difference type public nasdaq sanm industry electronics manufacturing services founded 1980 founder jure sola headquarters san jose california united states key people jure sola chairman and chief executive officer ; bob eulau executive vice president and chief financial officer revenue 6.215 billion usd 2015 1 number of employees 38 417 2015 divisions viking technology website http www.sanmina.com sanmina corporation is a global electronics manufacturing services ems provider headquartered in san jose california that serves original equipment manufacturers in technology related industries such as communications and computer hardware . sanmina has nearly 80 manufacturing sites . the company is one of the world s largest independent manufacturers of printed circuit boards and backplanes . the company features in the fortune 500 list ranked at 432 . it holds a rank in the list for the 15th year . contents 1 history 2 merger and name changes 3 operations 4 references 5 external links history edit sanmina was founded by jure sola and milan mandari in 1980 as a printed circuit board manufacturer . during the 1980s the company expanded into manufacturing backplanes and subassemblies 2 for the telecommunications industry . during the 1990s the company grew significantly producing complete products for major oem companies and completing a number of strategic acquisitions . jure sola became ceo and chairman of sanmina in 1991 . the company completed an initial public offering on nasdaq in 1993 . merger and name changes edit in december 2001 sanmina merged with sci systems of huntsville alabama for 6 billion in cash stock and debt . although sanmina was only half as large as sci at the time it was in a better cash position because its core telecommunications business was performing well whereas sci s lower margin businesses such as personal computer manufacturing were struggling . 3 shortly after sanmina sci bought e m solutions a bankrupt fremont california electronics manufacturer for 110 million in cash . 4 then in early 2002 sanmina acquired viking interworks of rancho santa margarita for 15 million 10.9 million in cash and 390 000 shares of sanmina stock worth 10.26 per share at the time . 5 on november 15 2012 the company changed its name to sanmina . 6 on july 2 2015 the company announced that it had acquired the certainsource technology group . operations edit in 2015 the san jose ca based company had 38 417 employees in over 27 countries on six continents . it serves clients in the fields of communications computing multimedia semiconductors defense aerospace medical applications and automotive technology . it provides consulting design engineering logistics new product introduction assembly machining and fabrication to produce printed circuit boards backplanes cables injection molded plastics enclosures and frames optics . references edit august 2015 432 . sanmina corporation check url value help . what we make makes a difference . todd wallack july 17 2001 . sanmina buys rival sci systems . san francisco chronicle . retrieved 2007 09 28 . net expansion adds 52 000 domain names . san francisco chronicle . september 25 2001 . retrieved 2007 09 28 . year later sanmina sci revives viking . orange county business journal . retrieved 2010 10 27 . sanmina dropping sci from name external links edit san francisco bay area portal companies portal corporate website v t e major information technology companies largest it companies largest internet companies largest software companies semiconductor sales leaders by year consulting and outsourcing accenture atos booz allen hamilton bt global services caci capgemini cgi group cognizant computer sciences corporation deloitte digital china fujitsu hcl technologies hitachi consulting hewlett packard enterprise services ibm global services indra sistemas infosys kpmg leidos nec ntt data orange business services t systems tata consultancy services tech mahindra unisys wipro imaging 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