During its recent third quarter fiscal 2010 conference call, Sanmina-SCI Corporation Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Jure Sola, said that his company plans to use up its unutilized PCB capacity.

"If you look at our component businesses, [for instance] PCBs, our Asian factories are running at 85 to 90% right now, but we have one North America plant that is running over 90%, and we got another one that is running at 55 to 60%," said Sola. "So, we still have extra capacity here, and our goal here is to fill it up. As we start filling it up, it should drive the margin."

Sola added that as one important part of Sanmina's strategy is for the company to go after customers where it can add a lot of value, and where it can compete based on technology, not just selling labor.

About Sanmina-SCI Corporation

Sanmina-SCI Corporation is a leading electronics contract manufacturer serving the fastest-growing segments of the global EMS market. Recognized as a technology leader, Sanmina-SCI provides end-to-end manufacturing solutions, delivering superior quality and support to OEMs primarily in the communications, defense and aerospace, industrial and medical instrumentation, multimedia, enterprise computing and storage, renewable energy and automotive technology sectors. Sanmina-SCI has facilities strategically located in key regions throughout the world. More information is available at http://www.sanmina-sci.com.