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                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.2


             TEXT OF PRESS RELEASE DATED SEPTEMBER 7, 2000



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Financial Contact: Rick Ackel,
                   408-964-3613

Media Contact: Hannah Bruce,
               408-964-3614

                       SANMINA CORPORATION PRICES OFFERING
               OF ZERO COUPON CONVERTIBLE SUBORDINATED DEBENTURES

SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Sanmina Corporation (Nasdaq: SANM -
news) announced the pricing of its zero coupon convertible subordinated
debentures due 2020 through a private offering to qualified institutional
investors. The debentures, priced with a yield to maturity of 4.00% and a 35%
initial conversion premium, will result in gross proceeds to the Company of $750
million (excluding the proceeds of an over-allotment option, if any). The
closing of the offering is subject to customary closing conditions.

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of
an offer to buy the securities. Any offers of the securities were made only by
means of a private offering memorandum. The securities to be offered are not
registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or applicable state
securities laws, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent
registration under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or
available exemptions from such registration requirements.