element of the company's global design and engineering strategy, and
Mike Cannon, president and CEO of Solectron, together with other
senior management representatives, attended the opening of the new
Design and Engineering Services Center.
    "The proximity to our customer base, highly competitive cost
structure and strong local pool of technical talent all point to
Timisoara as an excellent choice and a formidable capability in our
future design and engineering services portfolio," added Purvis.
    Additionally, Timisoara offers Solectron high levels of technical
talent -- both within Solectron as well as from Timisoara's Technical
University. Solectron Timisoara has a positive relationship with the
university, and will continue to develop specific projects and
educational programs initiated in close partnership with the
university.
    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 and
has successfully implemented the Solectron Production System(TM)
(SPS), the company's industry-leading Lean Six Sigma methodology, to
improve quality in its operations. The European Union's Reduction of
Hazardous Substances is set to take effect on July 1, 2006, and
Solectron Timisoara offers lead-free manufacturing to meet RoHS
requirements. The site was also awarded the prestigious International
Quality Crown Award for Corporate Excellence and Leadership by the
Business Initiative Directions (BID), an organization renowned for its
expertise in the analysis of quality programs worldwide.

    About Solectron

    Solectron Corporation (www.solectron.com) provides a full range of
electronics manufacturing and supply-chain management services to the
world's leading networking, telecommunications, computing, consumer,
automotive, industrial and medical device firms. The company's
industry-leading Lean Six Sigma methodology (Solectron Production
System(TM)) provides OEMs with low cost, flexibility and quality that
improves competitive advantage. Solectron's service offerings include
new-product introduction, collaborative design, materials management,
product manufacturing, and product warranty and repair and end-of-life
support. Based in Milpitas, Calif., Solectron operates in more than 20
countries on five continents and had sales from continuing operations
of $10.4 billion in fiscal 2005.

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    CONTACT: Solectron Corporation
             Sylvia Koenig, +49-89-206065-4501 (Europe Media) 
             sylviakoenig@solectron.com
             Corey Olfert, 408-956-7552 (U.S. Media)
             coreyolfert@solectron.com
             Perry G. Hayes, 408-956-7543 (U.S. Analysts) 
             perryhayes@solectron.com
              or 
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             Dana Stanciulescu, +40-21-224.22.70 (Romania Media) 
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