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                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.1



MEDIA CONTACT:                                         ANALYSTS CONTACT:
Robert (Bob) Kula                                      Thomas Alsborg
Solectron Corporation                                  Solectron Corporation
+1 (408) 935 5405 (U.S.)                               +1 (408) 956 6614  (U.S.)
robertkula@ca.slr.com                                  thomasalsborg@ca.slr.com



           SOLECTRON COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF CENTENNIAL TECHNOLOGIES

             - ACQUISITION ADDS DESIGN, MANUFACTURING AND MARKETING
                   CAPABILITIES FOR PC CARD-BASED PRODUCTS -


For Immediate Release: April 30, 2001


MILPITAS, Calif. -- Solectron Corporation (NYSE: SLR), the world's leading
provider of electronics manufacturing and supply-chain management services,
announced today that it has completed its acquisition of Centennial
Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: CENL). Under the terms of the transaction,
shareholders of Centennial received 0.542 shares of Solectron stock for each
share of Centennial stock. Solectron issued or reserved for issuance
approximately 2.96 million shares of Solectron common stock, which shares
include the assumption of all Centennial stock options. The transaction was
accounted for under the purchase method of accounting and was structured as a
tax-free reorganization. Effective May 1, 2001, Centennial will no longer be
traded on the NASDAQ National Market.

This acquisition is another step in enabling Solectron to strengthen its
Technology Solutions Business Unit, which is headed by Ajay Shah and currently
includes SMART Modular Technologies, Inc. and Force Computers, Inc. Solectron
and Centennial originally announced the execution of a definitive merger
agreement on January 23.

As a result of the transaction, Solectron gained all of Centennial's design,
manufacturing and marketing capabilities, which include memory module and memory
card solutions based on SRAM and flash technologies for OEMs and end users in
multiple markets such as telecommunications, data communications, mobile
computing and medical markets.


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In addition, Solectron assumed responsibility for Centennial's manufacturing
facility and corporate headquarters in Wilmington, Mass., and all of
Centennial's sales and service offices in the United States and United Kingdom.

ABOUT SOLECTRON

Solectron (www.solectron.com), the world's leading supply-chain facilitator,
provides a full range of manufacturing and supply-chain management services to
the world's premier high-tech electronics companies. Solectron's offerings
include new-product design and introduction services, materials management,
high-tech product manufacturing, and product warranty and end-of-life support.
Solectron, based in Milpitas, Calif., is the first two-time winner of the
Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award for manufacturing.

ABOUT SMART

SMART Modular Technologies, Inc. is a wholly owned operating company within the
Technology Solutions Business Unit of Solectron. SMART, a leading independent
manufacturer of memory and I/O products, offers more than 500 products to
leading OEMs in the computer, networking and telecommunications industries. The
memory product line includes specialty and standard DRAM, Flash memory and SRAM
modules and Flash memory cards. The I/O product line includes standard and
custom wireless and wireline communications devices and modular I/O sub-systems
for client-side and central office applications. SMART operates several
specialized manufacturing and design facilities and has access to the worldwide
manufacturing operations of Solectron. More information on SMART can be obtained
on the Internet at www.smartmodulartech.com.

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