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Article: IBM and Sanmina-SCI sign agreement.(Industry News)
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- Circuits Assembly
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- March 1, 2002
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IBM (Somers, NY) and Sanmina-SCI Corp. (San Jose, CA), an electronics manufacturing service (EMS) provider, have announced an agreement under which IBM will outsource a significant portion of its desktop personal computer manufacturing needs to Sanmina-SCI, and Sanmina-SCI will acquire IBM's NetVista desktop manufacturing operations in the U.S. and Europe.
"Today's announcement will allow us to further lower our costs, while we continue to develop and deliver a full line of PC products and services for our customers," said Bob Moffat, general manager of IBM's Personal & Printing Systems Group. "PCs are an important part of IBM's e-business infrastructure ...