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The combined Sanmina and SCI, however, will be well positioned to challenge the industry's top players. The new company will offer a powerful mix of full-service manufacturing, from low-end components to high-end finished products. It will make everything from glucose meters to computer printers and cellular base stations. In any given week, its anonymous factories will produce as many as 5 million units of high-tech gadgetry--all bearing other companies' names.
--By Timothy Roche. Reported by Frank Gibney Jr. and Laura Locke/San Francisco and Collette McKenna Parker/Huntsville