Note 1 Organization

12 Months Ended

Oct. 01, 2011

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements Disclosure [Text Block]

Organization of Sanmina-SCI

Sanmina-SCI Corporation (“Sanmina-SCI,” or the “Company”) was incorporated in Delaware in 1989. The Company is an independent global provider of customized, integrated electronics manufacturing services (EMS). The Company provides these services to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), primarily in the communications, enterprise computing and storage, multimedia, industrial and semiconductor capital equipment, defense and aerospace, medical, CleanTech and automotive industries. The Company's services consist primarily of product design and engineering, including initial development, detailed design, prototyping, validation, preproduction services and manufacturing design, volume manufacturing of complete systems, components and subassemblies, final system assembly and test, direct order fulfillment and logistics services, and after-market product service and support. System components and subassemblies manufactured by the Company include printed circuit boards, printed circuit board assemblies, backplanes and backplane assemblies, enclosures, cable assemblies, precision machine components, optical modules and memory modules.

Basis of Presentation

Fiscal Year.   The Company operates on a 52 or 53 week year ending on the Saturday nearest September 30. Fiscal 2011 and 2010 were each 52 weeks and 2009 was 53 weeks, with the additional week included in the fourth quarter. All references to years relate to fiscal years unless otherwise noted.

Principles of Consolidation.   The consolidated financial statements include the Company's accounts and those of its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated.