Electronics Production | June 29, 2007

Is Jure Šola On The Edge Now?

According to a blog post by Business Editor Bolaji Ojo, posted on EETimes, Jure Sola of Sanmina-SCI Corp. is holding tightly to his job despite a litany of problems. The market in which Sanmina-SCI plays today is not the one Sola started out leading in 1991.

More than 16 years after assuming the position of chairman and CEO, Jure Sola of Sanmina-SCI is holding tightly to his job despite a litany of problems, including poor performance on the equity market, five years of net losses, negative revenue growth, weak margins, a series of so far unremarkable turnaround and restructuring efforts and Securities and Exchange. Read the Blog Post by Bolaji Ojo (external link).

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