IBM to outsource server manufacturing
News The contract will go to Sanmina-SCI, which also took over the manufacturing of IBM's NetVista desktop and purchased IBM facilities in the United States and Scotland last year, sources said on Tuesday.
[January 7, 2003, 14:57]
IBM moving out of desktop manufacturing
News The company said on Tuesday that it will outsource production of its NetVista desktop PC line to Sanmina-SCI under a three-year, $5bn agreement. At the same time, Sanmina-SCI has agreed to acquire IBM's NetVista desktop manufacturing operations in...
[January 9, 2002, 11:31]
HP outsources more manufacturing
News HP said it is in the process of consulting with the French workers council and that Sanmina-SCI is a potential buyer. Last week, Sanmina signed a $5bn outsourcing pact with IBM to take over production of the NetVista desktop PC line.
[January 18, 2002, 6:31]
IBM scales back direct sales
News Instead, the NetVista PCs will be manufactured by Sanmina-SCI under a three-year, $5bn (£3.5bn) agreement. IBM is to cut back on direct sales when it stops taking telephone orders for PCs in four European countries later this month.
[January 9, 2002, 15:36]
Ireland hit by New Year job cuts
News Electronics manufacturer Sanmina-SCI said on Thursday that it was closing its Dublin-based factory -- again with the loss of 130 jobs. Over one hundred workers at a Fujitsu factory in Dublin have had a rotten start to 2002, as they were told on...
[January 4, 2002, 16:14]
3Com to shut Dublin plant
News IBM, for example, outsourced its Intel server manufacturing to Sanmina SCI last January. 3Com will outsource its product manufacturing and eliminate about 1,000 jobs in an effort to cut costs. The network gear maker said it will hand over all of...
[September 11, 2003, 9:00]
Electronics industry gets ethical
News Several electronics manufacturers collaborated in writing the code, including Celestica, Flextronics, Jabil, Sanmina-SCI and Solectron. Hewlett-Packard, IBM and Dell joined a host of electronics makers on Thursday in an effort to promote a unified...
[October 22, 2004, 10:00]
Dell to ramp up Scottish operations
News IBM employed thousands at its manufacturing plant in Greenock before selling it to manufacturer Sanmina-Sci, and HP divested itself of its plant in Scotland some time before that. Dell, whose operations in Europe have centred on Ireland to date, is...
[June 19, 2006, 14:25]
Apple Mac OS on Intel? Maybe
News In January, it shifted factories to Sanmina-SCI. Apple Computer will likely shift to using Intel chips, while circumstances exist that could well push Dell Computer and Sun Microsystems into a friendly embrace, predicted Bear Stearns analyst Andrew...
[August 5, 2002, 8:46]
Charity sees big loophole in ethical IT code
News Several electronics manufacturers collaborated in writing the code, including Celestica, Flextronics, Jabil, Sanmina-SCI and Solectron. The ethical code of conduct launched last week by IT firms including IBM, HP and Dell appears to contain a major...
[October 25, 2004, 14:45]
Newisys piggybacks Opteron into 32-chip servers
News Newisys, which was acquired by Sanmina-SCI in 2003, designs and builds servers on behalf of other companies, such as Verari Systems. Newisys has developed a chip that will allow the Opteron processor from Advanced Micro Devices to compete in the...
[August 26, 2004, 8:00]
Sweet-16 server scores points for IBM
News IBM has its sights set in particular on Dell, hoping to compete better on price through a deal under which manufacturer Sanmina-SCI now builds many IBM Intel servers. IBM posted long-awaited performance scores on Wednesday for its x440 server with...
[March 28, 2003, 11:37]
IBM sells PC division to Lenovo
News During the past several years, IBM has edged out of the commodity hardware business by selling its PC factories in North Carolina to Sanmina-SCI and its hard drive unit to Hitachi. The two companies plan to form a complex joint venture that would...
[December 8, 2004, 7:35]
